There are a couple of people we would LIKE to ban, but so far we haven't.
no people......but dogs are not coming in my house
Would love to ban the kids, but sadly they are under 18...My thoughts exactly. Dh comes to mind right now.
I have a situation like that also. Luckily these kids are older now so the dynamics have changed. But this kid was wild. She would jump on furniture, dig in my refrigerator non stop. We have a computer lab that the kids use and she was always trying to download stuff on to it. I was friends with her mom so I didn't want to say anything. I didn't ban her, but I did definitely stop inviting. It was just too much to deal with.Yes. There is one neighborhood girl that I will not allow in the house anymore. She is wild, doesn’t listen, broke my daughter’s bed, and made inappropriate comments to my husband. I don’t single her out though. If she’s not out, they come in sometimes, if she is everyone stays out of the house. I’d prefer them not to play with her at all, but she’s part of a larger group of kids who have all played together since kindergarten so we’re kind of stuck...
When DS was 10-11, he had a friend down the street who was a girl. We had a "policy" that when the kids' friends were over, they were ours, so we would take the kids out to dinner, on shopping trips, etc. with us. One time, this girl was with us and she was just chatting in the back seat of the car. She said her mother told her to "get everything you can out of guys as long as you can." Seriously -- the girl couldn't have been 11 (divorced parents--shocker).
Ok I am lucky to have well behaved kids and have a vast amount of experience with kids, jumping on the bed (or at least attempting to) is a pretty normal things for kids to want to do (like running inside). My next door neighbor broke a futon in our basement jumping on it, he was young. However, he was still a pretty good kid.Yeah, I wouldn't want a kid like that around either; sounds pretty extreme.
I’m a dog lover—we have two—but allergies are horrible. My son is terribly allergic to cat and we can’t even visit anyone who has one.Oh, goodness, yes! I totally forgot about the poor cat being traumatized. I love animals, but I'm really not about dogs. I think because being around them in a closed space (my ex had one and the dog could get into the garage anytime, but not the house) always made me so miserable. No one wants the bloodshot, teary eyes and shouldn't have to suffer in their own home. And yes, they knew all know we're a dog free house, but they think I'll get over it. I haven't since childhood, so probably not...and my god, the kids HATE the dogs when we go to their houses. I dose up with meds (and then I'm all weird, medicine headed) and step out often when we visit. We go to their places much more in the summer because we can all be outside.
Because obviously divorced parents are incapable?
Ok I am lucky to have well behaved kids and have a vast amount of experience with kids, jumping on the bed (or at least attempting to) is a pretty normal things for kids to want to do (like running inside). My next door neighbor broke a futon in our basement jumping on it, he was young. However, he was still a pretty good kid.
No need to ban anyone. Most guests refrain from returning of their own accord after the initial visit.
Or is it that they can’t, ala Arsenic and Old Lace?