Playdates can make life so much easier - but one mum has had to put a limit on how long they last as she's so fed up with friends "overstaying their welcome".
It is great when your child has a friend they get on well with - and gives busy parents a chance to relax a little as well. However, one mum was raging after her friend and his "feral" child just simply wouldn't go home.
She said she'd invited her friend and his three-year-old over for "morning tea" at 10 am, and despite dropping hints for them to leave, she claimed they didn't leave until 3pm.
Now she's decided to put a time limit on playdates so it doesn't happen again. She took to Mumsnet to ask if it was "socially acceptable" to do so after she admitted she was still annoyed about the previous playdate and wrote: "Still annoyed about something that happened on the weekend.
"Invited friend and his three-year-old over for "morning tea" at 10am. They arrived at 10:30am and stayed until 3pm. I have a baby and two preschoolers. My preschoolers are adorable playmates for around two hours. Then they get feral. The three kids running around repeatedly woke up my baby. My friend passively observed that this was occurring but made no move to go."
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She said that she's made "many hints" for them to leave, and claimed she didn't even offer to make any lunch in the hope they'd leave. The post further detailed: "I made many hints. I did not serve lunch. We were all famished when they finally shuffled off at 3pm. One of my many hints to leave was so- what else do you have on for today?"
However, she claimed her friend was still not getting the hints, and even said he hoped he could "have a nap" once he got home as "he'd managed to keep his kid out all day and allow his wife to relax."
Reeling over this, the mum added: "I am exhausted - up all night with a baby. I would love a f****g nap. My husband and I always subscribed to there being a 90-120-minute hard stop on play dates. Did we just make that up? Or is that the socially acceptable limit?"
Fellow Mumsnet users rushed to the comments to weigh in on their thoughts, as people suggested an alternative to playdates. One person commented: "Meet in a park or soft play In future, some people just can't take a hint," while another added: "Most people would probably pick up on the queue but if, as in this case, they didn't want to, it's best to be clear. I always find the afternoon a better slot as it's easier to move on with 'I need to get started on dinner etc'."
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