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| My dd has a friend who is VERY annoying, not only to me and my dh but to my dd and sd. The girl calls constantly, if you do not answer she calls multiple times in a row. When she comes over she always tries to stay longer than planned and tries to invite herself to sleepover. I have told the girl not to call multiple times, that she needs to leave a message and dd will call her back when she can. I told her that when people do not answer it is usually because they are busy. When my dd tells her she can not sleepover she will come to me and ask me what we are doing that day or the next day that she can not sleepover! Lately my dd and her have been arguing when the girl comes over. She is so bossy and my dd has finally stopped giving in to the bosiness.
The problem is my dd no longer wants to play with this girl, but is too nice to tell her so she will still let her come over. I feel bad for the girl as well because her dad has never been a part of her life and her mother is in and out of rehab. The girls grandparents raise her, though her grandfather recently passed away and it is just her and her grandmother. My dd and her no longer go to school together, as the girls grandma put her in a private school. The girl always says my dd is her only friend ( I can see why!!)
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| What are the ages of the girls ? I can see why this is happening. The child seems lonely and your home is somewhere that she likes being. The friendship is doomed, isn't it ? So harsh as it may seem, stop asking her over, she will get the message, sooner or later. At least she is at a different school. Sure she is in a sad situation,a but you have done your best with the child. You must put your DD first, and consider her wishes. Time will sort this out. Popi |
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| Heck, I have a 65 yr. old acquaintance who calls multiple times and won't leave a message, then denies she called when confronted with it. I've asked her to think about the fact that maybe I could not get to the phone as soon as she would like but if she'd start a message maybe I'll get to the phone while she's leaving it or just leave the message and I'll call back! This same person doesn't invite herself to sleep over but will ask if she can accompany me on my vacation! :-) |
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- Posted by newgardenelf (My Page) on Sun, Feb 24, 08 at 15:05
| I had a similar problem with my daughter when she was 11- she is now 13. Summer was a few weeks away and I waited until then to let DD's friend know that over the summer I was going to be making many plans with family and other friends and asked that she not call. I called her mom to let her know that I was going to be encouraging DD to spend time with other friends as I was worried about the two spending so much time together. She agreed it would be hard but might be a good decision. I made an effort to keep DD involved and busy. When friend would call I reminded her that DD had family plans and that she should take this time to develop other friendships as well. After a month she stopped calling by the end of the summer I got a call from her mother saying that her daughter found other girls to spend time with and instead of investing herself in just one friend she was spreading it around. It seems it worked out well for everyone. DD sees friend at school but both have found other girls with similar interests and moved on... Hope that helps.I have found that kids with difficult backgrounds occasionally attach themselves to our family since we are very involved and stable but sometimes that isn't healthy for the friend or our family. Family always comes first so any friend who isn't kind to siblings or doesn't know when it's time to go home or how to behave doesn't get asked back. I've learned that preventing a friendship isn't as easy as just encouraging another friendship so that's the route we take. |
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