I need something better for my kid for shampoo/conditioner (almost 11). She's been using Dove, but she doesn't think it's cleaning very well. We are mixing in a clarifying shampoo as puberty is coming and her hair is a bit more oily.
Preferably something at Target? She seems to go through it faster than I would assume. (And yes, I do check she's doing a decent job shampooing.)
My kid has been having good luck with Native products. It's about $10 for a decent size bottle around here.
We host an annual party for about 50-60 friends. Nothing about the party indicates it's kid-friendly. How do I make it super duper clear that if you insist on bringing your children, you must watch them at all times? That allowing them to run around, playing tag inside, bumping into people, touching the food, slamming doors, going into bedrooms upstairs is not okay? I've tried hanging this sign. I set up a movie in a separate space. I didn't want to have to explicitly say that kids are forbidden but is that really what it takes? The past few years have been annoying but this year really stressed me out and I am still seething.
Can you just bluntly say no kids? As a parent I wouldn't be offended, not everything is kid friendly.
David woke up complaining that he feels sick- headache and chills so he's home from school. Then H just texted me from OOT saying he was up all night with a stomachache. So, I'm basically counting the hours until I get sick, lol. Yay!
We host an annual party for about 50-60 friends. Nothing about the party indicates it's kid-friendly. How do I make it super duper clear that if you insist on bringing your children, you must watch them at all times? That allowing them to run around, playing tag inside, bumping into people, touching the food, slamming doors, going into bedrooms upstairs is not okay? I've tried hanging this sign. I set up a movie in a separate space. I didn't want to have to explicitly say that kids are forbidden but is that really what it takes? The past few years have been annoying but this year really stressed me out and I am still seething.
Can you just bluntly say no kids? As a parent I wouldn't be offended, not everything is kid friendly.
I can, but I was trying to avoid it, because really I don't care if kids are there, as long as they're not running around unsupervised. And I don't want people to not come because they can't bring their kids.
We host an annual party for about 50-60 friends. Nothing about the party indicates it's kid-friendly. How do I make it super duper clear that if you insist on bringing your children, you must watch them at all times? That allowing them to run around, playing tag inside, bumping into people, touching the food, slamming doors, going into bedrooms upstairs is not okay? I've tried hanging this sign. I set up a movie in a separate space. I didn't want to have to explicitly say that kids are forbidden but is that really what it takes? The past few years have been annoying but this year really stressed me out and I am still seething.
Maybe you already do this but I'd call the event Adult Only Party.
We host an annual party for about 50-60 friends. Nothing about the party indicates it's kid-friendly. How do I make it super duper clear that if you insist on bringing your children, you must watch them at all times? That allowing them to run around, playing tag inside, bumping into people, touching the food, slamming doors, going into bedrooms upstairs is not okay? I've tried hanging this sign. I set up a movie in a separate space. I didn't want to have to explicitly say that kids are forbidden but is that really what it takes? The past few years have been annoying but this year really stressed me out and I am still seething.
You need to just lay it out there for people. And unfortunately there may still be some folks who show up with their kids anyway. Yet another reason why I hate people
We host an annual party for about 50-60 friends. Nothing about the party indicates it's kid-friendly. How do I make it super duper clear that if you insist on bringing your children, you must watch them at all times? That allowing them to run around, playing tag inside, bumping into people, touching the food, slamming doors, going into bedrooms upstairs is not okay? I've tried hanging this sign. I set up a movie in a separate space. I didn't want to have to explicitly say that kids are forbidden but is that really what it takes? The past few years have been annoying but this year really stressed me out and I am still seething.
Maybe you already do this but I'd call the event Adult Only Party.
I don't currently, but is it really a dichotomy of Adults Only or Total Kid Chaos? Nothing in between?
Who was the poster who was accidentally shot by her neighbor? Did she fully heal? That was so damn weird.
My H is always warning me not to get caught up in road rage, because he's afraid I'll get shot - and we're in MA! If we lived in TX, he might not let me drive. I've calmed down a ton since having kids, but when someone is aggressively tailgating, I put on my blinker and pull over on the shoulder. I'm letting them pass, but it often enrages them.
ETA: In my defense, I was rear-ended three times in one year around here, so I'm a little sensitive to it. Each time, I was either at a stop light or stop sign, so it's not like I'd done anything wrong.
Can you just bluntly say no kids? As a parent I wouldn't be offended, not everything is kid friendly.
I can, but I was trying to avoid it, because really I don't care if kids are there, as long as they're not running around unsupervised. And I don't want people to not come because they can't bring their kids.
People that want to come and bring kids don't want to bring kids and watch them.
Pilsy & noodleoo this happens with a family we go to dinner with weekly, they always want to split the bill and they drink a lot more than we do. We have adjusted our ordering up so it evens out more but we probably end up paying a bit more overall still.
One time we were paying cash and were short like, $10...they wanted us to venmo them and I checked the bill and realized their kid had ordered a $20 meal so we were overpaying even with the $10 difference. Nope!
Maybe you already do this but I'd call the event Adult Only Party.
I don't currently, but is it really a dichotomy of Adults Only or Total Kid Chaos? Nothing in between?
It depends too much on the individual kids and parents involved, unfortunately, so yes, those are your only two options because people don't know how to behave.
donutsmakemegonuts, when you sent the letter, did you sign it as from you all? Like, do they already know you did that? glw it sounds like after years of hosting, there are always one or two kids that come and run around unsupervised? What ages are the kids that come? Is it always the same families bringing kids?
Maybe you already do this but I'd call the event Adult Only Party.
I don't currently, but is it really a dichotomy of Adults Only or Total Kid Chaos? Nothing in between?
Unfortunately, yes. My kids are very well behaved generally, but put them in a group with other kids like a party and they are running around and slamming doors. They do this at our house when we have just 2 other kids over and it drives ME nuts (the door slamming in particular). I try to stay on top of them when we are at other people's houses, but it is hard to control when it is a big group of kids. All the parties we go to are other families with kids, so we tolerate it so the adults can hang out. I wouldn't bring them to an adult party if I knew it annoyed the host.
However, babysitters are also really hard and expensive, so it might also mean either me or my H would stay home with the kids and only one of us could come to your party.
Weekly recycling pick up has resumed in the city after like four years of every other week pick up due various issues. I swear I have heard audible cheering when the truck has shown up on the former “off week” lol
glw it sounds like after years of hosting, there are always one or two kids that come and run around unsupervised? What ages are the kids that come? Is it always the same families bringing kids?
I'd say there were maybe 4 or 5 kids per party for the past few years, usually our neighbors, or a friend who was solo-parenting that weekend and brought a kid-- they would come at the beginning of the night and leave early. But then when other parents saw that there were kids there, they think it's now okay to bring their kids, too, and stay until late. So this year there were 14+ kids there (I lost count). Age ranges 4ish to 11.
One of the dads group-texted a photo from the party of 12 kids on my front steps and everyone else responded with how "great" it was... Apparently I'm the only one who noticed that one of the kids is holding a piece of stone which had been broken off of said steps and later thrown in my driveway. *sigh
Maybe you already do this but I'd call the event Adult Only Party.
I don't currently, but is it really a dichotomy of Adults Only or Total Kid Chaos? Nothing in between?
Might it be worth it to hire a sitter to keep them all in one area with snacks and pizza? I totally get not wanting kids all over the house. It’s just hard for people to both socialize and be tracking their kids every moment. When we go to a big gathering, the kids all kind of take off together at arrival.
However, babysitters are also really hard and expensive, so it might also mean either me or my H would stay home with the kids and only one of us could come to your party.
This is what would happen often in years past (one parent would stay home with kid, one would attend), but I think that when they saw that other kids were there, they started bringing them along.
Weekly recycling pick up has resumed in the city after like four years of every other week pick up due various issues. I swear I have heard audible cheering when the truck has shown up on the former “off week” lol
Oh I miss weekly recycling!! We had it at our old house but where we live now it's only every other week. We had to get a big trash can (nothing is provided by company which is another rant LOL) and put a recycle label on it and it works fine but typically we are cramming stuff in to make it fit.
Weekly recycling pick up has resumed in the city after like four years of every other week pick up due various issues. I swear I have heard audible cheering when the truck has shown up on the former “off week” lol
Oh I miss weekly recycling!! We had it at our old house but where we live now it's only every other week. We had to get a big trash can (nothing is provided by company which is another rant LOL) and put a recycle label on it and it works fine but typically we are cramming stuff in to make it fit.
Every other week is rough! We get a city owned bin but it was not always big enough for two weeks of recycling. You have my sympathies! It should be easier to do the right thing!
glw it sounds like after years of hosting, there are always one or two kids that come and run around unsupervised? What ages are the kids that come? Is it always the same families bringing kids?
I'd say there were maybe 4 or 5 kids per party for the past few years, usually our neighbors, or a friend who was solo-parenting that weekend and brought a kid-- they would come at the beginning of the night and leave early. But then when other parents saw that there were kids there, they think it's now okay to bring their kids, too, and stay until late. So this year there were 14+ kids there (I lost count). Age ranges 4ish to 11.
One of the dads group-texted a photo from the party of 12 kids on my front steps and everyone else responded with how "great" it was... Apparently I'm the only one who noticed that one of the kids is holding a piece of stone which had been broken off of said steps and later thrown in my driveway. *sigh
Oh hell no. It’s not meant to be a kid event, but now everyone has morphed it into one and they’re letting their kids destroy your property? Absolutely not. I would be telling everyone that this is an adults only event and to please leave the kids home.
Kids don’t belong everywhere and I mourn the fact that I rarely get to see my friends sans kids anymore, even more now that my kids are old enough to leave home and theirs aren’t yet.
We host an annual party for about 50-60 friends. Nothing about the party indicates it's kid-friendly. How do I make it super duper clear that if you insist on bringing your children, you must watch them at all times? That allowing them to run around, playing tag inside, bumping into people, touching the food, slamming doors, going into bedrooms upstairs is not okay? I've tried hanging this sign. I set up a movie in a separate space. I didn't want to have to explicitly say that kids are forbidden but is that really what it takes? The past few years have been annoying but this year really stressed me out and I am still seething.
Yes, you should be clear on the invite that the party is for 18 and above only. That sign does not indicate that kids aren’t allowed.
Weekly recycling pick up has resumed in the city after like four years of every other week pick up due various issues. I swear I have heard audible cheering when the truck has shown up on the former “off week” lol
Oh I miss weekly recycling!! We had it at our old house but where we live now it's only every other week. We had to get a big trash can (nothing is provided by company which is another rant LOL) and put a recycle label on it and it works fine but typically we are cramming stuff in to make it fit.
Same! And if you forget to get your bin out, you go a month between pickups. It's awful. And they don't take glass.
Also, we have garbage and recycle pickup on different days. If we got yard waste pickup that would be a different day as well.
We host an annual party for about 50-60 friends. Nothing about the party indicates it's kid-friendly. How do I make it super duper clear that if you insist on bringing your children, you must watch them at all times? That allowing them to run around, playing tag inside, bumping into people, touching the food, slamming doors, going into bedrooms upstairs is not okay? I've tried hanging this sign. I set up a movie in a separate space. I didn't want to have to explicitly say that kids are forbidden but is that really what it takes? The past few years have been annoying but this year really stressed me out and I am still seething.
Yes, you should be clear on the invite that the party is for 18 and above only. That sign does not indicate that kids aren’t allowed.
Exactly...kids are (currently) allowed. As long as their parents are watching them.
Post by fluffycookie on Mar 19, 2024 11:44:39 GMT -5
I don't understand how a large medical practice doesn't have an answering service before office hours. I had an appointment at 8:30 this morning and woke up feeling like crap and decided to cancel. I called and it said to call back at 8am.
I have my first business trip since before covid coming up next month and I feel like I need to start shopping. It's business casual, but I live in sweatpants and leggings since I am mainly remote.
Yes, you should be clear on the invite that the party is for 18 and above only. That sign does not indicate that kids aren’t allowed.
Exactly...kids are (currently) allowed. As long as their parents are watching them.
Ahh ok. I guess I’m confused. So you do or do not want kids there? If you don’t want kids there then the invite needs to be explicit to say that it’s for adults only. I don’t know the age of kids but even good kids who are old enough to generally not be supervised 24/7 like 10+ can obviously still make a mess and it’s unfortunately not realistic to expect the parent to watch them every single second. So if there are issues and you don’t want kids it definitely needs to be made clear in the invitation.
I'd say there were maybe 4 or 5 kids per party for the past few years, usually our neighbors, or a friend who was solo-parenting that weekend and brought a kid-- they would come at the beginning of the night and leave early. But then when other parents saw that there were kids there, they think it's now okay to bring their kids, too, and stay until late. So this year there were 14+ kids there (I lost count). Age ranges 4ish to 11.
One of the dads group-texted a photo from the party of 12 kids on my front steps and everyone else responded with how "great" it was... Apparently I'm the only one who noticed that one of the kids is holding a piece of stone which had been broken off of said steps and later thrown in my driveway. *sigh
Oh hell no. It’s not meant to be a kid event, but now everyone has morphed it into one and they’re letting their kids destroy your property? Absolutely not. I would be telling everyone that this is an adults only event and to please leave the kids home.
Kids don’t belong everywhere and I mourn the fact that I rarely get to see my friends sans kids anymore, even more now that my kids are old enough to leave home and theirs aren’t yet.
This may be unpopular opinion, but I agree kids don't belong everywhere. Even as a non-parent I get the difficulty with finding, hiring and paying for a babysitter or one parent staying home (if that's even possible), but it takes the fun out to the party for everyone else...plus ya know, the damage to OP's property. Sadly now adays I think you have to explicitly say adult only party, or prepare a kids area with extra food and all that on your dime...which isn't really fair.
OP I'd sadly be prepared for some push back this year "but you alwaaaays allow kids" "I wasn't planning on getting a babysitter, and then I can't go so just let me bring my kids anyway", and at least one person showing up with kids day of.