It really doesn’t help that the U.S. Marshals came by recently.
Is there a polite way to tell a neighbor you don’t want your kids to have play dates? We are two queer women with a preschool-age son. We moved to a new neighborhood in Los Angeles a couple of months ago. Our neighbors on one side are a man and woman with a son who is close in age to ours. While the neighborhood overall seems fairly friendly and safe, we have personally experienced and also have been told by other neighbors about incidents related to Clyde’s bad/disruptive behavior .
Bonnie noticed pretty much as soon as we moved in that our sons are close in age and on more than one occasion has suggested a play date. My general policy with neighbors is to “keep it cordial” but not become overly involved. So the first few times she asked , I answered with a noncommittal, “Yeah, maybe sometime.
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