She is going to be 10 in a few months. She has one BFF that she hangs out with in school and does things with outside of school, but rarely talks to on the phone as the BFF is in a lot of extracurricular activities and is shared custody between her mom and dad.
She also has another friend who calls her everyday, several times a day. The young lady does not seem to have anyone else to talk to judging by how much she calls. When she calls, she is a bit on the obsessive side, copying my daughters ideas, using her screennames on the internet game sites, asking for her passwords,,etc,,,,,she even sent a teacher at school an email posing as my daughter. It is a bit concerning, but they just talk on the phone.
So, this young lady and my daughter are actually both friends with the BFF. The three of them are often at parties together(birthday parties), and recently she invited my daughter to her birthday party and my daughter attended.
,,the problem is, this young lady DOES NOT TALK, outside of her phone conversations. On any occasion where I drop my daughter or take my daughter to an event where she is attending, I repeatedly say hello or try to make conversation and she says NOTHING.
at her party recently, it was the same, I Wished her a happy birthday, I said hello, I complimented her gifts,, all the while she just stares off as if I am not talking at all. Her family giggles and chalks it up to 'shyness', but I was brought up that it is rude.
putting that aside though, I am having a big birthday weekend for my daughter soon that I was planning for just she and her BFF. I am wondering if it is unthoughtful not to include this other little girl, but I will be supervising the kids over an entire weekend and I don't wish to take that on with a child who doesn't respond when I speak or ask her things.
not to mention my child and her BFF are very talkative, most likely creating more of a 3rd wheel situation than an enjoyable one.
,,,what would you do ?
Edited by
msharmony
on Mon 02/20/17 01:16 PM