I lost this page out of my parenting manual

So 

I THINK that I am 

pretty aware of my children's strengths and weaknesses.

BUT

this whole play date thing has really blown my mind.

I have the "bully".

I use the term loosely as I have not witnessed her calling names or being cruel

but 

she does not play well with others.

Actually

she plays just fine with boys.

BUT 

not girls.

When girls come to play...

they want to play INSIDE.

She does not.

She wants to jump on the trampoline

or

play in the barn

She knows that she is not allowed to ditch her friends

so

instead

she spends the entire time convincing them to go outside.

then they finally go out.

they play fine

but eventually 

they want to come in.

Oh bother.

I thought my life was supposed to get easier if they had friends over.

like 

they would disappear 

and I would get a couple hours to myself.

No one warned me it was more work.

and 

honestly

I don't really know what to do about it.

We talk all the time about being nice.

We talk about how we {sometimes} have to do things we don't want to

We have had conversations about manners

and company and etiquette

GAH!

hopefully she is fine at other people's houses....

(fingers crossed)