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I agree with the other posters. I have 2 young girls and these are the guidlines that I have them follow. No one comes in unless they ask permission first and the visiting needs to be a 2 way street - meaning if you host a child one day then the next time they should go to the other kids house and so on. If any children mis -behave then they should go home. If a mess is made, the children need to help clean up the mess, before they leave or your child needs to clean up.
Regarding the glue - it wasn't an unreasonable thing for you to say I can't give you the glue. But next time if I were you - you don't have to add that you're grouchy and that's why you can't comply. If perfectly fine to just say "NO" without feeling you need to explain. I think women in particular get caught in the trap of always feeling like we need to please everyone. If you start setting up boundaries like I mentioned them you'll feel you have more of a choice, in what goes on in YOUR house. Your house shouldn't be a constant revolving door and that way you will not feel so aggravated when they do come - because it will be your choice. You don't always need to be Mrs. Nice all the time. Best of luck.
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