I had a slumber party last night!

How nice! Thanks for sharing. Yes the joy of the family can be added by little jestures. Sometimes the younger generation may not think of some creativity. Sometimes they were responding only to the parents voice. The parents cannot take it as pain when they are not aware of some creativity. So a real mother can take first initiative, cam start a dalogue, thus a mature woman can save a family and keep the family very much lively and lovely.

The bloom is off the roses...dear Jen! When I first moved to the Island, many years ago...I had more guests than the only local Hotel! Most was just intrigue....a very inconvenient intrigue. We are all on wells..constant laundry..showers, toilet flushing created huge hardships...and all my bantering was to no avail! And I was working 24/7 at the Marina, with a new baby! I finally had to lay down some ground rules...bring your own sheets..cook your own meals..don't keep me up visiting 'til 2 a.m. (make me feel obligated to) as I have a hard day's work the next day, whilst you sleep in! I am not hermitous, I do welcome guests...but NOT in drove's..and of course, if you come here...it is a slumber party..LOL! I AM SO UNHAPPY with myself...I totally forgot your birthday...SO,SO sorry Jen, as you and "Jo" are only a coupla days apart...belated Happy Birthday, and I am soooooo glad it was spent with your beautiful daughter! You never did open the Thanksgiving Card I sent you....NOW will you open a belated Birthday Card (I send them thru Care2)! LUV & HUGZ

I have a grandchild, or two, overnight now and then so the parents can get out and not have to wake them when they return. Of course, that doesn't count, but it is usually fun. (the last time a three year old put me out of my own bed and I finished the night on the couch!! lol) BUT the last time I had an overnight guest, was my best friend, Yo. We talk and talk and talk and EAT and talk some more. I know I keep her up later than she is used to, me being a night owl! My sorority group used to have them once in a while. We would usually get ajoining rooms in a hotel and stay up talking and playing games and drinking and eating. It was always a lot of fun and we got away from all the busy-ness of being at home around our families. Always a fun time. We talked of doing it this year, but it never happened with the cost of things.

Last time I had overnight guests was over a year ago and it was my mom. She went to bed early because she had to leave out early the next day, so it was not really tons of fun. I am glad you were able to have a little slumber party with your daughter last night. It sounds like you had a lot of fun.

When we were in the Metro we did not have a big flat and so having house guests was not so convenient but for my brother's wedding all our relatives came from all over and can you guess I had 14 of them sleeping like sardines in my hall with our dog for company? But now I have a big house - 3 bedrooms and a sprawling garden too. We have been having guests for years now. I love entertaining but I do not like children who keep us on our toes what with their demands that sometimes we cannot fulfil and their parents will not budge to help out!. I am in another forum and a friend from that forum spent two days with me with her friend. They came all the way from the UK.

Hi JenInTN Really touched my heart. I felt really happy reading that you and your daughter had the great time together. This also confirms my belief that I have been mentioning out to you Overnight guests? I dont want to talk about them as today they are just more than a nuisance in the house and lord knows when that night in "overnight" ends... I just want peace of my mind at the moment... Sorry, I am quite upset since the past 4 days. Should have been happy with guests around... but it seems it is better that we stay away.

This does sound Fun. I am sure you really had a Fun time. Just being there like this for your daughter hopefully made her night as well, and now she knows you still care. Since I got married, we have had friends over once, and had a small party get together, but most of the time we really prefer our privacy, except for the times that we are renting out one of our rooms to someone.

we had a friend up from the valley last year, but while she was here, all heck broke lose at home, and now she's afraid to leave her siblings alone... at least until after her mom passes... tho she might come up again if things calm down more...

Hi Jen, That sounds like so so much fun. I haven't had a "slumber party" in a long time. I do have one daughter that has spent the night at times and usually for reasons unplanned but it just naturally turns into a late night of talking, junkfood etc. I love it. We talked about a slumber party a few years back and how much fun it would be for us all to get together for a night. We had trouble with our differing schedules and eventually just kind of forgot the idea. Maybe I'll run it by them again. Glad you got some quality time with your daughter, Jen!

Happy Birthday, Jen. Today is mine. I knew u were good folks, lol. I'm sooooo glad your daughter came. I haven't had an overnight guest in a long time. My friend that use to come around passed away. I would love to get some old friends together for a slumber party. Glad y'all had fun.

First of all - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! I am so glad that your daughter came over and spent the night with you. What a nice birthday present. I think that is just what you needed. I think the last time we had a guest sleep over it was probably my parents a couple of years ago when my husband and I went on vacation. They stayed here with the kids.

That really sounds like fun. I don't remember the last time I had someone over fot the night. My granddaughter and I lived together for afew months Summer before last. She loved to cook and even clean which was great. I am glad to hear you are feeling better about your daughter moving out.

Sounds FUN! There is not an age limit on when you can have slumber parties, and why not have one with your daughter or your friends? It's an inexpensive way to have fun with the important girls in your life. I don't usually have people stay at my place, but in the middle of October, my childhood friend who now lives in Texas was up here for a wedding, so she stayed with me for a couple of nights. Then we went to the wedding and just stayed in a hotel, but it was so good to see her and even though I don't see her or talk to her often, we just picked up where we left off. We had SO much fun and didn't spend much money. I'm glad you had a great time with your daughter! Hopefully she will come over to visit you frequently. I wish I could go visit my Mom more often, but with our schedules, it's kinda difficult. But I am here today to bake cookies for our family cookie exchange tomorrow and will just spend the night. This time I didn't even bring laundry...

Wow, you guys had so much fun I can see it in your words. It is good that your daughter showed up to you. Even jokingly you got time to enjoy with her. I don't remember when was the last time I had overnight guests but as much as I remember it was like one year back when I and my friend were studying together whole night for the exam on next day. Actually studying was just an excuse, but we were partying roaming, playing games, etc. We had so much fun, I cannot forget that day. It is one of the best moments in my life.

My last overnight guests were my brother and my Dad. I have sad feelings there because my Dad recently decided to go into a nursing home so he will never visit me again nor will I ever see him at his home which has to be sold as quickly as possible. There are some deep emotional issues there for me. It was not fun for several reasons. My brother gave me a really hard time over something that happened when I was sixteen and left me gob smacked by his rotten judgemental attitude. Sorry Jen, many of my thoughts and memories seem to be sad. I try to use myLot as a place to vent but I'm maybe not good at it. I just think I need to get lots of stuff off my chest.

Only girls can have a slumber party, dude just hang out and play video games and order pizza. Of course, if you have some guy friends over and you fall asleep first then you will pay the price. That's why I drink tons of caffeine so I won't fall asleep first. Glad you had a good time with your daughter, its those times you will remember most of all.

That is so great! Sounds like you had a lot of fun! It's nice to know that your daughter will support you like that when you need her to. The last time I had an overnight guest was when my niece came to visit me in September. We had a great time together! It was also nice to have another girl in the house since I am the only girl here usually (one husband, two sons, and a male dog!) I wish she could have stayed longer. It went much too fast!

As a guy, I've never understood girls' fascination for slumber parties. Although I must admit that I did go through something similar when I was young. But mostly it was mostly passing out in other people's houses because I was too wasted! Anyway, I'm glad that you have had that chance with your daughter. And it's great that you can call on her to stay with you anytime.

It is not very common here in our country, but it sure sounds like fun. Most usually, here if we have to be sleeping with pals and friends, we would go out of town. However, if it is in the house of someone, we would hesitate to do that since we might be bothering them or their privacy.

Fanta is also not like this type of party and if guest are coming at night then fanta is not feeling well because already lots of work and then guest means heavey work. I also not give the permission to my daughters for this night party.