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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sniffles" data-source="post: 2799831" data-attributes="member: 30035">I've seen this kind of thing happen before, and it is just the height of rudeness in my opinion. On one occasion a friend showed up for a game with two kids in tow, and expected the childless, single, gamer-geek host to provide some tv viewing material for the children while Dad shut the game room door and tried to pretend the kids didn't exist!!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:"  data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> My response would be to say brightly in a cheery, friendly tone, "Oh! A surprise guest! I wish you'd let me know so I could be more prepared. Would <insert uninvited guest's name here> like to play?" If the uninvited guest is a child and declines to play, I'd add, "My house isn't really set up to handle children, but let's see what we can find to keep <child name> occupied. Did you bring your own snacks? I'm sorry I don't have anything." (I'd say that even if I do have snacks, because it's rude to expect someone else to feed your kid when they didn't tell you the kid was coming).In other words, I'd try to pretty obviously point out how rude it is to show up with your kid in tow with no warning and no explanation, but I'd do it without getting angry or offensive. Hopefully the parents would be bright enough to get the message. If they're not then they probably wouldn't be invited back themselves.</blockquote>

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