playdates, age 8

[boyohboyohboy]

I was thinking about something Karen mentioned to me...

Do you have play dates with kids the opposite sex? and do they usually work out well?
I know that caleb has more girl friends then boy friends, but we have all boy toys so would a girl enjoy a play date here?
would you find it weird if you got an invite to a play date from an 8yr old boy if you had an 8yr old girl?

[coasterqueen]

Yes, but only a few and they are ones we've come to know real well. It seemed weird at first, but was just fine. One of Kylie's close friends is autistic and is a he . She plays with him often. They both have playdates with the boy that is in Megan's class. They live close to my sitter, so they know him real well.

[moped]

Well Jack is only 5, but his best friend is a girl, so yes she comes over a bit, but they live only 2 blocks away and take the bus together and are in the same class........I think to him she is one of the guys!

[MommyToAshley]

Ashley has a girl friend that she often has playdates with. Her friend has a brother that is a year older. Ashley plays more with the older brother than the girl her own age. So, while I have never officially set up a playdate with someone of the opposite gender, I wouldn't find it weird if I knew the Mom well and wanted to get together with the Mom or Ashley and this child were friends.

[luvmykids]

Before we moved, Colt's best friend was a girl and they played all the time at each others houses. They played mostly outside, but I think even if they'd played inside they would have found something to do.

I don't think it's weird...and don't think anything of it. Most of Macie's friends are boys, several of them have come over and they borrow Colt's stuff