AITH for not always letting my neighbor drop her kid off to play?

My neighbor has a daughter around the same age of oldest.

Her daughter and my daughter play pretty good together.

Over the past few months, the neighbor has started texting me if she can bring the daughter over to my house because she is super busy with stuff.

Most of the time I have said yes. But as we get into spring, my real estate business is busy. My husband works a 2-11pm shift, so any real estate work I have after 2, my 2 children have to come with to do, as I really dont have childcare. My children also to bed right at 8 every night, which this neighbor knows and always will say “I know the kids go to bed early, so she wont be there late”

The last two times she came a little before 8 to get her, but then talked till 9pm.

So last week she reached out and said could her child come over and play? I said my day is kind of crazy, I have to bring the kids with me

To show 3 houses. No text asking if she could help. Around 6:45 I got done, and she texted basically still trying to bring her child over, and I said Im sorry Im

Exhausted, and still have to cook dinner and do baths.

Now before 9am today, she texted asking if her kid can come over and play, she has stuff to do.

I have 2 clients today ( one an hour away that I have to take the kids with me to) and Im hosting 20 people for Easter Brunch tomorrow.

How can someone think there time is more valuable then another’s?

Posted Apr 4, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC

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