I started having a "body fluid" fee partly for this reason. It doesn't bother some parents if their child pukes at your house or pees through their underwear that they're not really ready for.

I charge $20 because that's about how much pain I feel as I'm Lysoling my carpet or furniture and Chlorox wiping my bathroom floor after I stripped off their pee-soaked socks and washed their legs with soap. But it's also to discourage parents from bringing barfy kids.

I'm thinking of raising it to $25.

The other issue for me would be that they deliberately brought a pukey kid. That would be a big damper on a relationship for me.

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