on the web: MOTHERS ADMIT THEY CANT STAND BABYGROUP FRIENDS
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281644/Mothers-admit-stand-half-friends-meet-having-baby.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
So what do you think? Is this article true??
Do you like the mums of your children's friends??
To be honest there are lots of mums at the school that I will say Hi to but wouldn't socialise with them out of that environment!
So what do you think? Is this article true??
Do you like the mums of your children's friends??
To be honest there are lots of mums at the school that I will say Hi to but wouldn't socialise with them out of that environment!
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Its a really interesting idea cos its a bit like work mates - you kind of get thrown together and have to be friendly even if they're not really your kind of people.
its nice on here cos you can you can socialise andask questions but dont get annoyed with other mums! i do get a bit annoyed with the ones im still in touch with from when i was pregnant who ive not got much in common with.its just the way it works though, its nice to have people who are going through the same thing...until they're not...!
haven' got to the school gates yet but i think it'll be the same, you choose your friends before you have kids and then they choose your new friends for you!
Before children I had a group of friends, now I don't see those, I just seem to be running around after the children making new 'aquaintances' as I go.
At nursery and even year R I was a bit anxious that I didn't have much in common with many of the mums and that my children wouldn't have many friends because of it (silly I know). But it just took a while to get to know people, and you're often surprised by who you do end up making friends with (not always the people you think at first, like a really quiet lady who out of the blue was a real angel when I was ill in winter)
Still, maybe best not to be 100% frank with people all the time. I've Just had an awesome email to all of the parents in the school from one of the other parents, telling them to 'stop whinging and start supporting the school'. Ouch
I too have made some great friends because of my kids, but also some that I wish i'd kept clear of!
ooo yeah i should say too- some mums i made friends with int he last few years are my best friends and i coulnd't have got through it without them!
the article says mums dont get on with over half which is prob right but maybe a quarter are good friends so its not all bad!
Must admit,I'm very very lucky,my eldest is best friends with a set of twins-and their mum has been my Rock for the past year or more,she is always there for me,I would actually class her as one of my closest pals,and it's our sons that ''made us friends''!!
They will attend the same school,and as I have to take the youngest to playgroup a mile or more away,she is already offering to collect my eldest,I'm so lucky to have made friends with her
Funnily though, 4 yrs later I met them all again when the children started school, I get on better with a couple of them now, but the others I am so glad I never got close too!!