parents of school-age children . . . can this be true?!

Oh, I don't know, some of the medical advice she was seeking was pretty good too! :!

[Rapunzel]

Oh, I don't know, some of the medical advice she was seeking was pretty good too! :!

True....

I guess it's hard for Crazy Neighbor to top herself!

[PrincessFiona]

Sadly, I've become so used to snarkiness that her bold attitude didn't seem that outrageous to me.....this is why I don't really "do" playdates and get-togethers anymore. I've discovered too many people that want free childcare, or any other myriad of bizarre behaviors. Most recently, my daughter and one of the girl scouts in her troop befriended each other. They discussed a sleepover and the mom called and told me that my daughter had invited her daughter to spend the night. I explained that I might be rooming in at the hospital with my infant if we could take her home and that right now we just couldn't do a sleepover. I suggested she might be able to come over for a playdate instead. She asked me to think it over and get back to her about whether or not her daughter could spend the night. huh? I already said NO. So...we never called back about the playdate either.

This same mom seemed really nice....I invited her over one evening and then she sat on my sofa for almost 2 hours talking about each of her children's learning disabilities, the meds she and her children are on, etc. I have no problem with the fact that she or her children need help...but it WAS the first time we had ever gotten together and it was just TMI too fast. Can we talk 'issues' the second or third time? I pretty much sat there and nodded while mentally backing off from her...and she's a nice person...I just don't really 'do' drama (unless it's created by me, of course :> ) and didn't want to relive the school traumas she's had with each of her children for the last 14 years.

I'm lonely here in central MN.