homecoming and socially aggressive moms

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My nerd freshman kid and his nerd freshman friends from a nerd school, went bowling instead of HoCo, had a big meal at a restaurant and then came back home. Bless the lack of stress! Could not care one way or the other. If they wanted to attend they could.

+1. My nerd freshman daughter has a movie night with two friends, and pizza. She is constantly telling me that she can't wait for HS to be over, because she can't wait to get away from her classmates and their even worse parents. She is looking at ways to take summer classes so she can graduate HS a bit earlier because the people are "just so basic and so horrible". I feel her pain and I'm researching ways to help her graduate HS earlier.

+1

+10. Whitman Homecoming and the school year, in general, have been a nightmare for my Junior. I can’t wait to get her away from these thoughtless, spoiled kids.

You both are the jealous type!

[Anonymous]

Mom: Does you school have a homecoming?

Son: A what?


End of conversation.

[Anonymous]

Aren’t the kids supposed to coordinate their own plans?

[Anonymous]

I went to a UMC very good public school. I don’t recall parents doing anything but getting you from point A to point B (and sending some cash with us)

We did everything from calling to make our hair appt to the restaurant reservation and deciding whose house we’d meet at to take pictures. Why are parents doing this now? Social media brag points?

[Anonymous]

Is this in Texas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just laugh and roll my eyes at those moms ... and I'm sure their husbands, when they are not away on business or at some late night work dinner do too.

I feel sorry for them, actually.

You pretend to laugh but you’d secretly love for your kid to be included. Facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mom: Does you school have a homecoming?

Son: A what?


End of conversation.

Yep. Same here with my sophomore son.

[Anonymous]

Social media has ruined high school, tbh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just laugh and roll my eyes at those moms ... and I'm sure their husbands, when they are not away on business or at some late night work dinner do too.

I feel sorry for them, actually.

You pretend to laugh but you’d secretly love for your kid to be included. Facts.

NP but you're clearly one of the moms who cares a lot. That's fine, you do you, but it's weird that you think people are jealous of your involvement in your child's social life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its literally their LAST chance to be everything in their childs life. Their control reach is coming to a quick end once their kid gets a few friends that drive and then their own license. It really tappers off by sophomore year and completely ends by JR. A few end up coming back around senior prom but they quickly see they have no playmates and go back to making their younger kids life miserable.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just laugh and roll my eyes at those moms ... and I'm sure their husbands, when they are not away on business or at some late night work dinner do too.

I feel sorry for them, actually.

You pretend to laugh but you’d secretly love for your kid to be included. Facts.

NP I'd love for my kid to include in general, but I warn them to stay away from high drama situations. So I would rather they be left out of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I try to stay away from moms like that. I prefer for my kids to create their own social lives. I cannot deal with people like you have described. I was recently cornered by a mother who asked me about my daughter’s homecoming experience and then proceeded to tell me how she went to her daughter’s friend’s homecoming pre-party with all the other parents of the friends and how lovely it was and on and on and on. Apparently all of the parents bought their daughters wrist corsages. So glad I don’t see her that much. It makes me nauseous to listen to that kind of meaningless drivel.

Same, I've been running away from these moms since elementary school. They are way too obsessed with their children's "popularity" and social status, and makes me wonder what they are trying to compensate for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Has Homecoming at your child’s school brought out the worst in some moms? I’m talking about freshman in high school with their moms talking about it constantly for weeks and working behind the scenes to plan their cchild’s dates and pre-parties. For example, one started about a month in advance, calling many even people with children who aren’t her child’s good friends, and advised her child to wait to decide until the last minute to make sure the child had the most options and could go with the “best” possible party, then posted endless pictures on social media tagging everyone. Our child was there too, so this isn’t about being excluded, but it has been eye opening to see how involved some of moms are in their teenagers’ social lives, and I wondered if this is unique to our child’s school. Maybe it is because this is the first big event of the year.

Private or public?

I'd bet anything it's an UMC public. Tacky "cool moms" living through their teen trollop at a dance is very on-brand for public school. Tacky mom then spams Facebook and instagram with 37 photos of her 14 y/o daughter's "figure" from every angle of her "dress" (read mini skirt).

[Anonymous]

What a bunch of jellies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of jellies.

Ok, peanut.