Feels like we are the only ones in town!

[Anonymous]

We are a public school family and all of our friends and kids’ friends are away. I have been saying every day this week that next year, we are going away somewhere, anywhere.

[Anonymous]

This can’t be a real post!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a public school family and all of our friends and kids’ friends are away. I have been saying every day this week that next year, we are going away somewhere, anywhere.

Why? I truly don’t get this! We’ve loved our time at home together. We travel a lot but this week is bad, everything is twice is expensive and twice as crowded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Literally no one cares where your family went on vacation. Even if they ask, they aren't actually interested; they just want an opportunity to talk about themselves and where they went.

It's like 30 seconds of small talk and then they move on.

Agree. Plus, there will always be someone out there who has something your child doesn’t. Feeling secure in themselves and letting other people talk is an important life skill.

[Anonymous]

If it makes it more confusing, we have a 2nd house. No one was in town by our primary residence so we bailed and went to the mountains to have some company. But no one is here, either, so now my DD is insisting that everyone is in Hawaii without her. I don’t think she’s wrong.

We had friends of friends over today (complete strangers!) because they were passing through and we offered our place as an easy bathroom stop for their kindergartener. They were so nice and we’ve been so bored that we convinced them to stay for the afternoon and the kids all went sledding together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it makes it more confusing, we have a 2nd house. No one was in town by our primary residence so we bailed and went to the mountains to have some company. But no one is here, either, so now my DD is insisting that everyone is in Hawaii without her. I don’t think she’s wrong.
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That’s why we always park the private jet near the 2nd home. Kids are on Snapchat and if all their friends are showing up in Italy, we can just follow them there. Gotta keep up and follow 🙄

[Anonymous]

This is exactly why I don’t send my kids to private school. My public school kids have never once complained or even compared themselves or our trips to other families. The only time my kid asked how many homes we owned was because her private school attending friend asked her. Otherwise going to public school is the only real way to keep UMC kids grounded.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly why I don’t send my kids to private school. My public school kids have never once complained or even compared themselves or our trips to other families. The only time my kid asked how many homes we owned was because her private school attending friend asked her. Otherwise going to public school is the only real way to keep UMC kids grounded.

Ok but if you live in an affluent suburb, public school kids are still privileged. We don’t live in the DMV any more, but many of my kids’ classmates and friends travel over break. To very nice places.