Friends dropped us

[Anonymous]

We were friends with another couple through our kids, we each have three kids the same age and go to the same camp.

The mom is definitely a mean girl but also very fake, over the winter I reached out to her a few times and didn’t hear back, which I assumed was just Covid insanity related. Turns out she and her husband are totally fading us, her DH avoids us and will barely say hello, she says hi but also we’ve heard from others that she’s trash talking us.

Today we were at an event for the kids and she and her friends were huddled in a corner and it was clear they were talking about us.
Also another mom had confirmed this last month.

We’ve no idea why they’re being like this, though they have a bunch of issues and so it’s also not a surprise, it’s a bit of a relief actually because she’s a drama queen. But it’s hard to know how to act at camp, especially as they’ve brought other moms into it. Also it makes me sad as all the parents socialize with the kids so we can tell our kids are being excluded from stuff.

WWYD?

[Anonymous]

Thinking maybe she picked up on the fact you think she is a mean drama queen who is fake and has a bunch of issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were friends with another couple through our kids, we each have three kids the same age and go to the same camp.

The mom is definitely a mean girl but also very fake, over the winter I reached out to her a few times and didn’t hear back, which I assumed was just Covid insanity related. Turns out she and her husband are totally fading us, her DH avoids us and will barely say hello, she says hi but also we’ve heard from others that she’s trash talking us.

Today we were at an event for the kids and she and her friends were huddled in a corner and it was clear they were talking about us.
Also another mom had confirmed this last month.

We’ve no idea why they’re being like this, though they have a bunch of issues and so it’s also not a surprise, it’s a bit of a relief actually because she’s a drama queen. But it’s hard to know how to act at camp, especially as they’ve brought other moms into it. Also it makes me sad as all the parents socialize with the kids so we can tell our kids are being excluded from stuff.

WWYD?

Why would you want to be friends with mean people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were friends with another couple through our kids, we each have three kids the same age and go to the same camp.

The mom is definitely a mean girl but also very fake, over the winter I reached out to her a few times and didn’t hear back, which I assumed was just Covid insanity related. Turns out she and her husband are totally fading us, her DH avoids us and will barely say hello, she says hi but also we’ve heard from others that she’s trash talking us.

Today we were at an event for the kids and she and her friends were huddled in a corner and it was clear they were talking about us.
Also another mom had confirmed this last month.

We’ve no idea why they’re being like this, though they have a bunch of issues and so it’s also not a surprise, it’s a bit of a relief actually because she’s a drama queen. But it’s hard to know how to act at camp, especially as they’ve brought other moms into it. Also it makes me sad as all the parents socialize with the kids so we can tell our kids are being excluded from stuff.

WWYD?

OP - our kids are the same ages and we were always together. She’s very social and always in the middle of everything, we’re boring and don’t party a lot, we also don’t get involved in drama, I could see why they’d find us boring but I’m surprised we’re all of a sudden being trash talked


Why would you want to be friends with mean people?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thinking maybe she picked up on the fact you think she is a mean drama queen who is fake and has a bunch of issues.

She’s the loud mom who wants to be in the middle of everything, if someone doesn’t agree with her then they’re a bar person.

[Anonymous]

I would stop going to events since we're in the middle of the pandemic and the laughing stock of the world.

[Anonymous]

Pandemic.

Stop trolling.

[Anonymous]

How about you find different friends who you actually like.

[Anonymous]

Move on.
I’ve been dropped / snubbed and fretted about it. There’s not much you can do but find new friends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pandemic.

Stop trolling.

OP it’s an outdoor sports camp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about you find different friends who you actually like.

OP - how do we do this when the loud mom is trash talking us?
There’s another nice mom we spent time with last year and she pretends she doesn’t see me every time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Move on.
I’ve been dropped / snubbed and fretted about it. There’s not much you can do but find new friends.

I’m sorry you experienced this too
How do you find new friends when the loud mom is trash talking though?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would stop going to events since we're in the middle of the pandemic and the laughing stock of the world.

OP yes I agree with this. Our school won’t reopen in September so we wanted the kids to socialize a bit while the weather is good

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were friends with another couple through our kids, we each have three kids the same age and go to the same camp.

The mom is definitely a mean girl but also very fake, over the winter I reached out to her a few times and didn’t hear back, which I assumed was just Covid insanity related. Turns out she and her husband are totally fading us, her DH avoids us and will barely say hello, she says hi but also we’ve heard from others that she’s trash talking us.

Today we were at an event for the kids and she and her friends were huddled in a corner and it was clear they were talking about us.
Also another mom had confirmed this last month.

We’ve no idea why they’re being like this, though they have a bunch of issues and so it’s also not a surprise, it’s a bit of a relief actually because she’s a drama queen. But it’s hard to know how to act at camp, especially as they’ve brought other moms into it. Also it makes me sad as all the parents socialize with the kids so we can tell our kids are being excluded from stuff.

WWYD?

What kind of trash talking? Specifically? Is she making stuff up?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would stop going to events since we're in the middle of the pandemic and the laughing stock of the world.

OP yes I agree with this. Our school won’t reopen in September so we wanted the kids to socialize a bit while the weather is good

You missed the point. Completely. The pandemic is happening RIGHT NOW. It's not paused for summer.