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[quote=Anonymous]...and I feel so awkward. I don't know what to do next.
The gist of it is, a couple pieces of her child's art were sent home in my child's backpack by mistake. They are these very typical crafty things done by the preschool set almost daily. I have two kids under 5, so when I get stacks or art done at school, about half of it goes straight to the trash, and I only keep those things that are truly remarkable or great for display or can be repurposed, like used for art again at home.

Anyway I'm in a WhatsApp group with this other parent, so I sent her a picture of the two items and asked her if she would like me to bring them back the next day, or should I just throw them away, with a funny face, and I made a little bit of a joke about how I feel like a bad mom because I don't keep most of my kids' art. She responded saying just throw it in the trash. I followed up by saying good I don't feel like such a bad mom because I usually throw a lot of my kids' art from school in the trash too, but I know parents who keep binders of every piece their kid brings home. She responded in a very curt way, like, I am not that Mom. Have a good day. Then I tried explaining myself that I wasn't implying anyone with a bad mom I was making a self-deprecating joke. Anyway, it was like I was trying to make light of a situation and thought we could share a laugh about how they get sent home with these unspectacular things that we are unsentimental about and just toss...

I realize I'm over thinking this but gosh I wasn't trying to imply she is a bad mom. I thought we were kind of friendly as parents of kids in the same class and thought a joke could be shared...

Agh. Should I not have made a joke like that? And am I bad mom? Lol.[/quote]

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