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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm a little confused about why you think the age thing is insulting to your daughter.  Is there some underlying meaning that you perceive?  Based on your last line about size, are the comments about age supposed to be a way of suggesting that your daughter is too big/fat?  Is that that what you're worried about or is it something else?  (By the way, the 7 year old's comment about the elementary school, while not particularly nice, seems like a normal comment for that age.  7 year olds seems to spend a lot of time taking notice and commenting on differences, with an emphasis on mine/yours.  Not the most attractive behavior but pretty common.)

What is your friendship like otherwise with this mother?  Has she been competitive in other ways?  Have you been friends for a long time?  I'm trying to figure out if you're perceiving insult because that's this woman's pattern of behavior or if perhaps you're reading insult into comments that are innocent.

It's hard to get a handle on because the comments don't seem particularly bad, but I can see how their negativity might not be conveyed well just with a written description and that context/tone/body language make them quite a bit worse.  [/quote]

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