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[quote=Anonymous]First, I can't imagine a "friend" saying this about another "friend". Maybe your other friend is avoiding the friend who would make a comment about someone's baby being cuter than the other? Just a thought! But having said that...

There is definitely a lot of jealousy to go around, though I think it stems from the extreme competitiveness in this area, as highlighted in all of the private school threads.  My daughter is very beautiful and gifted. God, I sound horrible - I'm not trying to sound that way at all, so please take my post for what it is - my experience with jealousy. I have one friend, in particular, (who has slowly devolved into an acquaintance) who is so incredibly competitive that it got to the point where she would put her own daughter down in front of her because she couldn't do xyz or her interests were in, say, blocks instead of music. Always commenting about clothes, hair, activities involved in. It just kept getting worse the older the girls got and their personalities started to shine. To this day, the moms of boys are much easier for us to hang around because there's no comparing - just playing! I've had to weed through quite a few "friends" because I couldn't even talk to them anymore. We had some issues with class placement, testing for GT, etc and I literally had to keep my mouth shut in fear of being the "bragging mom", which I'm truly not. I couldn't care less about how beautiful my dd is and she is very tomboyish, we've never been into Barbies or princesses, she wears ts and leggings everyday, not dresses, we're just not that girly, yet she still gets stopped on the street and family members are constantly talking about her beauty and boys, etc. It's been difficult to get people to talk about her mind instead.

Sorry, I've hijacked your thread! It's obviosuly a tough topic for us and one that I don't discuss with people other than my DH and 1 close friend. I would seek your friend out, ask her how she has been and let her know that you  miss her. Maybe she is dealing with pp depression, maybe she's having a hard time in her marriage - you just never know. If she hasn't been mean/jealous toward you, then I wouldn't jump to that conclusion. Good luck![/quote]

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