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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is so not a thing [/quote]

Unfortunately, it is. Many parents will take even the most neutrally worded statement as a referendum on [i]their[/i] educational choices, and react accordingly. It’s all well and good if you can keep it a deathly secret, but that gets weird quickly.

The answer, of course, is that your real friends won’t be jerks about it, and people are jerks about it they’re not your real friends. [/quote]

NP.

No, it’s really not a thing. I mean, I *judge* you for doing it (negatively) but that’s not to be confused with jealousy.[/quote]

Sure, sure. Your quick judgment of other people’s  educational choices for their own children has absolutely nothing to do with your own issues. Got it.

Obviously you’ve never been in this situation because you are way, way too good to ever send your kid to private school, but: I’ve been there. Our neighborhood school is undeniably crappy. When my kid got into a fancy-schmancy selective private school with a buttload of FA, my dearest and best friends were thrilled for us, and we’re still close. Other people dropped us like a hot potato and I am absolutely OK with that. They were distressed about their own tough choices and didn’t have it in themselves to be happy for my kid. Again, that’s OK. Not everyone is meant to be a friend during every season. [/quote]

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