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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The bus stop is triggering for me. Everyone seemed to think I was a SAHM and would just not come to the bus stop in the afternoon. Then I would have to make phone calls and people would be kind of rude, "it's my ex's turn" or "oh, man, can you just walk them home". I would get phone calls, "I'm running late, please get Larla". And don't even mention half days. Ugh. So I had to drop the bus stop rope. One day I didn't show up because my DD had an appointment and it was utter chaos at the bus stop. Now I have my kid in activities after school. When she does take the bus, I take her from the stop and just walk home without looking back. The other parents got the message. I definitely had to work on my boundaries.

The texting from the mom wouldn't bother me.[/quote]

This reminds me of the K “village” mom who had a little kindergartener. MCPS requires kindergartner to be picked up by someone. Mom would be late and forget to pick up her little girl all the time. Like a dummy I would step in and help so that the little girl wouldn’t have to be returned to the school by the bus driver. I would walk out of my way to take the little girl home. I barely received an acknowledgment, maybe sometimes a wave out of the door.

One day I just got sick of it and fed up and told the bus driver I was not going to be responsible for her anymore and so the bus driver had to drive the girl back to the school and the mom had to pick her up from there. That happened once. Guess who always Made it to the bus stop on time from then on? [/quote]

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