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[quote=Anonymous]Are these friends you had previous to children or you are friends through your kids?

I think the first group you try to salvage and keep the friendship thread up loosely and time will pass and then you can reconnect.  If it's the second group, you distance and see what happens and likely the friendship is over.

I have seen these types of issues implode so many friendships over the years.  In general I think it's always so important to know that you do not know the full story.  You just don't.  The likely scenario is that mistakes were made by all and the likely scenario is they don't see things quite the way you do or your daughter does.  And you just need to know you don't know everything that happened and probably her parents don't either.  You're both getting the filter of your own child.  I think it is super important to always remember that.  A lot of times the kid that gets "dumped" from the group is seen as the straight up victim and the one who ends up on top socially (for the time being) is seen as squarely wrong.  The reality is probably more complicated.[/quote]

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