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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a woman who I'd only say things like "oh I'm so glad that works well for you" or "I'm so glad you've found what works for your family" or "wow" or "huh" or some other random surface level platitude.  If she made a dig at a working mother I might say "I'm not sure why you'd say that to me" but probably not.

If you don't engage in the conversation it will stop.  You aren't ever going to WIN with her.

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I agree with this, but I also understand the urge sometimes to come back at them because sometimes their behavior is so over the top rude and obnoxious that it would be very easy to just hold up a mirror and embarrass them in front of other people.

Like once a woman I know like this said just the absolute rudest possible thing about my child's school, which she knows is my child's school. And she said it in front of our kids. It was unreal, I couldn't believe an adult would be so lacking in social graces or self-awareness. It took all my inner strength to just smile and say "Oh I guess we all have different educational priorities" and then change the subject. It would have felt amazing for one minute to just absolutely destroy her and her ridiculous hyper-competitive attitude in front of her kid. But it also would have lowered me to her level. Plus likely led her to say even ruder things to me in front of my kid. Better to smile and offer a platitude, and then talk to my kid later about how to disregard that kind of garbage "insight" from other people. But it does require self control to be around people like this. They make it as hard as possible.[/quote]

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