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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would guess that your friend is friendly with that mom?
There is a kid who is a bit obnoxious and his mom is standoff ish and I hear parents complaining about that kid constantly. But another kid who is even worse gets off with "spirited" because his mom is popular. People will say "Dave and Mary are the most amazing people. It's a shame their kids are so rude." As if the parents had nothing to do with it.[/quote]

OP here and no, my friend doesn't have kids at this school and has never met these people. [b]She just objects to me calling this kid an ***hole[/b].[/quote]

Yes, most people would object. Stop that. It makes YOU the horrible person in the story, OP because as an adult, you should know better.

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OP here. I truly am not being intentionally dense here, but: what is horrible about it?

It's not like I'm calling this kid an ***hole to her face. I've seen her do things I think are just egregious. A recent example was watching her loudly make fun of kids who need after-school tutoring for reading at a school even where those kids could definitely hear her. I said nothing. But in my head, I thought "wow, what an ***hole" because, well, what an ***hole. And I still don't get what is wrong with thinking that or even expressing it to a friend in confidence.[/quote]

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