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[quote=Anonymous]So you have a mom friend with a kid with some social issues that you know she is anxious about and you think she wants to be friends with you without the kids? Her priority is her kid. She is looking for social situations for her kid to participate in. I had a kid like this and it was a huge bonus when I really got along with the other parents, but no way in my “copious free time” was I going to hang out without socializing the kids, unless it was a group adult activity I signed up for, like church choir.

Why don’t you have play dates sometimes with just their family? You are not responsible for having your kid be this kid’s only friend, but not every kid does well  in large group settings so if you and she are such good friends that you’re pretending to worry about this, the most normal thing is for the moms to hang upstairs while the kids do other things. They’re five.

Either you or your kid doesn’t like “that weird kid Andy” so keep ghosting them, but there’s no universe where you keep a friendship with Ann going. [/quote]

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