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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. My main point is the irony of the outcasts now trying to cast out others.  They're trying to do the exact same thing to others that was done to them.[/quote]

You have no way of knowing they were once outcasts since you didn't know them before. They might have been cliquey biotches since preschool.

And there's a very real chance that you are simply projecting. These women might be nice, and you might be some sort of insecure whackadoodle who assigns malicious intent without just cause. Based on your original post, that's my guess.

My two cents as a mid-40s working mom in the suburbs of dcumlandia: the bitchy moms are the insecure moms. These are typically SAHMs or moms who work very PT, have too much free time on their hands so they constantly chat/text/gossip, and are strangely hyper competitive about everything. As a working mom with a demanding career and limited free time, I have zero interest in worrying about what other moms are saying/doing. I couldn't care less about the little kid sports drama. I have no interest in the fat and sugar content of what was served at the last birthday party or school event. I'm genuinely sad when I hear about the latest marriage imploding, and I don't care to speculate or pass judgment. I don't keep track of play dates or social media...and I think any adult who has determined which kids are "popular" or which moms are the "it" moms probably has a rather empty life (and that's sad).

Honestly, I struggle to remember the names of the moms from school...even the moms of my kids' friends. The kids are friends, but those moms are really just acquaintances. I already have friends from childhood, college/grad school, and work...I'm not really pressed to make new mommy friends in some misguided and bizarre attempt to make my kids popular. I mean, that just sounds like something an unhinged person would do. [/quote]

This..100 times over. I actually like to be "cast out" I just kinda wanna be left alone by the school moms. [/quote]

I "opt out", not cast out:).  As my kids have gotten older, it's been easier.  By middle school, it all becomes irrelevant because nobody really volunteers and kids are self-sufficient.

My youngest (late elementary school) now takes the bus so I don't even see most moms.  The school events are less.  I'll go to a class party or chaperone--but that's it.  I support behind the scenes---send in things with my kid the school or class needs, etc.

I work and kids are involved in sports, etc.

I don't do drama so I don't want to hear about 'who said what to who' or 'which kid did what', blah, blah.  Fortunately, most parents at my kids' school have good hearts and there isn't the maliciousness being referred to in this thread.  Of, since I've opted out, I am the center of the bashing--ha---but who gives a sh*t if I don't know.[/quote]

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