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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My best mom friend is extremely wealthy.  Their estate consists of a 27,000 sq ft home plus a separate theater and gym.  We met in a Mommy & Me class when our oldest kids were babies.  She is so generous in always hosting play dates and inviting us over for swimming.  I reciprocate often but not every time because her play areas are just so amazing and huge.  She also has a full time housekeeper, chef, gardener and a nanny for each child so she doesn’t have to do any clean up herself.

She is warm, down to earth and welcoming.  I would suspect that maybe OP is off putting in other ways.  [/quote]

I posted something similar earlier. If this has happened frequently, as opposed to one time with the one person that prompted this post, there's something else going on when people go to OP's house.

Maybe it's her interactions with the older kids. Maybe it's the way the house is set up -- vast empty spaces, off-limits rooms?

Maybe she's weirdly formal in the house, or very circumscribed in where people can be.

Maybe she's unaware of how much time she spends directing her housekeeper while guests are over.

Maybe she expressed a political opinion that offended or upset the other mom.

I don't know. But if I liked someone well enough to go to their house, their would have to be some weirdness for me to just fade away beyond ostentatious wealth. [b]I mean, I'm friends with people who are tacky in all kinds of different ways. Why not this one?[/b][/quote]

:lol: [/quote]

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