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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But I can tell she’s a bit insecure and trying to climb the social ladder (as if there is one in out very middle class neighborhood).

OP, you tipped your hand with this one sentence. You see yourself as some Big Cheese in your neighborhood, the mom to which other moms aspire. It's been years since I was a mother of a new kindergartner, but I remember it being a time when I was hoping to find a mom or two from the bus stop who was either doing the same, or had recently been there, done that. I didn't expect them to be my best friend, just a friendly person to chat with as our kids played at the neighborhood park. It had NOTHING to do with social climbing. Zero.

Get over yourself, OP. [/quote]

When new to a school or any environment, it is natural to try to get to know others.

We used to live in a middle class neighborhood and was probably the richest person in the school. I don’t think anyone tried to befriend me because we were wealthy. I hung out with my kids’ friends’ parents, joined the pta, was friendly to everyone.

We moved to a very wealthy neighborhood and it is absolutely exactly the same. I hang out with my kids’ friends’ parents, joined the pta and friendly to all.

There are unfriendly people at both schools. There are flaky people at both schools. We were pool members at both neighborhoods and the cliquey pool people are at both the poorer and wealthy neighborhoods. We also joined a country club. There are definitely social climbers there.[/quote]

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