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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tough crowd here.  OP, I totally get what you're saying.  It's the curt "Have a good afternoon" that is weird.  It reads as her shutting the conversation down when you were just trying to be friendly.  I really don't think you approached it incorrectly and she sounds a bit unfriendly to me.  Though, I agree with others that it is REALLY hard to read tone over text.  I just wouldn't try to chat it up or joke with her over text again.  [/quote]

This. She isn't one of your "people". NBD.[/quote]

OP here. This. This is it. It's the shutting down comment. Anytime another parent is being kind or friendly I am earnest and eager to respond back with friendliness. This Mom is not. She is not one of my people. I totally get that now. I saw her this morning. She might be a little socially awkward, in that she takes herself very seriously. I really misjudged her, and made assumptions of her partly because of her appearance. She comes across as a sort of non-traditional mom, with tattoos up her sleeves, and as a tattooed Mom myself, I guess I felt like she might be sort of an open-minded, fun and friendly person. She really is not. So, lesson learned. I move on now.[/quote]

I'm a non-traditional, open-minded mom (with tattoos) and I also hate text banter. I try to remember to use exclamation points or smiley faces, but sometimes I forget. I love grabbing coffee or a drink, but when I see that texting could go on for a long time I do try to shut it down, even with close friends. Maybe I'm not one of your people ;) but I wouldn't write her off based on a text.[/quote]

This isn't it though. I realize she shares things all the time in the WhatsApp group. Dumb things like memes from GOT and links to Facebook which is awkward because those of us who don't have Facebook can't open the link and we have no idea what it is she is sharing.
I realize she is just not friendly. In texts or in person. I realized that this morning when I saw her at drop off. It's nothing personal to me and I won't take the time to interact with her anymore.[/quote]

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