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[quote=Anonymous][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 [b]links to Facebook which is awkward because those of us who don't have Facebook can't open the link[/b] 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]

Good lord you all need some social skills. You feel awkward for not being able to open a link? I don’t have FB and it’s NBD if someone sends me a link. I just say “sorry, don’t have FB. What are you trying to share?”

Also the tattoo fixation is weird. You think people with tattoos should be more Suzy Sunshine…..well I think people with tattoos should be tougher and not get upset over a text like a dang middle schooler. [/quote]

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