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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If someone says "Oh, are you going to school carnival?" Or "I didn't see you at the choral performance, your daughter was adorable with her stage presence!" They are NOT guilting you so don't take it that way. I learned that lesson too late and beat myself up about some things until I realized [b]people are just sharing and making small talk[/b], I did it too without realizing.[/quote]

+1000[/quote]

I didn’t see you there, your kid was adorable is absolutely a guilt trip. [/quote]

I don’t see it intended as a guilt trip if it’s the only thing said. Adding something like, “I can’t believe you weren’t there or you really missed out?” would be.

I have flexible work and go to all the performances and an occasional field trip. A couple of times, I’ve taken pictures of kids and texted them to the Mom when I knew she wasn’t there. I hope they haven’t taken it as a guilt trip, it wasn’t intended that way. These were obviously friends and not just random Moms. [/quote]

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