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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Friendship is mutual- friendship requires active participation and mutual effort. You cannot expect to receive friendship without being willing to give it. This couldn’t be more basic. [/quote]

Friendship?  It's about the kids not you.  Are the kids are all part of the same friend goup?[/quote]

There’s just dynamics of friendship YOU are not picking up. Not everyone gets invited to everything. Why would you want to be? [/quote]

Everything is context based.  If it's a small group and one of them is being left out then YTA.  If it's a large group and a small group are getting together then NTA.  If it's a large group and a large group are getting together then it depends on the percentages.[/quote]

This.

I also think it's really relevant in this thread that this mom does not appear to be upset that she is not part of OP's friend group. This isn't about a mom feeling hurt that she's not invited for coffee or drinks with this group. She is exclusively upset about her son feeling left out, in situations where her son has come home from school upset because the kids of this friend group have been talking up activities/parties in front of him. That's it.

Yet OP is bothered by this woman's behavior towards OP. OP is way more invested in her relationship with this woman than the other way around. This woman is not angling for an invite to hang out with these ladies. She just doesn't want her kid unnecessarily feeling like a fringe member of his friends group.[/quote]

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