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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can these cliques possibly be affecting you? My kids go to their schools, not me. I drop them off, I go to work. The other parents are non factors, I do not see them. What are you doing that other kids’ parents are a daily issue in your life? [/quote]

I don’t have an issue with a mom clique but my sense is that it’s an issue for SAHMs (for whom other SAHMs are like colleagues, so this would be like being isolated at work) and people with very young kids who are in the jointly-supervised play date phase.[/quote]

This exactly.  I felt this sort of exclusion as a SAHM.   Now that I work I don't care.  But being a SAHM without mom friends is extremely isolating and difficult.  I was once part of a group of 6-7 moms that met regularly.  We'd rotate homes, and people would bring their babies/toddlers.  It made SAHMing bearable.  At some point, 3 of the women decided to ditch the group and started meeting with just the 3 of them.  Which is fine--they decided they had more in common with each other, smaller meetups are less messy, etc. But they posted photos of every one of these small meetups on facebook (which is also where the larger group planned meetups).  It was definitely a big screw you to the rest of us, whereas they could have just silently stopped joining the larger group and met with each other without hurting feelings.  My feelings were hurt, but I got over it.  I know one of the other moms who was excluded has Aspergers, and this rejection was the beginning of a huge mental health spiral for her.[/quote]

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