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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tend to attribute that kind of unfriendly behavior in adults to a lack of social skills, and I never really encountered it until I had DCs and was obligated to interact with other parents at school and in other settings. I was PA president for a couple of years, and I was constantly dealing with people who didn't seem to understand that being arrogant or condescending straight out of the gate is not a good way to win friends and influence people.[/quote]

All we have here is that OP feels like part of women supporting other women means she should be able to walk into PTA and be friendly and attractive and other women should want to be her friend, and it's not working. That's weird, and you don't need to be arrogant or condescending to not be into that.[/quote]

[b]Shouldn’t you be able to walk into the PTA and be friendly and expect the other people there to want to be friends?  [/b]
I don’t mean that you are sharing your deepest secrets, but just nice to each other, including each other in conversations and group socializing?

My kids go to a small Catholic school, but that’s how it is there.  Sure, some people are especially close, but everyone is just kind of friends with everyone.  
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Wait. What?? No. You should not expect to be “friends” with all moms at a pta meeting. You should expect everyone in the meeting to be “friendly”.  But you should not expect that grown women, with jobs, busy lives, hobbies, interests, and personalities of their own, are just going to be friends with you because your children attend the same school.

Op this is where I think you do not understand humans and what friendship means. If you didn’t have a lot of friends as a kid, maybe you are just not very savvy when it comes to understanding human interactions. [/quote]

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