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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In our K-8, there was a child my DD and her wanted to have playdates many times. I couldn't stand the mother and she couldn't stand me.  The result was no playdates despite our children asking and obviously being friends in school. [/quote]

So how does that situation relate to this discussion?  Are you saying you yourself are a "divisive parent who works her own social agenda to cut out other children"?  I sort of doubt that's what you really mean, but that's what it sounds like you're saying here.

I'll let you speak for yourself, but I suspect that what you are really saying is that you simply don't like the other mother for some perfectly rational reason, and so you discourage the children from spending time together outside of school.  If that's the situation, then I've got no dispute with you.  You present one perfect example of why people should not assume that just because a particular parent doesn't invite a child to a playdate, that doesn't mean there is some social-climbing plot behind it.

My whole problem with most of the complaints here is that they're based on posters making assumptions about what other parents are secretly thinking.  In my experience, most people (including me) are terrible at intuiting what other people are thinking or what motivates other people's actions.  
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Let me be more specific - the other mother didn't like me because I worked and she only wanted her child around the SAHM and families as they were the better families in her opinion.

As a working mom, I didn't want my kid around her because she was a SAHM and I felt she wasn't one of the better families in my opinion.

Does that clarify it for you?

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Yes, I have quite a clear picture of you now![/quote]

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