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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]and I don't know what to do about it.  It is a great school but I am miserable.My kids seem happy and that its what matters.  I am miserable[/quote]

How long have you been there? It's possible that connections will grow over time.

I have nothing in common with the parents at the school my child goes to and [b]yet everyone is cordial and welcoming[/b] and I am definitely not miserable.

Is it a matter of you hoped to get your own friends when you enrolled your child? Say more so we understand why you are miserable, sounds like you are having a hard time with the unmet expectations.[/quote]I hav

Different poster here.

The thing is that at some schools, many people are NOT cordial or welcoming.  That is the problem.  I am NOT looking for my new BFFs or even friends but it would be nice if people who I chatted with 2 or 3 times at previous events would even acknowledge me when passing at the next event  It's just weird.  I didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday and have been in many DC circles of busy people who still manage to engage politely with others.  So when SAHMs of high schoolers at our school look through me (and others) I know it's not because they're "too busy"; rather that they're just being obnoxious.  
Vent over: I have met some lovely people and have a dozen or so I can chat with at events and a few that I will probably keep in touch with long after my kids graduate.  But the rest I could really do without. [/quote]

Not a private school situation. It's the mean high school kids not changing and being mean adults. Why do you want to be friends with people who make you feel bad? You have a few people who you say are lovely so put your energy there makes more sense.[/quote]

This. Every time I encounter a "mean mom" who looks through me like I'm air I picture her as the sad and empty person who was likely an unloved or ignored little girl and needs to "empty other people's buckets" in order to try and fill hers, but it never will work and she might die without having reached true self acceptance or any true happiness within herself. They are kind of pathetic.
Find one or two friendly people through volunteering or through parents of the nicer kids?[/quote]

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