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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The PTA at our school feels really cliquish. I tried volunteering for a while but felt very unwelcome. Now I do things for them occasionally out of obligation to the school and because I think it's important to demonstrate what community involvement is to my kid. But I don't jt enjoy it at all because I find the other PTA parents bizarrely unfriendly and I just kind of smile my way through it but when it's over I always tell my husband "remind me not to do this again."

[b]I just don't get their behavior. They constantly ask for volunteers and want more people involved, but they clearly mostly just want people who they already know (because their kids are friends, are in the same activities, or they're neighbors or whatever) and they view me as an outsider. It often feels like they are like "We desperately need volunteers! No, not you."[/b] It's feels pretty bad.[/quote]

This is exactly my experience at our DC private.  It even happens on the sports teams at the school.  I volunteered because it was strongly encouraged and I have never been made to feel so unwelcome in my entire life.  These women presumably have real jobs in the real world and I cannot imagine how they function with colleagues and staff. Don’t worry ladies, I’m not trying to steal your snack arranging thunder.  JFC.[/quote]

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