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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP. So, the mom and I ended up having lunch. It was fine, though I definitely don't see us getting close. She's an intense tiger mom type. In any case, in her words, "I'm a tiger mom, a bulldog, and am going to make this happen." She was referring to getting our boys together before the school year starts. I came up with every kind excuse, which happen to all be true, but she's not going for it and pinned me down with a date. Anyway, having a small pool/BBQ gathering with her kid and a few others. Who knows, maybe we'll all be surprised.  [/quote]

Yuk! As the mother of a child with SN I would never intimidate another mom like that. I knew a mom like that. She couldn't accept that her kid was forming friendships with some kids who also had needs so she did all sorts of things to manipulate parents of kids without SN to play with her kids. She told sob stories about him that weren't true. She tried the bulldog approach. Nobody should have to do that for a 10 year old. My kid likes plenty of kids who don't have SN. I will invite kids for playdates, but if the parent is evasive I let it go.Guess what, there are kids without SN who actually want to play with my kid. I don't need to manipulate people. If a mom did that to me I would decline and not get together with her myself. Too controlling.[/quote]

This is OP. I hear you and I have all sorts of icky feelings about this, but I'm going to give it a fair chance and hope it's not too uncomfortable. There will be a couple other kids. If it turns out to be a fail,  I'll put my foot down for future. She's super aggressive and she will never read between the lines. I'll have to be firm. Agh! Anyway...[/quote]
I'm sorry this mom is being so overbearing about this OP! It's nice of you to give it one more shot but after this you'll probably have to get more direct, almost what you would consider to be rude. It's the only language 'bulldogs' understand.[/quote]

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