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Shes one of those parents who thinks her kids came out of Mary huh?
I have friends who have soccer games,they dont bother asking me to go. They know I wont.
Would you invite your sister or brother and their families? She seems to invite everyone.
Certainly if I had siblings in the area, I would invite them, especially if I thought it was something cute, or when they got older, actually entertaining.
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She sounds like she is living through her kids. Annoying for sure, and I wouldn't do anything to encourage it. Some people just fail to see that their kids aren't as important as they think they are, at least not to anyone besides their parents.
What would she do if you took her out to lunch and said "no talking about kids"? She probably couldn't do it.
Keyboard psychology!
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I've sat through a friend's daughter's college graduation. I forget how many HUNDRED graduates there were that walked across that stage to get their diploma that day.
OMG, I was SO freaking bored but I went to keep my friend (the mother of the graduate) company. She is one of my best friends and I had to act honoured to be asked to attend.
About five seconds and she across the stage and got her diploma. Big deal! It was agonizing sitting there.
Surely you knew that's what a college graduation would be like!
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Our friends never asked us to go to their children's performances however, our children went to school together so we were all going to be there anyway. Beyond that, we go to watch our grandsons when we are available when they are in a play.
That's how it was with us, too, back in the day. The kids themselves would go to each other's athletic events sometimes.
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I'm afraid I would have to tell her next time, "I don't mind buying Girl Scout cookies, but Snowflake is not my child, and I don't feel it's appropriate for me to be at your kid's dance recital/band concert/cheerleading tryout."
Why bring up GS cookies if they're inviting you to a dance recital?
Certainly if I had siblings in the area, I would invite them, especially if I thought it was something cute, or when they got older, actually entertaining.
Keyboard psychology!
Surely you knew that's what a college graduation would be like!
That's how it was with us, too, back in the day. The kids themselves would go to each other's athletic events sometimes.
Why bring up GS cookies if they're inviting you to a dance recital?
Based on your responses to the other remarks, I'm not getting into a discussion with you. You seem like "one of those" and I'd not respond again to their questions, either.
Based on your responses to the other remarks, I'm not getting into a discussion with you. You seem like "one of those" and I'd not respond again to their questions, either.
If you really didn't want to get into a "discussion" with me, you would have simply ignored my post, rather than insulting me. You have a nice day, too!
She is always texting me, other friends, mine and their family members etc...about her kids dance and piano recitals giving us details of when it is and the price and then follows up to ask if we are going. One time I went and watched a 3 hour show when her kid was on stage for 1.5 minutes. I'm not a parents but none of my other friends who have kids do this. Nor did my parents when I was a kid and in shows. I remember my grandparents being there and maybe one of my friends who wanted to go. I just think it really puts people on the spot. She does the same thing with Girl Scout cookies and magazine subscriptions they are selling.
Not if you have the spine to simply say no. Say it often enough, and the problem will go away.
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Would you invite your sister or brother and their families? She seems to invite everyone.
So? Why do you care? It's one thing for you to be bothered that she asks you; it's quite another for you to be annoyed that she asks relatives and other friends.
Not only would I not go but it annoys me when I can't get a seat at my own kid's event because every grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, former babysitter, cross-country friend under the sun comes for half the other kids. I wish events were limited to immediate family only. Or at least give a certain amount of tickets to be used however the family wants.
No still works. I have to laugh, because I think I sometimes post too many pictures of my daughter on FB, so I don't post more than 1 in a month or 2. Like my sister tells me, YOU love your kid, not everyone else does.
I wouldn't go even once. That would be like feeding a stray cat and expecting it to go away. Life just doesn't work that way.
I would have no problem saying no without thinking up an excuse. If my "no" doesn't speak for itself, she really isn't a friend. She's a Bother.
Yes, I would find it annoying.
No, I would not attend.
No, I don't even get invited, because they know this.
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