i'm sorry that happened to you swizz. she did not need to be such a bitch! isn't eating rocks like a toddler rite of passage? lol
i get the same thing as catbus. i look SUPER young and either no one talks to me, or talks to me as if i'm 16. it's irritating.
you'll be leaving soon! hopefully you have a good group in DC, or it will at least be easier for you.
I like to think we're pretty friendly here (in DC area). I always chit chat with people at the playground, especially if they're in one of kids classes.
Some people just are rude. Or maybe she was having a rough day. I've had people be standoffish to me before then I would see them later and they would apologize because they were having a fight with their H or something.
Post by cherry1111 on Sept 28, 2015 15:23:14 GMT -5
That sucks. I don't know for sure where you are but I have a guess. If I'm right, I never realized it was such an awful and backwards small town. I used to drive through there when I would drive back and forth to college but I guess I never left the gas station and Wendys right off the highway.
Is this a case of everyone growing up there and never leaving and not being open to making new friends? It's so bizarre.
Post by fortnightlily on Sept 28, 2015 15:27:58 GMT -5
I'm sure it's her problem, not yours. But yay to coming back to DC! I know this town has it's own rep for social-snobbery, but all the strangers at the playgrounds here in the MD 'burbs have always been nice to me.
I'm sorry. People suck. I've moved & tried hard to make friends or just be friendly...with very mixed results. It was one of the hardest parts of being an adult for me--not everyone wants to be my friend...lol.
ugh. awful! She sounds incredibly socially awkward. You're in Texas right? You need to move to Austin, people are nice here. I wonder if it has to do with being seen as an "outsider" in a small town. Is it mostly locals there?
Most everyone I've met either grew up there or at the most, another part of TX. I haven't met anyone here from anywhere else in the country. DH only has one other colleague from somewhere else and she quit a couple months ago.
I worked in small town TX for a few years and this was my experience too. People definitely let me know I was an outsider.
When I used to tell people I was from the north they'd say "oh, San Antonio?" LOL. As if you can't possibly be from a state other than TX.
I get it. We live in a small town and everyone is really cliquey. Plus everyone who lives here is bilingual and I am not. It sucks. We have been here for 4 years and I have 2 sort of friends.
Post by oceanstbride on Sept 28, 2015 20:36:45 GMT -5
Seriously so rude. I know for a fact that you are not creepy . It is not weird to know other kid's names of your kid's class. In fact, I feel bad that I don't know a lot of names yet because I hightail it out of there in the am since DS is having a hard time with drop off.
I'm sorry this happened. Happy for you that you're making a move back (or at least closer) to home.
BTDT as a parent of a kid who has ASD. He's different; people might not be able to guess what the difference is, but it's something on which they pick up. People sometimes avoided him as if the autism was catchy. In their defence, typically developing kids do learn behaviors modeled by peers.
When I read this, the first thing that came to mind was wondering if someone were talking out of turn about your DD being evaluated and that's why you're being treated as pariahs. Especially given the "she's eating rocks" observation. Bitch. That said, if I was the parent of a girl whose only other female option in preschool was a non-verbal toddler who in your words "isn't enamored of the other kids" I would be frustrated with the situation.