3 years ago a family moved into a house a few doors down from us. Their 1st language is not English. I have become good friends with the mum, our children go to the same school & our daughters have become best friends. I do admitt that the tone of voice that my friend sometimes speaks in is not approppriate & this can make her come across as unfriendly. Also my friend can not understand how we ( as a culture) deal with situations in life so she believes she is always right , becomes defensive & thinks we are 'weak'. For example because a boy did not want to play with her son she instantly said that was social bullying & went straight to the school to complain. When she did not get the response she wanted she confronted the boy's mum in front of everyone & it was at the very least cringe worthy to witness. I have tried to talk to her unsuccessfully about the manner in which she speaks to others & that just because a kid does not want to play with someone it does not make them a bully. Things came to ahead recently with another confrontation & she has now allinated herself . I now feel stuck in the middle as with me she is nice, friendly, warm & we enjoy spending time together but I have witnessed the other side to her. People are now coming up to me telling me they do not like her and people are gossiping about her. I walk away as I do not want to get involed in their issues with her. Any advice on how to deal with this will be grately recieved!
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TheSecondComing ·
10/07/2011 22:26
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