Year 7 DD has brought a new friend home, is it the norm to have to ignore them completely after saying hello!

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sandyballs · 16/10/2012 17:37

As DD says i am beyond embarrassing for asking her 'new friend' such intrusive questions as:

What primary school did you attend?
Are you enjoying secondary?
Pasta for dinner, is that ok for you?

Most odd

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BackforGood · 16/10/2012 17:46

Agree with others. You can chat if you are all sat round the table for a meal, but other than that, leave them alone

Bonsoir · 16/10/2012 17:45

You don't have any conversation with friends unless they are at table having a meal with you/the rest of the family, in which case you definitely converse with them. If they are not able to do this, you never invite them again!

Ragwort · 16/10/2012 17:43

Yes. My DS even hisses at me if we pass one of his friends in the street, I am not allowed to acknowledge them .

I can remember being bored to tears by friends' parents talking to me and quizzing asking me about my favourite subject blah blah blah so I try and understand.

In fact I recently met a friend's mother - bear in mind we are in our 50s and the mother is late 70s and she started quizzing me, actually asked 'How do I spend my time???' - I was (almost) speechless. She just wouldn't stop talking at me .

Pagwatch · 16/10/2012 17:41

Don't speak to them!

Do you want your child to be shunned

Nod, smile, hand them food.

crazynanna · 16/10/2012 17:39

DD has informed me her friends say I "talk a lot"

Well if their mums won't talk to them...I might as well

ISingSoprano · 16/10/2012 17:39

Entirely normal! You embarass them by simply breathing so you might as well make the most of it by asking 'intrusive' questions

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