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I think I am the subject of gossip

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averageisgood · 27/09/2018 23:08

At my dc's school. Not by the parents, beyond the usual anyway, but amongst teachers.
Around a year ago, a temporary supply teacher started flirting with me, and I didn't notice at first and just thought he was being friendly with me since my do was in his class. By the time I realised, i had already been friendly back, smiled and shared a few jokes etc. Soon I realised that some of the teachers would look and laugh as soon as they saw me going to collect my dc. The male teachers would look at me and each other and smile, the female teachers would shake their heads at me, and snigger. It wasn't every teacher, but there seemed to be a group from two year groups. It really got to me, and I tried to ignore it until it died down. Well it didn't. It has all started up again this year, even though the teacher has gone. I didn't even flirt back. My youngest is my only dc at the school now, and has two more years there. Her teacher was amongst the ones sniggering at me, and every day I have to face him. It's horrible. What can I do?

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mumof2andsurviving · 27/09/2018 23:09

I really feel for you OP, that is horrible

t00dle00 · 27/09/2018 23:13

Honestly ignore it op. They're the stupid ones who are smirking over something that never happened.

Leave them to it.

tootstastic · 27/09/2018 23:28

I would have a quiet and honest chat with the head. They'll soon stop it! Totally unprofessional.

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Spudina · 27/09/2018 23:32

Why not call them out on it?? Your essentially being accused of something you didn't do. Few things get me more riled than that. I would ask what their problem is.

NonaGrey · 27/09/2018 23:34

There are teachers sniggering at you every day at school?

I’d be calmly calling them out on it. And thenmaking an appointment to see the head.

HollowTalk · 27/09/2018 23:35

Talk to the headteacher. That's incredibly unprofessional and nasty, too.

HildaZelda · 28/09/2018 00:06

Ignore them OP. As Oscar Wilde said: "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about".

MrsZB · 28/09/2018 00:23

Hasn’t this been posted before?

Jayne232 · 28/09/2018 06:28

Why would a group of teachers be sniggering at you about something that happened a year ago? Are you sure you're not being paranoid?

DNAwrangler · 28/09/2018 06:41

That seems... odd. Even if it had happened in the first place, you'd expect it to be last year's gossip by now.

If it were me, and I saw one of them snigger at me, I'd do a bewildered looking over my shoulder, and around a bit, and then back at them, right in the eye. If that didn't sort it, I'd be asking them if there was a problem.

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