We've currently got a huge class WhatsApp blowup with a new school mum who started DC school last week. She's going around asking people if they want to have playdates so the kids can get to know one another better and her DD "A" can make some friends during half term and a few weekends but it actually seems to be turning out to be a one sided child care swap. I know from the school gate small talk at pickup and drop off that they have moved a long way from their family for cheaper housing and the move has been very delayed. She also mentioned last week that she was struggling to find holiday care as they are all booked up. I'm not sure if she's been advised somewhere to see if other parents want to do a childcare swap for holidays and she's been a bit ham handed with it, or very unfortunate in that genuine errands have come up, or if she is a CF.
She asked queen bee yesterday morning and queen bee has decided it would make great parent WhatsApp content. The mum in question isn't on the class WhatsApp as her child started last Monday and queen bee (who is admin of the class WhatsApp group and head of PTA) was too busy organizing school sun cream, yr 6 leavers hoodies, yr 6 after sats treats and an end of term disco to add the new mum to the group. It's been a non stop slagging fest all yesterday and this morning and still going. One of Queen bee's hive mates who is a gob shite can't wait to be asked and is supposedly going to confront them when she is asked at pickup to publicly warn the rest of the class parents that A's mum is a CF. According to the whatsapp nearly every parent in DC's class has been asked about a playdate over the past week. There is only gob shite and the rest of Queen bee's hive that haven't been asked yet - possibly because they stand in a huddle and don't talk to anyone else. Apparently the new mum has a list of weekends she "can do (read needs child care for)".
Apparently last weekend she took "A" to "H's" house (not queen bee but another mum who is on the queen bee hive fringe) and made an excuse of really needing to do some "emergency errands" so couldn't stop but she would be back in a couple of hours, left her phone number and then refused to pick up the phone, anyway she came back at tea time (6 hrs later) and picked up A. It's emerged on the whatsapp she's also arranged a playdate before H's party on Saturday with "D's" mum and again there is some kind of errand that means A's mum can't stop for the playdate and is dropping off the car seat so D's mum can take A to H's party where she will pick up A from. H's mum is now worried that A will not get picked up from H's party as it finishes at 3 as last week she didn't pick up until 5.
I got asked on Tuesday (before yesterday's blow up) but said we were busy most weekends (we are) and going away at half term (again we are) but could do an evening after school if that worked to be told she would have to look at her calendar. I may have had a narrow escape.