Anyone else ever git stuck in a toxic mum clique at school? How did you get out ?

[Freedomseeker2025]

Its not all of them, but majority, gossiping, bitching, sizing each other up, the odd put down or snidey comment
That kinda thing

Sounds awful

I had a realisation one day, about 14 years ago, that if Queen Bee was saying awful things about other friends to me, she was clearly saying similar about me to them. I told them exactly she'd been saying and washed my hands. Never looked back. Of the group, funnily enough, she's the only one I'm not still friendly (though still not 'friends') with...

I really hate the events the school put on, like family picnic and sport events where you get stuck with them

Yes I was glad when my children moved to senior school as it generally stops then.
I hated the school mum cliques waiting at the gates at Primary school.

It's just so draining and negative, even the nicer ones, just go along with the more dominate ones, like sheep