to think some of the mums at school are really odd?

[vintageteacups]

I've been living in our home town for the past couple of years and previously grew up there (as did DH).

It's a fairly wealthy, snobby town (newcomers are snobby, not locals who have grown up there). I have some okay friends at the school drop offs/pick ups and regularly see them for a cuppaand cake etc.

However, there are a few really odd women, who know my name, DCs names and a fair but about me, yet sometimes, I can walk past them and say "morning, how are you?" and they'll just literally smile/mumble/stare blankly and carry on walking!!

I'm amazed that anyone can be that rude. One lady, who came up and touched me on the arm 2 weeks ago, telling me her dd would love to come to dd's party, actually just walks straight past me and vaguely smiles every other time.

Another woman who usually says hi fairly normally, saw me yesterday, I said "Hi ----, how are you are?" and she did a smile and carried on walking.

Are some people just odd? I would never dream of blanking someone (even a stranger I don't know) in the street if they openly went out of their way to say hi. Weird huh?

[Fluffycloudland77]

Omg I do this cos I'm really shy and the word hello just gets stuck! Mostly I come accross as confident, even too confident when it's just me and dh.

[Omigawd]

YANBU - School gate mafias are a fact of life, the frantic scrabble for getting the "raight" friends for little Tarquin is a study in obsession.

Just act normal, don't suck up and other "normal" mums will find you.

[vintageteacups]

well - even though I was a bit but some of the posts on here, which implyed I was the one who was weird, I've decided I'm not going to worry about it anymore.

From tomorrow, when someone who obviously knows who I am and who can manage to be very kind and polite one minute and then blank me the next, ignores me when I say "Hi" or "morning", I'll just smile and carry on walking, whilst thinking to myself that they are deaf or mega shy.

[Omigawd]

"I'll just smile and carry on walking, whilst thinking to myself that they are deaf or mega shy."

Or rude cunts :o

[harpfairy]

Lots of people are like this. openerofjars's post is a brilliant illustration of why. They are busy, don't always remember names/faces.

"newcomers are snobby, not locals who have grown up there"... Yes, I usually find people are easily pidgeonholed like this depending on where they happen to have grown up/live

[SarahLundsredJumper]

Snort

[merryberry]

OP, about the OP. That's positively gushing for where I live.
And peopel have the right to go about their lives without interruption, as much as we all love a nice cozy feeling.

[begonyabampot]

"newcomers are snobby, not locals who have grown up there"...

Oh, I seemed to have missed that in all the confusion, definitely not a good start - maybe these 'snobby' ladies know how they are viewed and welcomed.