WIBU to smirk at this display of loud parenting at school today?

[ItsSnowDarling]

Picture the scene - End of the day outside reception. Parent who is well known for parenting loudly and ensuring everyone knows how advanced her son is arrives.

Examples of loud parenting in the past include:

• her son always carries his reading book in his hand so we can all see which one it is, instead of putting it in his bag like the rest of us.
• talking loudly to the teacher daily about his achievements.
• inviting children over for "reading" dates when they were in nursery!
• singing Jolly Phonics in the playground.

Anyway tomorrow is the nativity, of course we all know that her son will be playing Joseph, so did she really need to throw her arms open as she arrived and exclaim loudly "I'm here, where's Joseph" - I managed to hold back the snort, but I really struggled with the smirk, which may have been a bit too obvious.

So was I reasonable or is the truth that I am just jealous that her DS is far superior to mine?

troisgarcon - that sort of comment (in my experience) comes from smug women who have no experience of infertility or loss and should really not generalise. It took me 8 years to have my son and I really don't care whether he's top in everything because I'm just delighted to have him at all. And because he's the only one I'm ever likely to have I want to make very sure he's not a spoiled, stuck-up brat that has no friends.

Pmsl! Yanbu, that's brilliant!

Sorry troisgarcon - that was a bit much on my part. Just very tired of seeing women who have had a rough time already facing criticism unjustly. Sadly, I've experienced a fair amount of odd assumptions and a kind of suspicion and ostracism by folk who have conceived easily - infertility and pregnancy loss still seem to be a kind of taboo, like we might 'infect' others. Now totally off-topic [shuts up and moves off].

Well done tralala's DS :o that's brilliant. Children's honesty can be devastatingly blunt can't it!