Am I the only one to name school gate parents/minders?

[BananasInBloomers]

Inspired by all the school threads I'm just wondering if I am the only one who nicknames other schoolgaters? In my head,not out loud.

Theres MrsLoudParenting. Everyone in a five mile radius knows how brilliant her DC is doing.
Theres MrsBuggy. She was the widest range of buggies I've ever seen.
Theres MrSuit. He always looks immaculate.
Theres DiscoMinder. She looks like shes off to a nightclub.
Theres TheDesignerPosse. Always decked out,head to toe.
Then theres us The IfItsCleanI'llWearIt gang.

mosschops you are MrsNoHangingAround.

TheOneWithTheHair I live in Canada, you wouldn't mind just popping it in the post would you?

Do you know what MrsTerry? I actually would if you really wanted me to. I'm very accommodating.

never MrsLoudParenting calls her DC my darling,boasts loudly,always with a quick glance to see who has overheard. Any mishaps are told with dramatic emphasis.

Do you not have The Lycra Gang all thin and off to jogging/fitness classes after drop off(which they like to talk about very loudly)?

There is also Mrs Creep who always sucks up to the teacher.

I rarely get to see the school gate cliques
work is a blessing, and relieves one of negotiating that set of folks

can i ask how do you know if someone is 'always late mum' unless you are always just as late yourself?

the woman with the kids
was 1 when my dd was in primary nobody knew her name she never spoke to anybody she has a lot of children babies/toddlers and schoolies , she was always the women with the kids

I knew or know all of yours OP

Because they hang around chatting at the gate and always see her or because she's the one rushing in as the others are leaving. :)

IAm I meet them rushing in as I am going out.

MrsHeff I call them TheWalkers

ah right, i'm the get in, grab child, get out kind of person hanging about at a school gate is my idea of hell.

Loads of gym mummies at DD's school, also Sandalman - bit sort of new-agey with toes on display in all weathers. My fave is the one who looks like Peter Stringfellow. Lovely chap but he needs to lose the mullet ..

can i ask how do you know if someone is 'always late mum' unless you are always just as late yourself?

If the hatchet faced hags CMs have left the playground, you are really late (normally they stand around casting spells chatting until at least twenty past nine)

Yes deffo MrsNotHangingRound thats me!

I see MrsLate because she rushes past me on my way out of school

Daddy pig! I swear he looks just like him!

"If they are not friendly back then don't bother chatting to them again."

Please do give people another chance! Someone who seems unfriendly might just be shy, and finding it hard to smile/relax/converse.

I'm probably MrsWeirdoAlwaysCarriesHerToddlerInASling, SurelyHe'sOldEnoughToWalkNow.

That, or MrsStandoffish. I don't know why, but I think I give off 'don't talk to me, I'm not friendly' vibes. Always have done.

We have Mrs shouty, who walks home the same way as us continually shouting at her children or the dog.
Also have a Mrs mutton (45 going on 16)
Football dad - whose discussion about football can be heard over the entire playground even when he's just talking to the person next to him
And helmethair - as well hair that looks like a helmet

I will be her who's never here.whatsherface

yes do give people a second chance. i suffer from depression and on the days i'm not feeling great, my self confidence is in my boots and i can barely make eye contact even with the parents i know quite well but on other days when i feel good i am smiley and chatty and will say hello to everyone that passes me. i know it must be confusing for people that i smile one day and not the next and i try to be consistent but it can be hard on the bad days. i just want to shrink into the wall and not be noticed.

they all look the same

I'm Mrs Lookstotallyknackered.

Cos I do. Damm it.

Booyhoo;

' i'm guessing he just likes that style but really the same t-shirt? when does it ever get washed? (he doesn't look dirty BTW so i'm guessing he washes it every night) it's just funny to see the same clothes every day.'

My son is 17, has Asperger's and wears the same clothes every day. He has 7 sets of identical items, down to T shirts. He also has a bath a night.
Just a possibility

I'm "the one who had the heart attack in the yard" and no4 son is only in reception.. I am hopeful that I'll be someone else eventually, but I'll be "the one with the stick" or "the miserable cow" or something equally nice I just know it!
We have The Very Skinny One - she is about 5'6 or 7, and must weigh less than one of my thighs, her ankles and wrists are smaller than my 7yr old sons! she is so, so thin and always looks cold bless her.
Then there's Hello Magazine Woman, she is always immaculate, as are her teenage daughter and her yr 5 daughter, and she brings each glossy mag a la Hello to the yard, on the day it comes out, and entices the DD out of school by waving it and calling seductively "look what Mummmmmmmiiiiessss got darling" across the yard.
Then there's the couple who are "They're the ones with that kid with the mullet" - the poor child makes Pat Sharpe in his heyday look like a skinhead and has a large diamante stud in one ear like Beckham's and they have no control over him at all...
Then there's "The Stressed Woman" - I would be her if she wasn't there for me to feel sorry for if that makes sense - no matter how bad a day I'm having, that poor woman seems to be having a worse one, she has loads of DCs, all close together in age, all of them can tantrum for England, they fight, they kickl each other, they run away, they call her names, and they are always at it. She has a certain look in her eyes, one day she will run amok with a fire axe and the neighbours will say "but she was such a quiet person" as she takes out the ninth lampost...

We teachers have names for you as well; ubersporty mum always in some form of track or field item. donkey mum who carries all her children's kit, naice mum who never lets her children get grubby and sighs if they look a bit tatty at the end of the day, snackapack mum who always stuffs random items into her children in case they keel over with hunger, and the endless range of martyr mum who comes in so many different sizes and shapes, but with a self-sacrificing air that is unmistakable.