To think MNers should make a stand and stop this competitive gift giving to primary teachers?

[LoopyLoopsCorgiPoops]

When did this nonsense begin? Is it really necessary? Just stop for crying out loud, they do get paid.

It will only get worse and worse unless people start to rein things in. AIBU to think we (MN) should change the trend?

I am now secretly wondering if the reason why somepeople never realised they existed at loads of schools is because they are alpha mum but don't know they are, simple test if any of the below are true

1. I normally stand right by school gate or door or smack bang in the middle of the playground.
2. I am normally in a group of 4 or more
3. I'm on first name terms with school receptionst and don't know her outside of school.
4. I always organise school raffles

5.I get tittly if MY cake isant in pride of place at cake related events 6.my child is always Mary or joseph in the Xmas play

if you answer yes to one or more of these you may have a problem and should seek help

yes the joy of working is i miss the social mileu of the wags and alphamums
of course ive perfected my aye is that right face when they talk to me
and im cluck cluck when im near em. its the face. the permatanned, perma-arched eyebrows..scary

haha Pixie funny list
i think the alphamums know they are alpha mums.and quite like being alphamaw

So, if I were less 'sour' about this ridiculous extortion from parents, I would receive more presents? I don't want more presents, but that isn't the point. This extreme culture doesn't exist in secondary school. durr

Of course they know they are alpha mums!
Read Slummy Mummy column in Saturday magazine that comes with The Times paper. It is spot on...
We have Celebrity Dad, a retired England footy player, and his blonde second wife. All the mums flock round her like moths to a flame!!
Alpha mummy. At least 2.
Mumski, the wealthy russian. We had her at kindergarten.
Yummy mummys. Too many to mention.
Slummy mummy. Me.
One of our dads regularly tries to shag his way round the mums. Apparently his wife doesn't understand him!!!

To fit in you must be
Thicker than your thick hubby
Very thin due to competitive non eating
Dyed hair
Orange tan
Thick make up
High heels
Designer clothes
Be very very rich

I was taken aback when another mum told me "we are all putting £15 in for Miss ....'s present" There were 32 children in the class!!!!!!!!!! I said no thanks and did my own thing. I agree that people should do what they like but, and I say this as a teacher myself, I think that giving a teacher hundreds of pounds for an end of term gift is completely OTT.

alphamums
permaglow (even in scotland in winter)
perma-arched eyebrows
blingy
doesnt work.dear god no
openly scathing to the working mums
says things like i dont know how you do it and means it
mistress of back handed comments youre kids are lovely...considering you work
child has tutors from primary one for mandarin,violin,tennis,kumon
prolific emailer and arranger of things
theres the gym bunny alphamum full slap and unforgiving lycra at anytime of day

blingy helicopter parents want helicopter for school prom
you couldnae make it up

omg how twatish

Oh yes.
The after school activities...
Kumon Maths
Suzuki violin
Le circle francais
Designer clothing for the kids matchy matchy with mummy
Lycra everything gym bunnies
Pedicures
Manicures with false nails
Hair extensions
The bags
The shoes and those fuck awful Ugg boots
The four wheel drive car with private plate that they can't park or drive properly
I'm going to get one that says CHUNT 1 (the h is silent)...
Or TWAT
Fuck the fuck off you fake bitches...

yes by the ugg boots shall i know the alphamaws
and god ugg boots are an abomination
ugg booties,skinny jeans,big sunnies. clichétastic

Scottish mummy
I don't work. But I do all my own cleaning cooking washing etc and look after my own child. Can assure you I'm not an alpha!! Too old and sensible, I'm afraid!
Some of the SAHM have
Cleaners
Gardeners
Nannies hahahahahah
Personal trainers
Life coaches hahahahahah
What the actual do these women do all day???

Big sunnies. Especially when raining...
Money doesn't buy class, does it?

lifecoach
wow thats serious mememe time

She is one of the mums. And possibly the most patronising CHUNT I have ever met...

easy now CP
i look after my own child...thats what the alphamums say too

Sorry, I meant I haven't got a nanny, like I said some SAHM at dd school have nannies...

im hiding behind the sofa now because i do drive a car with a personal plate and i have nail extensions and a very very thick soon to be exhusband but im not orange and im so not alpha im 'lucky cos my in school youngest gets a taxi home from school so i get to avoid the playground mum' when my ds2 gets as far as school im still not gonna be alphamum because i would have to punch myself in the head for the cheek of it

the personalised plate is it 5exxy?
you can redeem self
lose the nail extensions
lose the personalised plate

but i just cant it matches the car pmsl and the nails are kinda needed because i do hand modeling to supliment my proper job, i swear to god i wouldnt even know how to use hair stragtners and i have never owned a pair

ahhh noooooooooooooooo - I use straighteners AND wear sunnies all the time!! but I am SOOOOOOO not alpha mum!!

Straighteners are there to make lazy gits like myself look decent in the morning - well on the mornings we can be bothered, beanies are good for those days we can't. And the constant sunnies are there because my family suffers from early onset macular degeneration and the ONE thing you can do to try and avoid this is protect your eyes from the sun.