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To tell this woman to stop bloody tutting and shaking her head at me?

279 replies

FigaroCat · 15/04/2013 16:18

I was friends with a mum from the school run for a couple of years. Our DDs are friends and are in the same class most years. I wouldn't say we were very close friends but we got on well, met up regularly with the girls, and often texted or phoned each other.

About 6 months ago the mum stopped talking to me, almost overnight. If I went up to her at the school to talk she would just walk off, and texts were ignored. I tried to speak to her a couple of times and ask if I'd upset her at all but she just ignored me, and she now walks straight past me if she sees me, with her nose in the air.

Fair enough, I don't think I've done anything wrong at all but her choice who she's friends with and all that. However....she works 3 days a week and her mother, who is in her late fifties, does the school run for her. I previously got on well with her mother and we'd have a bit of a chat and small talk at the school. Since my friend stopped talking to me, her mother has done so too. Again no huge loss, but every time she sees me she starts shaking her head, and tutting at me.

We were just walking home from school an hour ago and my friend's daughter was behind us and called DD's name. DD turned round and waved, and I turned round too, and my friend's mum was glaring at me, tutting, shaking her head. She often tries to get eye contact with me on the school run, for example if I am talking to another mum she walks past me, looks at me and again loudly tuts, shakes her head, and glares at me. Also at the end of the Easter term there was an assembly, which my friend's mum went to, and again there as she walked past me to sit down she glared at me and shook her head.

It's like I've done something terrible and sordid and I absolutely disgust her. I don't much care now as to what they think I've done, as my ex friend's childish approach to things has made me realise she's not worth bothering about but her mum is really pissing me off.

WIBU the next time she does it to tell her to bloody well stop doing it and to get a life? DH says to ignore her but that's easier said than done!

OP posts:
MummaBubba123 · 19/04/2013 04:51

"Are you and your mother/ daughter suffering from some kind of disease that compels you to produce loud tutting noises and shaking of the head - or is there something you'd like to say to me that's making you behave in such an embarrassing manner. You ought to know that you're embarrassing yourselves and attracting a lot of 'more like children than children' remarks. I'm telling you this as we used to be friends and can't bear to hear people laugh at the way you are both conducting yourselves."

AllOverIt · 19/04/2013 06:50

No update? Waaaah!!! Angry

tillytrotter11 · 19/04/2013 12:03

What is going on? I am going bonkers waiting to find out what happened! [Wink]

UserError · 19/04/2013 12:21

Come on OP, where are you? If this turns out to be a troll thread I shall be most annoyed.

OldBagWantsNewBag · 19/04/2013 12:25

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BerylStreep · 19/04/2013 12:49

Perhaps the OP's friend was expecting to be updated on the progress of something intriguing, and found that instead the OP just vanished, without a care in the world, or that she left her friend hanging by tenterhooks?

Moominsarehippos · 19/04/2013 13:03

Maybe Tuttut is on here... (Looks around nervously, narrows eyes suspiciously, backs out of thread slowly)

mum47 · 19/04/2013 16:55

Whaaa ..seriously, nothing?!

mum47 · 19/04/2013 16:56

If and when OP comes back to update, I think we should all tut, shake our heads and walk away.

mum47 · 19/04/2013 16:56

Unless of course there has been some tragic turn of events, oh god I do hope not..

SamuelWestsMistress · 19/04/2013 17:53

She's probably stuck in a tutting time warp

jackstini · 19/04/2013 22:14

MN towers can you message OP...

  • been following all week and where is our update??!!
zzzzz · 19/04/2013 22:48

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TwinkleSparkleBling · 19/04/2013 22:55

Still no news?

WildThongIWannaKnowForSure · 19/04/2013 22:57

Oh come on..

BerthaKitt · 19/04/2013 22:58

Oh tutting hell. I keep getting excited when I see this thread bumped, get to the end and... tut all! Angry

WhereMyMilk · 19/04/2013 23:36

Shakes head vigorously, tuts loudly and wanders off...💩

Lockedout434 · 19/04/2013 23:45

I bet op is Amanda Holden getting her own back

Tut
Shakes. Head

Off now for nibbles and sippsies

BonaDea · 19/04/2013 23:46

OP, come back!

Maybe the woman lamped her?!

sosooootired · 20/04/2013 08:28

morning Brew Figarocat and fellow waiters
can we have an update on anythinge please - even the weather where you are Grin

BerylStreep · 20/04/2013 09:17

What's the deal about Amanda Holden?

DuchessFanny · 20/04/2013 10:13

Come on OP, i'm having a horrid day already and an update would cheer me no end ( unless it went horribly wrong for you of course !)

CookieLady · 20/04/2013 10:18

I'm ashamed to say I was excited when I saw a new post had been added. Alas, it's not from op.

Jestrin · 20/04/2013 10:33

Now think this is a wind up!

EuroShaggleton · 20/04/2013 12:11