I was talking to a couple of mums yesterday. One with a dd in a dance/drama type school that I decided not to send my dd to as she's really into ballet not the drama. Moreover dd already knows a lot of children in the dance school. Her dd has been at the other school for years and the mother seems heavily committed to it. I talked lots to this mum as she has a wealth of experience before I decided on which school and although I didn't tell her, the one I chose also suits me better due to chronic illness/ mobility issues of which she isn't aware.
The other mum is a friend and my dd up til now has been going to the same local dance school. So I've just signed my dd up to a very good local dance school renowned for good ballet. Both schools have a stunning reputation so the choice was also based on which classes were available to her on a Saturday and this one came up trumps. The owner of school itself when I said I had also considered the other school confirmed it is also an excellent school. So no competition as far as I'm aware.
My friend was asking me about the school. The question she asked was "is x school (the one dd is going to) old school". To which I replied "I think so." The other mother hit the roof, "You can't say things like that, it upsets people bla blah blah". And I said, well it's more about the ballet for dd and not about the drama so I've chosen based on what my dd wants. She continued to rant about how I upset people saying stuff like that.
Any dancers out there. What did I say wrong? I have put myself through professional acting btw so I just don't get it. It's normal to talk about one school without denigrating the other, isn't it?