Hi, I would appreciate hearing from others' who have experienced the same or can shed any light on this.
I have a friend whose child is the same age as mine and both in the same Reception class. We do quite a lot together out of school and I enjoy spending time with her. We are both friendly with quite a few other mums with kids in our class. However, I have noticed some behaviour that does not feel nice.
If she see's me chatting often to one of the other Mums who she does not know very well, she will then make an effort to almost 'take' that friend. She'll suddenly be meeting up with her and doing that Mum big favours (will pick their DD up from school, take her to a party, have a sleep-over with them, etc). I have noticed this has happened repeatedly.
She is friendly with some Mums who I'm not friendly with, and I have made no attempts to do the same to her (I don't suddenly be-friend that Mum). I respect that people have several friends and they don't always have to be 'joined'. In fact, it's nice to have different friends in different groups.
I'm starting to feel that if I make a new friend, it will not be long before she moves in.
Is this normal? Anyone shed any light on what may be going on here?