The school mums whatsapp...

[peoplearemean]

AIBU to say it drives me potty?

You have -

• the "alright hon" brigade who share any old shit and everything is "amazing babe"
• the "informer" who likes to be able to be the first to break all school news to everyone even though it has been emailed
• the "school can do no wrong brigade" who if anyone questions the logic of anything the school are doing generally pounce and accuse others of being unsupportive
• the "on it all day" who comment on everything
• the "teacher brigade" mum teachers who like to give a school view on everything without actually taking on board what someone has just asked
• the "wind up merchant" who comments just to poke the "alright hon" monotony
• the "what's for lunch" brigade every day at 8.55 am - read the bloody menu!

Please add to the list any characters I have missed.

And yes I have left it before but I was missing too much actual useful info. I would just like it if it could be reduced to actual useful information like school is shut it's snowing! (Somehow it breaks on here before the official website)

Rant over.

Thankfully our school has a school app which sends us all the info we need to know. I really couldn't deal with that 😂

Joined, muted and when asked i just answer "lost my phone/phones broke/oh baby had phone so maybe opened and I didn't realise"

I'm to polite to tell them I can't be arsed with their cuntfuckery

@Timeisslippingaway oh we have a school app too but clearly that isn't enough for some ;)

*too polite

We have....

The Organiser - she claims she doesn't want to organise anything or be in charge 'this time'....but happens to be the school receptionist anyway so it's just inevitable. She secretly can't stand anyone organising anything.

The Misreader - the person who never reads any school letters, Claims she never receives letters, then misreads/misunderstands/forgers all the WhatsApp's telling her stuff. Then asks the same thing all over again a few days later.

The Over-teller - I wouldn't call it 'over-sharing' as this implies something gossipy or remotely interesting. This woman tells you why she can't drop off/pick up or get the bit of costume ready for Friday because little John has boxing on Tuesdays, then swimming, then her husband works a shift and is taking the car in for an MOT, then little Kelly has a dance class etc etc etc.....

Oh God ours are amazing!
We're all a bit 'shitmum' to be honest, we save each other from forgetting mufti days, tombola donations, telling the teacher if you're running late for pick up, dropping someone else's child home if their parent is ill.
The reception one has a couple that are a little earnest, but year 1 should knock that out of them
I must be in the minority, but I find them lovely and supportive.

@Amalfimamma didn't know you could mute it. This could be life changing.

Muting saved my life

I don't know how you all stand it. I hate having yo interact with most people in the play ground never mind hear their life stories on whatsapp bit then I'm the type of person that pretends not to see someone in the street so I don't need to talk to them, I actually miss no one ever (I'm very observant) 😂😂

@peoplearemean muting is the only reason I still have WhatsApp 😁

@Trampire

Muting saved my life grin
My muting of conversations has saved the lives of others, especially dh, bil, sil, mil, and the school mums.

I love our WhatsApp group. I am The Informer Mum (but have been told that it is actually quite useful).

I think that perhaps some of the people on the WhatsApp groups described here don't have very good social media discipline.

YABU because you have forgotten Overprotective Mum who drives darling Sebastian to school even though they live less than a mile away and DS is 6ft tall and built like a brick shit-house, and worries endlessly about DS having some terrible illness, and micro-manages all his homework!

Also Oversharing Mum who gets pissed out of her head at a night out and tells people she’s met twice before stuff I wouldn’t tell my best friend.

Our school what’s app group has the ‘stir shit’ mum who constantly berates the school and creates bad feeling.
We also have the ‘go to’ mum who is super organised and always knows what’s happening and when (although our school are rubbish at telling us until very last minute, this mum recalls the info from when her eldest dc was in that year!)
Then we have the spy mum who keeps an eye on social media and likes to share stories and photos.

And of course competitive mum who always drops into the conversation that darling ds is working way above expectation in all subjects. Or enjoyed the latest reward. Gained another star award. These comments are usually met with 🙄 and silence.

Ours are great too and after reading this I'm appreciating them a lot more tonight. We have Dads on ours too.

I don't have WhatsApp. There are other alternative school/class/yeargroup groups, where mostly everyone is sane enough although I do recognise a few 'characters' from those mooted by OP.

Don't forget the over protective / over cautious mum who constantly asks if anybody has heard anything whilst the kids are on trips / theme days / walks in the woods / it's cold / it's hot...

We have a tiny WhatsApp group that mainly consists of easy-going parents concocting reasons to get together and drink.

Sometimes we organise stuff for the kids too. We're good like that.

We leave the hun mums / Britain First reposter parents to it on Facebook.

The official school stuff is posted on Twitter.

Seems to work for us.

...now you mention it............ our class WhatsApp is a bit

We have a ‘late night banter brigade’ who ping annoying nonsense around quite late and who are directly responsible for me muting the group.

There’s also a couple of desperate nannies on the group who are keen for play dates all the time for entertaining their charges. There are also a couple of parents always keen to drop kids off with said nannies for free respite.

There’s also a “knee-jerk’ contingent, who love jumping to the wrong conclusion about someone’s motives behind a random innocuous statement/decision and airing it immediately and forcefully with words that don’t go back in the box.... It escalates quickly.

There are also the “party gift collection” and “party reminder” collective, and the ‘teachers pet’ competition for who gets in quick enough to organise teacher gifts and do the speech etc.

Thankfully I identify with none of these tribes .....

"it's meant to be hot tomorrow, don't forget the sun cream ladies!!!"

*Curls lip

I am clueless mum.

Everyone else seems to be tiger/helicopter mum with all their children doing umpteen after-school clubs together along with all the holiday clubs and know every single ballet/judo/gymnastics/swimming/forest school/arts crafts club within a 25 mile radius with messages such as “Is anyone else going to the Russian immersion oragami class on Friday or will it be just Fabian”, whereupon they all chime in “yes Tarquin & Arabella” are too.

And I think WTF are all these clubs and organised activities that everyone else seems to know about and wonder if I ought to feel guilty that the most exciting things we have done so far this holiday is buy some new Hama beads and fill up the big paddling pool.

I have a professionals what's app which actually winds me up as much as your school one to be fair OP
We have the asks stupid questions they could google one

The nervous 'check this again for me' one

The 'well I've read a study on this and' one

The massive know it all

The 'let's have a debate' one

The 'it's midnight, let's start a shit chat one

It's meant to be for genuine help, I try not to mute it as there can be late emergencies that people require assistance with, but when fucking Janice wants to know the best dentist in Bognor for her teenager at 1.30 am - I hit the mute button

I’m don't give me arse ache mum.uninterested in school minutiae.cos I’m working
I literally didn’t know someone was pg til I saw her with newborn.im never at school gate
Here the thing none of this froth matters,really. I’m not in any school groups
Never will be

We have class groups. One is good, just shares information when it's needed but there's one mother who likes to share horrific scaremongering posts, sometimes with graphic pictures and she's one of three that let their kids play with their phones, so you get 500 images of the floor or the child's ear and 100 messages with strings of j's and K's. Very irritating.

We have a school FB group with over 200 parents on, usually really useful but occasionally descends into carnage.

Our PTA is run by Patty SImcox (Grease) who posts lovely positive things, super nice as she is I can't cope with the enthusiasm and just want to kick her in the fanny.

alphajuliet ⬆️⬆️⬆️ Fucking priceless, you’re my kinda lassie