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.

I’ve just proved I am clueless/shit/flaky mum by only just reading the thread. I have 5 kids as well.

The informer mums save my life “don’t forget they need to be in their Greek costume tomorrow”.

We also have the shit-stirrer, constantly berating the school mum as well.

My school WhatsApp groups cause me to wonder if I have autism because the people on them seem to be on a different planet. There’s even one for my son’s nursery and one mum is organising a 3rd birthday party. “Farquhar will be delighted that Fenella and all his little friends will be coming.” Insert tinkly laugh emoji. All the chats make me feel like I have fallen into the pages of a Jilly Cooper novel,

Hilarious thread OP.

Gym bunnie mum,full make up,£££ trainers.she deserves a mention
For the endless gym gear,full Doublewear foundation and eye watering Lycra
If she took off her make up,startled eye ,lashes ,and nails she’d lose 7lb

We've got the young mums who like to still brag about how much they get out despite having kids, the working mums who are mostly quiet apart from when something is really important, the works-at-the-school mums who like to remind you they're mates with the head, the "is it wine o clock" mums, the pfb mums who still insist their darlings can do no wrong when they're bullying half the class, the single mums who know their ex is also on the group so frequently post about how much they're #lovinglife #soblessed, the "My child should really be at private school" mums and the competitive mums who post about how much they miss their kids during the day/whilst on school trips.

DS is year 6. The Facebook group for his new school and new class seems much more chill.

The school has an app for alerts notifications which is helpful. I am sure there are some WhatsApp groups set up. I am not in any. I drop and collect smile say hello, just general chat to a few but don't mingle as such.

Oh we have local gangster's moll mum too - does the school run in pvc, faux fur and five inch heels. Usually sells Younique/Forever Living/Juice Plus to the group. Many jokes about at least one person in their family having an honest job.

Nutritionist/herbalist/Flaky Mum always eulogising some bs diet pill,diet,cider vinegar
No regard to science and rigour. Naw,don’t do that,she rad an article,conspiracy innit

I think I am informer mum. Sadly it’s got to the point people ask me to remind them and sometimes I remind the wrong person of the wrong thing.

Thankfully our school have set up a new system that gives all school and individual class info online.
No need for the WhatsApp group anymore
I don't contribute to the teacher end of year/Christmas present thing either..

I don’t do group presents for teachers,it was too constricted by pta ,an imposed amount

@KitchenDanceFloor I think you may be ‘top clique’

Our Y3 WhatsApp group is small and friendly. Mainly used to organise drunk mothers meet ups, but also to answer questions about trips, evening events, and hwk.

Our Y2 one has all the mums in the class on it and is used almost daily to report lost uniform items. I don't know what that class do with their clothes, but it is an ongoing saga and seems to be be a skill particular to the boys. Apart from this it is used to sort out collections and not much else. I think there were some vague murmurings of a night out but it never happened (or maybe it did but jumped onto a more exclusive group, who knows).

Lol I’m shitmum too. I have turned up on holidays desperately buzzing to get in.

Never went on ours but it ended up as a big cat fight and threatened legal action as some Mums were naming children and insulting them and moaning about the Head. One of Mums ended up leaving school, Head we were told shortly after was leaving that day.

@EndOfEternity you can join our group. It's not really a clique as to be part of it you just have to;

• have a sense of humour
• not be xenophobic
• wear pink on Wednesdays

we have a semi official one - with info from school, the PTA organising events, checking what the homework is etc etc - plus a smaller one where we make rude jokes, plan nights out, generally talk shit when we're all separately at home drinking wine..........

I'm the "not added to any of the class FB or whatsapp groups" mum. Came into the school late when the groups had been formed and was pretty much forgotten.

Can't say I'm much bothered by the omission to be honest - I know what's going on in school, will talk to people on the playground and if they need to have their gang to organise nights out - so be it.

I’m counting down the hours until I can leave ours (DC leaves primary school on Friday!)

Bonkers, nest of vipers who would give AIBU nightmares!

We have all of those and also 'The Important Man'. He has an Important job, so this means he cant attend meetings as he is working/in meetings/travelling for work. I think he attended one meeting.
He answers every discussion on the group UNLESS its posted by the current treasurer who he dislikes because she isnt impressed by the fact he is improtant.

We def have “The Informer” - I get unreasonably irritated by her posts (she is also the “on it all day” as well.

The ridiculous thing is that at least 50% of the information she posts is incorrect, eg “remember guys, the meeting about school trip is at 7pm tonight!” Prompting 10 replies of “it’s 6pm”

“Remember everyone has to dress as a tomato for assembly tomorrow!” Prompting panic attacks, before someone says “actually that’s just your child”

I’ve not joined mine.
I really can’t be doing with it all.
But then I’m a miserable old bitch.

If I forget to dress my kid up as a cucumber one day, it’s not the end of the world.

I have one. The one who moans about something and always finishes with ‘rant over’

My dc have been to 3 primary school and not one has a WA group. I feel ripped off!

We've got a mum that does this at every comment she makes. Eg. I bought some uniform for September today

The classes are being shuffled in September so I guess I’ll have a new group to get to grips with Hoping they’re less cliquey and unfriendly as my current lot. It took two terms of Reception for the clique to form and now they’re always kissing each other’s bottoms on Facebook and posting photos of them out together (with kids or no kids) all expertly tagged of course. The clique even has a name. So most photos are titled “Love our little mummy club ❤️❤️❤️“ [name changed in case it’s outing!]

Also hoping there are fewer announcements like “Timmy has a poorly tummy. Just letting you all know in case there’s a bug going around”. Lots of replies saying “aww hun”, “wish Timmy better for me”, “Johnny will really miss him today”. I didn’t even think to post an announcement when DD caught chicken pox.