No school for you today then?

[DinosaurStompGrrrr]

Today in the bank I was waiting with my DC and the man in front of us turns round to us and says to us ‘No school today for you then?’

DC term has finished (yes, private school) but when I said they were on holiday, I was told that it was ‘generous’ of the school. Innocuous comment on the one hand but I still responded ‘no work for you today then?’. I just felt he would not have said this to a man on his own. It felt like he wanted to just put his view even if unwelcome or unnecessary…

Op.

You sound rather dreary and socially limited and I'm afraid, as demonstrated by your later post, that you lack the sophistication to construct an argument defending your rather odd position.

Merry Christmas!

If you’re ready to be offended and it sounds as if you are, then even a comment about the weather could have been irritating for you.
Sounds like a friendly attempt to talk to your son.

Some people live alone and the only social contact they have is with strangers they see in shops. These very small social interactions are a lifeline to them. You decided he was a man "challenging" you as a woman and making judgements about your schooling situation. What kind of miserable world exists in your head OP? Poor man.

Aw bless OP. You think people are jealous because you're a private school parent

@ColdTattyWaitingForSummer

As per the poster on page one.. you should try home educating! Especially when we are out and about in a large group with children of all ages Even then it’s usually just friendly conversation.. I can count on one hand the times it’s been anything else.

Same for us! We get asked about school constantly. It really is very rare for it to be anything other than small talk. When people see a school-aged child, the default small talk is about school. I'd always assume that it was small talk unless the follow-up was unpleasant.

You can either explain why your child isn't in school, or just say "No, no school!" cheerfully and change the subject.

One has to ask if such double standards in the way this conversation is dealt with on this thread is actually yes, because my child was off due to a private education.

You’ve mentioned it twice now, OP. Cringing for you a little bit.