School mum suddenly not talking to me/blanking me

9 replies

Snowangel2619 · 13/12/2023 09:11

My DD is in reception and has a friend she’s closest with and me and her mum seemed to be getting on really well and she would always make an effort to talk to me and I would too. This last week she has took to blanking me and not even saying hello. I keep trying to make eye contact and she won’t look or even smile or anything. Even if we only walked past each other in a morning we’d both say hello but not anymore. DD is still friends with hers. Aibu to wonder what I’ve done wrong?

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MiddleagedBeachbum · 13/12/2023 09:12

Maybe she’s going through something and doesn’t want to talk with anyone?

User1343 · 13/12/2023 09:12

Her behaviour doesn’t mean you’re wrong. It says more about her than it does about you. You just crack on and let her be weird.

HardcoreLadyType · 13/12/2023 09:13

What? Is she 12?

Honestly, let the children have a relationship at school and don’t bother with this woman.

tescocreditcard · 13/12/2023 09:17

Ask her. Just ask her if you've done anything to offend her because you noticed she's avoiding you.

Funkyslippers · 13/12/2023 09:24

There's definitely a reason. You need to ask her

HamsterBanana · 13/12/2023 09:24

She's most likely going through something and can't be bothered with the small talk.

Beckafett · 13/12/2023 09:24

You are allowed to internally query it but it's unlikely to be anything to do with you and more likely something else
Like most people I've had things like bereavements when it feels like the world is ending but had to carry on as normal and couldn't bear to talk to anyone who might be nice to me.

Katherineryan1986 · 13/12/2023 09:24

Just ask her. It’ll be something ridiculous I am sure.

A school mum stopped talking to me many years ago, she was also a neighbour who we saw on the weekend, family bbq’s etc. When her husband broke his leg, I ferried her kids to and fro to school and gym club etc.

I asked a mutual friend who said this woman had got the hump with me because I told someone else that her son and my daughter (then both aged 7) were very boisterous when they played together - and that was it! She didn’t like her son being described as boisterous!

We moved house about a year later to a completely different area and quite frankly I was glad to get away.

BabyYoshke · 13/12/2023 09:28

When that happened to me the woman was going through a severe depression. I found out about 5 years later and now we get on fine.

if you’ve done something to upset her it’s up to her to tell you.

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