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Being laughed at on the School Run

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ChoccyBiscuits123 · 24/03/2025 09:28

Okay so I'm going to start by saying I'm not usually bothered by people's behaviour - I'm very much a live and let live person....however...there are two women on the school run that I am just perplexed by.

So for example this morning..I had just dropped my daughter off at school and I'm minding my own business walking home. These two other mums come from around the corner and immediately start laughing directly at me in my face...! They then stifled their giggles and walked past. This is not the first time this has happened.
Once they started singing a Kylie Minogue song at me from the other side of the road laughing and twirling around. All a bit much for me in the morning!!

We're all pretty relaxed dressers on the school run..they wear tracksuits and tie their hair up and I tend to wear leggings and a navy joules coat with miminal make up (mascara and perhaps a red lip if I have the energy) so it's not like I'm going to school in Kylie hot pants or full make up or other crazy clothing.

I'm perplexed as to why they've targeted me as I don't know them at all. It's got to the point where it is upsetting me. Someone laughing in my face or stifling giggles as I walk past is hurtful and it's starting to feel like bullying. Am I being too sensitive? Is my make up or dress sense so awful they cant help but laugh? I am so confused! Esp as they don't seem to do it to anyone else.

I want to ignore it and just put it down to them being muppets but I am struggling now.

I can't confront them as they will probably just see it as hilarious and as they've never actually said anything directly to me they could accuse me of being paranoid.

Any help or advice much appreciated. No nasty comment please.

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Ilikeadrink14 · 06/04/2025 11:35

Iloveyoubut · 24/03/2025 16:31

Your unnecessary use of the word ok at the start of your sentence isn’t exactly painting you in the most mature light, to be fair.

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Bickering with another poster really shows maturity (not) and helps no-one. Do grow up!

Iloveyoubut · 06/04/2025 11:40

Ilikeadrink14 · 06/04/2025 11:35

Bickering with another poster really shows maturity (not) and helps no-one. Do grow up!

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You do realise threads like these are literally fairytales. They makes me a little more snarky than usual. I’ve grown up by two whole weeks since that comment so I’ll try my very best to stay in adult mode for you! 🫡 I trust this is a aufficent response for you and you won’t want to bicker with me.

Pussycat22 · 06/04/2025 11:45

IzzyHandsIsMySpiritAnimal · 24/03/2025 10:03

There is a woman in my area whose kids were at school with mine. She had a reputation for being, let's call it difficult, and I ended up having a run-in with her. She used to glare at me every time she saw me, or, if she was with someone then she'd do the muttering/giggling stuff.
I used to just give her my biggest smile and pointedly say good morning to her. It confused the hell out of her.
I still see her around sometimes, and still do it.

Thick twats aren't they!!!

Ilikeadrink14 · 06/04/2025 11:50

Iloveyoubut · 06/04/2025 11:40

You do realise threads like these are literally fairytales. They makes me a little more snarky than usual. I’ve grown up by two whole weeks since that comment so I’ll try my very best to stay in adult mode for you! 🫡 I trust this is a aufficent response for you and you won’t want to bicker with me.

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No, I don’t want to bicker with you, but I am curious as to what makes you think it’s a made-up post. How can you tell? (Genuine question, not a dig)

Iloveyoubut · 06/04/2025 11:56

Ilikeadrink14 · 06/04/2025 11:50

No, I don’t want to bicker with you, but I am curious as to what makes you think it’s a made-up post. How can you tell? (Genuine question, not a dig)

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I’m scared to say as people usually get deleted for daring to suggest. It’s just a certain style of writing, an aspect or two that’s ridiculous (Kylie in this case) goady or over the top, primarily it’s very much a style of writing for me though. I actually think that day I was snarky as I’d seen a post by someone in chat who was going through absolute hell and it had about ten replies and I just, it just felt wrong that day, it all just felt so contrived and fake and I got upset for the people who were really posting their real heartfelt stuff or people who cared about these posts and were genuinely trying to help. It’s just how I felt that day. There are amazing people on here and I know that. It’s just recently there have been so many posts like this, all written in the same over the top fashion and it was disheartening. I know I should just ignore it and I’m trying, that’s a flaw in my character. X

Ilikeadrink14 · 06/04/2025 13:06

Iloveyoubut · 06/04/2025 11:56

I’m scared to say as people usually get deleted for daring to suggest. It’s just a certain style of writing, an aspect or two that’s ridiculous (Kylie in this case) goady or over the top, primarily it’s very much a style of writing for me though. I actually think that day I was snarky as I’d seen a post by someone in chat who was going through absolute hell and it had about ten replies and I just, it just felt wrong that day, it all just felt so contrived and fake and I got upset for the people who were really posting their real heartfelt stuff or people who cared about these posts and were genuinely trying to help. It’s just how I felt that day. There are amazing people on here and I know that. It’s just recently there have been so many posts like this, all written in the same over the top fashion and it was disheartening. I know I should just ignore it and I’m trying, that’s a flaw in my character. X

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No, not a flaw, in my opinion. What you said makes perfect sense. I had vague doubts about quite a few posts over the years but shrugged them off, thinking it was me.
Thank you for your explanation. It’s sad though, that we can’t tell who’s genuine and who isn’t. Maybe I’ve been replying to some fake ones all this time. Guess I’ll never know. I think I shall take more care before replying to posts in future, as there’s no telling who I’m talking to!
Thanks again. 🌸

Iloveyoubut · 06/04/2025 16:47

Ilikeadrink14 · 06/04/2025 13:06

No, not a flaw, in my opinion. What you said makes perfect sense. I had vague doubts about quite a few posts over the years but shrugged them off, thinking it was me.
Thank you for your explanation. It’s sad though, that we can’t tell who’s genuine and who isn’t. Maybe I’ve been replying to some fake ones all this time. Guess I’ll never know. I think I shall take more care before replying to posts in future, as there’s no telling who I’m talking to!
Thanks again. 🌸

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Thank you! And so sorry for being snarky. I really appreciate your reply, it was very kind, thank you 🌸

SapphireSeptember · 06/04/2025 18:53

Poppymeldrum · 24/03/2025 11:47

I had this for over 6 years

Queen bee had 9 children and when she had no6,she gave birth,glanced at him and walked out of the hospital-he was adopted

(she was slagged off by a lot of the mothers for that but I never said a word)

No 7 was,very sadly,born stillborn

I barely knew this woman-she was a friend of a friend of a friend but she took a real dislike to me for some reason

She went round telling everyone I'd laughed at the fact her baby was stillborn (I never laughed-i wouldn't do that) and when that failed to get a rise out of me,she got her dds to go round telling everyone that my dd had laughed instead-leading to my dd being bullied

I had to go into the school so many times and these girls wouldn't let it go (school admitted that these two had admitted to lying but refused to stop,egged on by their mother-if someone even glanced that them,theyd screech 'you laughed about my dead baby brother!')

I would be followed round shops,the city centre,home and loudly laughed at in the playground at pick up/drop off time-it was harassment (police where less than useless and I didn't want to fan their flames)

They made our lives hell all the way through primary-it stopped in secondary (the teachers had none of it and stopped the girls)

I'll never forget going to sports day-i was wearing a pale blue dress,red shoes,touch of make up and nice hair

They where there in last weeks baby vomit splattered top,dirty tracksuit bottoms,manky trainers and dirty hair

I was panned for daring to wear nice clothes-i could hear their nasty comments

All slid off me as it was jealousy-their words where just words and their actions where making them look petty and spiteful

Best laugh was,all her mates who where joining in,where the same woman who had slagged her off for leaving her baby in the hospital and had laughed behind her back when her baby was stillborn

Not my circus and not my monkeys-she had a lot of issues

Clearly, to just walk out on your newborn baby like that. Poor wee mite. 😢

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