Oh god I don't know how many more years I can be doing with smiling brightly and saying "oh actually we home educate" to strangers who seem OBSESSED with the fact my son is about 5 so muct be starting school. It seems the ONLY topic of conversation any stranger or half-acquaintance wants to bring up with us in the past 12 months, and some people's slack-jawed expressions when I say he is not going to school just make me want to say rude things to them.
One of the best ones today, old woman in the hospital "oooh you will be starting school then won't you?" DS: No
Woman: Oooh but you will be starting SOON won't you
DS: No
Me: we are home educating him, he isn't starting school
Woman: Oooh but you will go ONE DAY
Me: Well maybe
DS: No
Woman: well when you DO go it will be lovely, all the girls and boys to be your friends, ooooh, school is lovely
Me and ds: have other conversation not listening to woman as she is clearly not listening to us
Does it ever stop? I know I shouldn't get so irritated but I do.