God, why are some mums so bloody dull??

[allgonebellyup]

Just need to rant..all the playground/toddler grp conversations seem to revolve around:

• washing,washing machines breaking etc
• does my daughter love ballet, or would she rather do modern? or tap? Oh its so hard to decide, i dont know what to choose,hmm, oh its such a rush after school getting to all these places, blardy blah..
• are you preparing recipes for the school cook book? (er, no)
• OOh are you going to the PTA meeting after school, theyre talking about the new fences that are being put up (yeah like i care!) -my husband thinks our new 4X4 isnt big enough for the kids, we only have one child but oh we really do need more space..so we have to buy the hugest fukking land rover we can find in london -we tried to get ds to sleep at 7.15 last night but he was cranky and didnt drop off til 7.30 so i didnt have time to get all my ironing done..blardy blaardy bores...

Does my head in!! dont they have any interests? any ideas of what is happening in the rest of the world? no jobs to go to, or issues to focus on????

ok its not just strangers, its people i know quite well(wouldnt call them friends though) and they still talk about CRAP!

Yes, PTA = yawn and I should know used o be the treasurer! But everyone's child benefits in some way from the money they raise surely, so even if the meetins are well yawn-worthy and they can be quite cliquey, surely you don't detest the fact that they exist? It's all relative anyway...if you're stuck at home with several young children a PTA meeting can be a good way of unwinding, networking and boozing - the PTA business is usually dispensed with quickly and then serious drinking commences, so maybe there's more to it - could just be the slightly older, more child-laden versions of the Ibiza lot? All I'm saying is maybe they're just at a different stage in life to you and they want to focus on things that revolve around the kids? i.s may be the most interesting thing in their lives at that moment in time? Just a thought.

Best one-liner I got at the school gates was from a dad who simply said "raining again eh?"

I had to bite my lip.

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I agree, it's all about context.
I'm sure many of those women would love to vent about their husband farting during sex, crocs, their smelly fanjo, or people stealing grapes in supermarkets, but it just isn't the sort of thing you bring up in a playground to women you don't know very well.

Nor would you strike up a convrsation about the ltest Roth book you read or neitzche.

Yes bless him! At least he does try. There are women who look right past me when I turn up and say "hello". Ignorant lot!

i know, i just have to get used to the fact that i am a lot younger than these grown up ladies and going through different stages.
Also the middle class thing gets me too "oooh theres a black family moved into the area, we dont get many, do we?!)

Is it me or is agbu taking the piss?

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Just read the OP for the first time!

Taking the bloody piss! Very funny though.

UCM
Kippers! You PERVERT!

Why, what should she have instead, UQD?

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owning CD's isn't an 'interest'

And here we see the Gender Gap writ large

I wonder if it makes them any more tasty?

caviar would be interesting (still fishy though)

Kippers that is.

Music is an interest though, no??

Dior, I think it's "choooooooooons" actually.

But how would you manage anal sex with caviar? Wouldn't you lose them up there?

So are the PTA, and cars