this has bugged me for a few weeks and the more I overthink it the more confused I become, I’m a mum of 5 and have never come across a situation like this but I’m struggling to work out how to move on from it. I have a very good friend I’ve been close to for the last 4 years, we’re actually neighbours & see eachother and speak daily, we do school runs together every day & have always been able to communicate no problem. My 5 yo had a virus a few weeks ago, a week passed and everything was fine so I took him to school. Going about my usual route I walk to school but see my friend and her sister walking the same way. Her sister has a 7 month old child & we’ve always chatted and got on great, my 5 year old always gets excited to see them and as he always has ran over to say hello to my friends sister and baby. This time however he was met with a very different reaction to the usual hug and chat. He was shouted at, get away from my baby now, you’ve been sick, go stand with your mother while flapping her hands and very quickly walking away my friend turns around and says sorry we will have to walk ahead of you friends sisters child has bad conjunctivitis and can’t afford to get more sick. My 5 year old was confused and actually really upset by the reaction. Since then there’s a lot of tension with the sister whenever I’ve seen her, it’s very awkward. When the situation happened I immediately text me friend and said I was sorry her sister felt that way and the message was ignored. The problem I have with this situation is my friends sister knew my son had been sick a week prior and knew we did the same route everyday for the school run. I understand she may like to take her child on a walk but why on the school run the exact same way I’ve always gone when her child isn’t in school, but also when she knew my child had been unwell a week prior and 100% would of known my child would get excited to see them and go say hello. He’d been okay for a few days and I didn’t even consider she’d be so up in arms over my child saying hello like he does every single time he sees her . Am I in the wrong for being slightly confused and annoyed by the reaction and way things were handled or should I be apologising for the way things went?
thanks for reading x