So what 'stereotypes' do I need to look for amongst the other parents at the school gates?

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Just wondering as I saw someone refer to a 'Queen Bee' on another thread and I thought ooh yes, I definitely know who that is at my DS's school'.

What others are there?

I am probably the 'harassed working mum'

'don't worry I won't have eye contact with you so that you don't end up lumbered with me' foreigner mum.

Not a nice place to be

I know people who are the 'please Thom Yorke talk to meeeeee' parents

(Obv Thom Yorke is the celeb dad.)

(And he doesn't talk much apparently!)

Is Chesney Hawkes a dad???

We have the 'I'm a very famous celebrity dad, but would prefer you treat me equally'. Which was fine as my dh had no idea who he was chatting to!!!

I start later so I can do the school run as DP hates doing it. This is how I get to meet all the stereotypes.

whocanttakeasunrise you can't guess the celeb dad I referred to and not give us a clue about your very famous dad....not fair

Ok I'll play fair - bigger in Germany.

ROTFL at this thread!

I am definitely a little bit Mum of Disruptive Child, (keeping my head down, object of pity ) and Working Mum (never make extra curricular stiff, my last offering to the school fete was a packet of Snickers flapjacks).

However, I am also 'Please Don't Talk To Me' Mum. I don't want to hang around in the pissing rain chitchatting about Key Stage 1 issues. I want to get my kid and get the hell home. I suppose you might also call that Miserable Beeyatch Mum.

Oh dear!

@ CrispyClusters : "Oh, dear - I fear I may be one half of an "Always Together Couple".

We're not joined at the hip, honestly! And we do both work. But I only work mornings, and 3 days a week dh works from home. By the time it gets to pickup time he's usually ready for some fresh air and a chat, so we've got into the habit of collecting dd together.

The rest of the time, we pretty much ignore each other."

That's all right then! As long as you don't actually like each other or anything.

(What I never get is the people who choose to go to Tesco together as a family, toddlers and all. Who on earth would choose to go shopping with young children, if they have a partner who's free to stay home with the kids?)

the mum seeking out the teacher all the time..complaining mum...chsv mums...normal run of the mill mums me i hope...the "bully branding mum"...group of wierdos...sweet wify who is actualy an underdeveloped male who all the weirdos hang around..mothers of normal well rounded children...iv been here hundreds of times mum who just rushes around playgrounds dropping of n an abundace of kids...screaming at you fat ugly kid mum!!

tell me more about the bully branding mum.

erm....do people actually care what you look like when dropping off/picking up at school????

shit.

Have we had Hunter mums - wearing wellies and seeking the chance to dump the kids after school with any other mother so they can go to the spa after riding?

Or 'disgruntled nanny' who spends her time avoiding the gaze of her charges while networking desperately hoping to hear of a new job.

We also have 'I used to be....' mum who tells you every sodding day about her past glorious career which she clearly misses very much.

I'm afraid I'm bored looking mum.

we definately have
sporty Mum who always turns up looking like she is about to go for a run
harrassed mum too many children with diffreent bags and lunchboxes and coats
nannies - really wanting to find someone to talk to
childminders - only seem tot alk to each other.
very busy working mum - beautifully turned out but harrassed.
nervous over chatty mum who is petrified about what everyone else thinks of her so tries over hard to be smiley and chatty to everyone even though she feels like running for the hills

My DH is the Oh God Please Don't Talk To Me I Can't Do Small Talk Dad who probably just appears rude and distracted.

Mostly my son is picked up by our nanny, which leaves me as the Slightly Bewildered Who ARE All These People and How On Earth Are So Many Of Them Able To Do The School Run Working Mummy.

(Whilst trying to avoid the patronising I Used To Work But I Think It's SO Important To Be At Home With Your Kids It Must Be SO Hard For You Head-Tilty Mummy...)

I am "mum who only does school run once a year and doesn't know the procedure".

My husband is "surly dad" - he said to me the other day "I was standing in the playground, looked around, and thought to myself - these people are all idiots".

I hope he didn't say that out loud.

He's not into bake sales, fashion, dogs, horses or going to the gym, so topics of conversation with the mums are limited.

Oh and this:

Over-your-shoulder mum - she will deign to talk to you but is always on the look out for someone higher up the food chain.

really rang a bell. Husband said our one of these won't actually acknowledge him at all.

(I'm with your husband, mitochondria)

Yes, I was going to say, horseriding mums (all in scruffy riding gear having incomprehensible conversations about horse things)

Patient Grandparents - never even seen the mum as they do all the school runs

In fact "absentee mum" - kids always in breakfast/after school club. Well out of it I'd say given the foregoing seven pages.

OMG Mitochindria 'Over-your-shoulder mum - she will deign to talk to you but is always on the look out for someone higher up the food chain.'

Lots and LOTS of them at my school. Cliquey and pathetic.

I must be surly dad in disguise, and DP is obviously mitochondria

I also forgot:
Ebay mum - no matter what you are buying, "you can get it off her ebay page for cheaper"
Professional dad - wears a suit and drives off in a BMW