XP's Mother is always banging on about private schools. Several of her GC go to private schools. My DD1 -5yo- is clever and bright - she goes to a lovely state school - about to start Y1.
ExMIL used to say to me "you have to send DD to private school' over and over. I made it very clear to her, on each occasion she raised the subject, that I didn't earn though to send her (or/and DD2) private, her DS certainly doesn't earn enough to pay for it, so unless she was going to pay for it (there's no way she could) it's a mute point and wasn't going to happen.
FF a few years, Ex & I split. DD1 sees her GM when she is with X. Now DD is always coming home from her Dads going on about private school. We went to a party at a school hall on the weekend and DD asked 'is this a private school?' and was thrilled to discover it was.
I'm very cross as DD loves school but I think her GM is filling her head with 'private school is essential/much better' and DD is not going to private school. We love DD's school and even if I could afford it, I'm happy where she is.
Relationship with X is a bit fraught still. Friends commented yesterday that X & co are building this up so it can be used to paint me in a bad light later on - the failure of a mother who doesn't send her kids to private school. I'm not that cynical but am beginning to think my friends may have a point.
I no longer see xMIL - I'm going to have to raise this with XP aren't I?