am i missing somehting baout he " shcool gate" myth

[CODalmighty]

or is outs chool just really nice/
aso we wait int he playdgorund so theres no huddlign really

chioppy = chippy, I think.

quiche = clique

Newbie flouncers complain that mumsnet is cliquey but they can't spell clique, so put cleak, click, cliche or quiche.

chippy is what you serve with quichey

Those who have a chip on their shoulder and act like the world's against them.

You can also buy fish and chips from a chippy.

Maybe cod was saying 'chirpy'....

chirpy cheep cheep

Do that at the school gate and you'll soon see huddles of slightly frightened and confused women, peeping at you wide eyed.

Me neither, but I drop and run in the morning, lol.

I had it baaad with mums who had older children higher up the school, who used to bang on about this as if it bought them special status (someone said to me, 'Oh! Have you bought a bookbag? We never buy bookbags until after halfterm') but it petered out when the newcomers showed no fear
It totally exists!

pmsl @FMV "chippy is what you serve with quichey "

Ours is really nice too. We wait outside the main entrance to preprep, and the girls all come trooping out as teacher calls their name. All parents seem really nice and friendly on the whole. All say hello at very least.

if i pass these exams and go to uni next year, dh will be doing the drop-off most days. I just know that i will get a daily report on who did/didn't speak to him and what it means. He is a lovely man but inside him is a 13-year-old girl struggling to get out...

It completely exists - but only if you let it.
If you go today and say a cheery 'hello' whatever.. to everyone you make eye ciontact with - thoses who don't answer can only be the totally rude ones
I have discoverd that the Cliquey , bitchy types are all completely neurotic, taking a myriad of pills etc - I trully don't let 'em bother me.
everyone on this island knows us anyway, most of the population have been in the house taht we live in over the years - thay can say what they like about us - (i'm sure they do) but they'll never be able to say that I'm a snob or unfriendly.
When we moved to this small place where everyone knows everypone else and their business, I commented to one mum recently, how all the mums were so friendly, and she replied - 'but YOU were friendly and taht made all the difference.

god WHERE are htese schools?

Everyone at ds's nursery seem really nice. There is one woman who blanks me and rolls her eyes everytime I try to make conversation with her, I make a point of speaking to her now just to see the rolled eye effect it is quite clever.

Ours is pretty good - a few cliques, but not unfriendly ones. It's a small village, so many of the mums grew up here and actually went to this school themselves, so naturally they know each other better than they know me, but people have been very friendly. I'm not great at initiating conversations, but always smile and say hello to people, and most will chat. I like escape's quote of 'but YOU were friendly and that made all the difference' .

It's true tho' - nobody can say that other people are unfriendly when they make no effort themselves
although if you are new to an area, it is the old timers who have the responsibility of being welcoming

It is true, escape (and makes you sound lovely that she said that about you).

well obviously I am
they are all size 8 white jean clad beauties, so however, lovely and friendly they are, I am still filled with self loathing as I cart my sz 18 'Brit on holiday' ass around tho'!!!

Our little village school gates are very friendly - always lots of people to talk to, it's often a bit of a disappointment when the gates open and you have to go and get your child instead of chatting outside.

I wouldn't say we have cliques. we certainly don't have alphamums - epsilon round here at best.

There is a vague divide though, but it reflects a village-wide divide. And it's not that heavy, just the social groups that people tend towards.

I'm definitely a smile-and-hello-at-everyone person.