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How to cope with 'takers'

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BruachAbhann · 29/05/2026 16:19

Just a quick rant and hoping for some solidarity from those who understand!

People- what a bunch of bastards!

How do you cope with school mothers who constantly take take take when it comes to playdates, sleepovers etc and have no consideration at all for anyone other than their own kids. Some people are so selfish and can literally not see things from other perspectives.

I know this is kind of a rhetorical question as I don't want to give any information about the particular situation as it's too outing but I'm so frustrated with the lack of reciprocity and the general disdainful 'takey' attitude of some people.

My buttons were pushed after years of the same issue with one mother, she just went too far today and I couldn't not say something. Of course, if someone else had done it, it probably wouldn't have bothered me as much but I was primed to be annoyed at her about this issue. My defences were low. Now she will hold it against me and probably bitch about me to all. So tired of it all after 17 years of parenting seeing this type of character and 4 years of this behaviour from the mother.

Oh god. It's so tedious.

OP posts:
Larrythecatforpm · 31/05/2026 11:49

I know many like this over the years, now I will only have ds very close friends round as I don’t mind as they are really good kids. The others though I stopped immediately when I clocked on their parents just wanted free babysitting, if they knock on I tell ds to go out and play with them and i don’t host sleepovers at all.

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