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when you get your dc's class list, do you make an arrangement over the summer to have a playdate w/ a dc you' ve never met?
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05.27.09, 02:08 PM Flag ]
- absolutely not.
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  05.27.09, 02:09 PM Flag
  - why?
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    05.27.09, 02:10 PM Flag
    - we don't do playdates.
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      05.27.09, 02:11 PM Flag
      - Too right. Can't have your kids making friends.
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        05.27.09, 02:19 PM Flag
        
        oddly enough she has friends. you folks are just really dumb to think that's the only way someone can socialize. are you all really that unimaginative?
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        05.27.09, 02:20 PM Flag
        
        you may not do them yet, but you will. your dc will be left out a lot if you don't, particularly in private school.
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        05.27.09, 02:24 PM Flag
        
        right. thanks for the advice. i think we're fine as we are.
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        05.27.09, 02:25 PM Flag
        
        preschool and ongoing elementary are very different. you will see.
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        05.27.09, 02:27 PM Flag
        
        she is already in an elementary, but thanks for your concern.
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        05.27.09, 02:31 PM Flag
        
        why make her the oddball?
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        05.27.09, 02:34 PM Flag
        
        aren't they all the oddball in one way or another. for the record, thankfully, we have landed in a place that isn't into playdates either. four years later we still survive.
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        05.27.09, 02:35 PM Flag
      - at all?
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM Flag
        
        no.
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM Flag
- Possibly, if someone turns out to be a close neighbor. Otherwise, I think it would seem odd.
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  05.27.09, 02:11 PM Flag
  - ITA. But the school my dc starts in the fall encourages to do playdates in the summer. I feel funny just calling up someone I don't even know and ask for a playdate.
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    05.27.09, 02:14 PM Flag
    - send an email. I'm sure it will be appreciated.
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      05.27.09, 02:15 PM Flag
    - you don't ask for a playdate - call and say your dc is going to be in class with their's, you notice you live near each other, want to meet up for a coffee one morning with the kids, so they can get to know a future classmate?
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      05.27.09, 02:16 PM Flag
      - I would rather walk on hot coals than do that!
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM Flag
        
        really? why?
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM Flag
        
        hate playing the social mom role. a bit shy, and awkward. looking forward to the day when drop off playdates are a reality
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        05.27.09, 02:26 PM Flag
- nope
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  05.27.09, 02:18 PM Flag
  - why?
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    05.27.09, 02:20 PM Flag
    - too needy, too creepy. wait for school to start. don't start micromanaging dc's friends the way you obviously micromanage the rest of their lives. np, btw.
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      05.27.09, 04:08 PM Flag
      - ITA. i totally wait for school to start. what's the rush?
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        05.27.09, 05:39 PM Flag
- We made a few playdates with 3 kids we met at a welcome event in the spring. We made them with kids that dd seemed to click with.
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  05.27.09, 03:48 PM Flag
- Yes, but only with the people with the fanciest addresses. And I never call anyone on the fist floor...it could be the super.
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  05.27.09, 04:41 PM Flag
  - you're the kind of mom i do not socialize with.
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    05.27.09, 05:39 PM Flag
    - np An you're the kind of mom who has no sense of humor.
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      05.27.09, 05:42 PM Flag
      - you're the kind of mom who goes around and criticize people.
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        05.27.09, 05:44 PM Flag
  - you must be asian.
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    05.27.09, 05:42 PM Flag
  - lol
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    05.27.09, 06:14 PM Flag

when you get your dc's class list, do you make an arrangement over the summer to have a playdate w/ a dc you' ve never met?

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when you get your dc's class list, do you make an arrangement over the summer to have a playdate w/ a dc you' ve never met?

absolutely not.

why?

we don't do playdates.

Too right. Can't have your kids making friends.

oddly enough she has friends. you folks are just really dumb to think that's the only way someone can socialize. are you all really that unimaginative?

you may not do them yet, but you will. your dc will be left out a lot if you don't, particularly in private school.

right. thanks for the advice. i think we're fine as we are.

preschool and ongoing elementary are very different. you will see.

she is already in an elementary, but thanks for your concern.

why make her the oddball?

aren't they all the oddball in one way or another. for the record, thankfully, we have landed in a place that isn't into playdates either. four years later we still survive.

at all?

no.

Possibly, if someone turns out to be a close neighbor. Otherwise, I think it would seem odd.

ITA. But the school my dc starts in the fall encourages to do playdates in the summer. I feel funny just calling up someone I don't even know and ask for a playdate.

send an email. I'm sure it will be appreciated.

you don't ask for a playdate - call and say your dc is going to be in class with their's, you notice you live near each other, want to meet up for a coffee one morning with the kids, so they can get to know a future classmate?

I would rather walk on hot coals than do that!

really? why?

hate playing the social mom role. a bit shy, and awkward. looking forward to the day when drop off playdates are a reality

nope

why?

too needy, too creepy. wait for school to start. don't start micromanaging dc's friends the way you obviously micromanage the rest of their lives. np, btw.

ITA. i totally wait for school to start. what's the rush?

We made a few playdates with 3 kids we met at a welcome event in the spring. We made them with kids that dd seemed to click with.

Yes, but only with the people with the fanciest addresses. And I never call anyone on the fist floor...it could be the super.

you're the kind of mom i do not socialize with.

np An you're the kind of mom who has no sense of humor.

you're the kind of mom who goes around and criticize people.

you must be asian.

lol