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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 | link to this post ]
  - why?
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    05.27.09, 02:10 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - we don't do playdates.
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      05.27.09, 02:11 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Too right. Can't have your kids making friends.
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        05.27.09, 02:19 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
        
        right. thanks for the advice. i think we're fine as we are.
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        05.27.09, 02:25 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        preschool and ongoing elementary are very different. you will see.
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        05.27.09, 02:27 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        she is already in an elementary, but thanks for your concern.
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        05.27.09, 02:31 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        why make her the oddball?
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        05.27.09, 02:34 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
      - at all?
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        no.
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - 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 | link to this post ]
    - send an email. I'm sure it will be appreciated.
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      05.27.09, 02:15 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - I would rather walk on hot coals than do that!
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        really? why?
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        05.27.09, 02:21 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        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 | link to this post ]
- nope
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  05.27.09, 02:18 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - why?
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    05.27.09, 02:20 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - ITA. i totally wait for school to start. what's the rush?
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        05.27.09, 05:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
- 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 | link to this post ]
  - you're the kind of mom i do not socialize with.
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    05.27.09, 05:39 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 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 | link to this post ]
      - you're the kind of mom who goes around and criticize people.
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        05.27.09, 05:44 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - you must be asian.
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    05.27.09, 05:42 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - lol
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    05.27.09, 06:14 PM [ Flag | link to this post ]

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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

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