I didn’t want to socialize with school moms. Here’s what happened when I did
For most of my kids’ grade school career, my relationship with my fellow school moms went no further than the half-grimace-half-smile of acknowledgement we’d exchange at drop-off and pickup. Truthfully, I had no desire to get chummy with other parents at school. I had enough friends, thank you very much, and harboured a belief that, besides shared teachers and homework assignments, we probably didn’t have much in common. I love my kids? school, but as a major introvert, I?d rather attend a funeral than a PTA meeting. The thought of mingling with the crowd that decorates the cafeteria for Spring Sing and sets the rules for school lunch made me want to run for the hills.
So when I was invited to a ladies’ night out with five other school moms, my expectations were low. Arriving at the French restaurant that night, I made a deal with myself: Stay until 9:00, then beat a hasty retreat home and never do this again. The conversation around the table proved predictably tame, as we all stuck close to the classic mom fallback of kid talk: Little League, swim lessons, where to buy shoes that won?t fall apart in a month. When the clock struck 9:00, I picked up my purse prepared to jet?but was chagrined when the organizer exclaimed, “This was fun! Let’s do it again!” (?It was"? I thought. To me, it had seemed pretty tepid.) Thus began the monthly tradition of the Franklin School Moms? Night Out. The first few months, as we rotated who?d p...
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