Other Mothered - Disney Edition

[Hrhpd]

Man, I hope so or "Landon's Mom" is seriously deranged!

I don't understand why she says "Who is this? I don't have this # saved" at the end.

I am betting on a joke. How can somebody say no to a Chick-Fil-A lunch and then ask who this is? And that is a lot of texts to happen at 5:54 with no time change. A conference call at 5:54? Yes, it happens all the time, but with everything else, seems unusual. And the heading says 1 message from Landon's Mom, yet the OP lists a ton of them. Something is not adding up at all.

 

[robinb]

I am betting on a joke. How can somebody say no to a Chick-Fil-A lunch and then ask who this is? And that is a lot of texts to happen at 5:54 with no time change. A conference call at 5:54? Yes, it happens all the time, but with everything else, seems unusual. And the heading says 1 message from Landon's Mom, yet the OP lists a ton of them. Something is not adding up at all.

I think the OP may have copied the texts at 5:54, not that the conversation took place then.

 

[MaryLovesPoohBear]

Oh, my.

I am thinking the "who is this," is to show that she has deleted your contact information and you are no longer a friend. How childish.

 

[AshleeH]

I am betting on a joke. How can somebody say no to a Chick-Fil-A lunch and then ask who this is? And that is a lot of texts to happen at 5:54 with no time change. A conference call at 5:54? Yes, it happens all the time, but with everything else, seems unusual. And the heading says 1 message from Landon's Mom, yet the OP lists a ton of them. Something is not adding up at all.

She screencapped the messages at 5:54, that's not when the texts occur. To see that, you have to swipe the text screen to the left, the whole screen pulls over and the times the texts were sent are shown briefly until you let go of the screen.

Oh, my.

I am thinking the "who is this," is to show that she has deleted your contact information and you are no longer a friend. How childish.

I agree, it's obvious she deleted her info. Friend's mom sounds like a nut job. OP should run fast and far and distance her son as much as she can.

 

[Disneylover99]

I was thinking maybe the "who is this" comment meant "whose phone are you texting me from cause I don't recognize the number."

 

[VACamm]

My mouth is wide open reading this entire thread. Wow... I would just cut my losses personally. I'm sorry that you have gone through this though!

 

[DisneyArie]

I took the "who is this" message to mean my number has been deleted so I stopped responding. I'm not going to beg for anyone's friendship. The timestamp is the time I took the screenshot not the time the messages came through. Also, the number (1) means I have one unread message.
I understand she is trying to help, but my trip is coming up really soon and I don't want/need the stress of re-doing my plans. Not to mention some of those ADRs where a bit difficult to get. My husband laughed at the messages, but I thought they were a little too aggressive for me. Nevertheless, if she called or texted me and wanted to get the kids together, which is what I'm hoping, then I would pretend none of this happened.

 

[EvilQueen2018]

QUOTE="DisneyArie, post: 56044528, member: 562559"]I took the "who is this" message to mean my number has been deleted so I stopped responding. I'm not going to beg for anyone's friendship. The timestamp is the time I took the screenshot not the time the messages came through. Also, the number (1) means I have one unread message.
I understand she is trying to help, but my trip is coming up really soon and I don't want/need the stress of re-doing my plans. Not to mention some of those ADRs where a bit difficult to get. My husband laughed at the messages, but I thought they were a little too aggressive for me. Nevertheless, if she called or texted me and wanted to get the kids together, which is what I'm hoping, then I would pretend none of this happened.[/QUOTE]
You certainly don't need to beg anyone for friendship and if she wanted to be friends, she would be more concerned that you got the things you wanted instead of being mad that you don't want to relive her vacation. I don't make the assumption that my husband should do everything my way, let alone a friend. It isn't even that she's mad you won't spend your vacation together at Disney, she's mad that her way isn't good enough for you and she is hoping you will come back and tell her how miserable and expensive it was. Friends don't wish that on their friends.
Obviously it is your choice but I wouldn't rug sweep the issue. The woman blew up and demanded you let her replan your trip to suit her even though she isn't there and had the audacity to believe you aren't capable of making your own informed decisions based on your own research. Geez, did you look at menus and accommodations? I'm guessing you decision making process was a little more complex than eany meany miney mo.
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[DawnM]

That is all kinds of crazy right there.

Wonder if Landon's Mom is on the DIS?

 

[Lulu'sMom]

If she is really as crazy as she appears, it's not over. She doesn't have to have your reservation number to cancel.
All she needs is your dates, names, address, phone # and email and believe me, she can pretend to be you and Disney won't question it.
Hopefully whacko doesn't know all of this.

 

[J'aime Paris]

My husband laughed at the messages, but I thought they were a little too aggressive for me. Nevertheless, if she called or texted me and wanted to get the kids together, which is what I'm hoping, then I would pretend none of this happened.

Please reconsider the last sentence of your post!!
I showed this thread to my best friend, whose son is special needs, ASD, OCD.
Her son has no true friends, so she really understands where you are coming from on this...
My friend said that she'd no longer allow the friendship from her end, and write that family off!!!!!!!!!!

Be hopeful and patient....there are other children that your son will connect with....super families and their kids... that will enjoy your son and respect your family.... and are NOT CRAZY (sorry)

 

[mom2rtk]

Freaky.

 

[Tinkerdreams]

As a previous poster stated, she can call Disney and ditch your plans! If I were you, I would call to confirm all your information. She sounds like a nut job and I would NOT continue any type of relationship with her. Your son will find other friends. No one needs to be in a dysfunctional relationship - there are enough of those to go around. Avoid at all costs!!

 

[roseaster]

Yeah, I wouldn't do much about renewing your friendship, that was a little over the top, but you should have been more straight forward and told her you were happy with your plans as they are.

But, you tried to make amends you said your piece, she is over the top about it. I would just move on.

 

[cyneswith]

What kind of person cuts off their kid's best friend just because the other parent has a different vacation style? Heck, my HUSBAND and I have different vacation styles (I explore, he hangs out in the hotel room.) Probably not a good role model for your kid.

Edit: to clarify, I think the other mom is a nutjob, not you.

 

[Sparkly]

Who wants to bet the "home cooked meals" involved a pizza and fries being shoved into the oven at least one night?

 

[Nancyg56]

I took the "who is this" message to mean my number has been deleted so I stopped responding. I'm not going to beg for anyone's friendship. The timestamp is the time I took the screenshot not the time the messages came through. Also, the number (1) means I have one unread message.
I understand she is trying to help, but my trip is coming up really soon and I don't want/need the stress of re-doing my plans. Not to mention some of those ADRs where a bit difficult to get. My husband laughed at the messages, but I thought they were a little too aggressive for me. Nevertheless, if she called or texted me and wanted to get the kids together, which is what I'm hoping, then I would pretend none of this happened.

HOLY MOLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your husband is wrong, IMO. I would call Disney any ask how to protect your reservation. I do not think that this is over.

I would also not renew this friendship.....she is whacked. This woman is not trying to help. You help by offering if need be and then backing away if help is declined. This is one controlling aggressive person and I would run as fast as I could from her. Unfortunately that means your poor son as well, but I am not at all sure that is a bad thing.

 

[katyjeka]

We stopped years ago talking about our vacation plans. Too many opinions and "I can't believe your going there again" comments. We just go, enjoy, and forget about everything else. I'm sorry for your experience but I have come to realize that people can be a little crazy at times. The older I get the more crazies I find. Have a great trip, I'm sure your plans are perfect for your family.

 

[roseaster]

I think she definitely overstepped her bounds asking for a reservation #, but I don't think that the woman is going to call Disney and change all the OP's plans. I think that is a tad paranoid.

I think that the woman had very strong ideas on the way to travel to WDW and if you have been around these boards for a while you have probably seen that a lot of people do. Why this is particularly so with WDW, IDK.

I have seen in past years when I lurked only epic arguments about staying on-site vs. off, value resorts vs. other resort categories, take a stroller or have kids walk, rent a car or use WDW transport, dining plan vs. OOP. People have very strong ideas of the "right" way to vacation at WDW. The difference, here, was the OP knows this type of person IRL. No doubt crazy friend thought her way was "better" as many people on this board think or thought their way was "better."

I don't doubt that the crazy friend thought she was helping, she just, obviously, has some issues with social skills.

 

[Carolrita]

I don't think you did anything wrong in quoting the bible. I don't understand why people are so quick to call "holier than thou' whenever a person brings up religion. Besides, you had to tolerate her know it all attitude, so she should have to tolerate you're holier than thou (if that's what she chooses to call it).
Ignore her advice. Everyone enjoys Disney different. (I also have to wonder if she was just jealous that you're staying on property. It's sounds immature, but many adults can be jealous and caddy).