DisneyScraps
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My DD goes to a private school. We found out that one of the 9 kids in her class lives in our neighborhood. He is new to the school. I put a note on their door and I asked them if they wanted to carpool. We just live about 7 minutes from school but I figured it would make things easier.
So his Mom called me. Her name was Lisa like me. She is from RI and so am I. It's a tiny state and we had some friends in common. That is typical. We went out to lunch and got along like we had known each other for years. We are similar since we came from the same background.
She has seisuzre so she can't drive. So I said that we could carpool and it could be one week in the AM and the next in the afternoon. I said I am extremely flexible so any time they could not drive no biggie just let me know. She said the same thing.
So we started to talk on the phone about once a day and formed a friendship. The first week went well. The second week I got a text from her saying they could not drive one week. That was fine with me. So I was dropping off her son and I asked her if they could pick her son up the next day. Something came up and I had to make a road trip to sign a check formy business. I told her that I would most likely be home but I never leave town without making arrangements just in case there is a lot of traffic. She said that was fine, she would have a friend of hers pick her son up. I said are you sure? If it was a big deal I would not go because it was my day to drive. She said it was FINE.
The next day, they don't show up to pick up my daughter. I waited 10 minutes past the pickup and sent a text that said "I am taking Gracie to school because it's so close to school starting".
I didn't think anything about it. I figured they overslept.
I get a text back that said "this is her husband, I am not going to carpool because of the last minute change. I am managing my responsibility"
ok...weird, she didn't respond he did. I still didn't think anything about it until I went to send her a message through Facebook. She removed me.
hmmmm red flag.
I sent a text that said "did I somehow offend you"
Nothing back.
So tomorrow I am going to probably see her at school they are having a class party. I don't know what to do.
Honestly she showed no sign that I was hurting them by trying to change the driving. If she said anything I would have cancelled the meeting.
I did not mean to put them in a difficult position and I honestly didn't see that it was a problem when I talked about it. I have no idea what happened with her husband and why he sent that text.
I just think they were a little too touchy. I get they might not want to carpool but to kiss off a friendship too? It all seems weird to me. It was a new friendship so I didn't lose much but I am uncomfortable seeing her tomorrow. It's a tiny class.
How wrong was I?
Lisa
So his Mom called me. Her name was Lisa like me. She is from RI and so am I. It's a tiny state and we had some friends in common. That is typical. We went out to lunch and got along like we had known each other for years. We are similar since we came from the same background.
She has seisuzre so she can't drive. So I said that we could carpool and it could be one week in the AM and the next in the afternoon. I said I am extremely flexible so any time they could not drive no biggie just let me know. She said the same thing.
So we started to talk on the phone about once a day and formed a friendship. The first week went well. The second week I got a text from her saying they could not drive one week. That was fine with me. So I was dropping off her son and I asked her if they could pick her son up the next day. Something came up and I had to make a road trip to sign a check formy business. I told her that I would most likely be home but I never leave town without making arrangements just in case there is a lot of traffic. She said that was fine, she would have a friend of hers pick her son up. I said are you sure? If it was a big deal I would not go because it was my day to drive. She said it was FINE.
The next day, they don't show up to pick up my daughter. I waited 10 minutes past the pickup and sent a text that said "I am taking Gracie to school because it's so close to school starting".
I didn't think anything about it. I figured they overslept.
I get a text back that said "this is her husband, I am not going to carpool because of the last minute change. I am managing my responsibility"
ok...weird, she didn't respond he did. I still didn't think anything about it until I went to send her a message through Facebook. She removed me.
hmmmm red flag.
I sent a text that said "did I somehow offend you"
Nothing back.
So tomorrow I am going to probably see her at school they are having a class party. I don't know what to do.
Honestly she showed no sign that I was hurting them by trying to change the driving. If she said anything I would have cancelled the meeting.
I did not mean to put them in a difficult position and I honestly didn't see that it was a problem when I talked about it. I have no idea what happened with her husband and why he sent that text.
I just think they were a little too touchy. I get they might not want to carpool but to kiss off a friendship too? It all seems weird to me. It was a new friendship so I didn't lose much but I am uncomfortable seeing her tomorrow. It's a tiny class.
How wrong was I?
Lisa
