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Which I suppose I should have expected, having my daughter enrolled in ballet lessons (which I should point out she requested.). I imagine this won't be the first one. I am guessing I'll probably be a very unpopular mom down the line.
My daughter is four. The little girl in question is a very young three.
Her grandmother brings her to lessons. I've spoken to her before, she's otherwise a nice enough lady. However, I have to admit, the moment I met her, the "batshit" vibe started sounding in my head like a five alarm fire siren.
Anyways, my husband was talking to her last week. We can watch the kids from the hall, through windows. It's nice. I wanted to watch my kid, I didn't want to get involved in this lady's conversation. However, I heard everything.
Things I learned while listening:
1. The little girl is enrolled in THREE dance classes. ( I should mention she seems to have zero interest in the one she shares with my daughter, but so what, she's three.)
2. Grandma had little girl's mom involved in all kinds of pageants. Little girl's mom "loved it." (
)
3. Grandma has bad knees because she blew them out dancing and cheerleading.
4. When Grandma's daughter was moving out of the house to get married, she had the gall to try and toss out her old trophies and costumes. Grandma flipped out and didn't allow that.
5. Daughter didn't want Grandma to enroll Little Girl in any pageants. Grandma had to "fight her tooth and nail" to get her signed up.
I should mention that at this point, I piped up and said, rather dryly, "maybe your daughter wasn't as into it as you were." To which I was told, "oh, no, she loved it."
Of course she did. How silly of me. I mean, don't they always?
6. Daughter, according to Grandma, is "crazy. Absolutely crazy. I think she's got a problem with it."
*insert sound of tape being forcibly rewound here* "Oh, no, she loved it."
Hmmm....that's what I thought I heard.
Geeze. I feel like I damaged my brain just typing this up.
I need a shower now.
On the way home, husband praised our daughter because she was so kind to the little girl in question. He said to her (rather sadly), "It's good you are being (little girl)'s friend. She's gonna need someone to be nice to her. "
My daughter is four. The little girl in question is a very young three.
Her grandmother brings her to lessons. I've spoken to her before, she's otherwise a nice enough lady. However, I have to admit, the moment I met her, the "batshit" vibe started sounding in my head like a five alarm fire siren.
Anyways, my husband was talking to her last week. We can watch the kids from the hall, through windows. It's nice. I wanted to watch my kid, I didn't want to get involved in this lady's conversation. However, I heard everything.
Things I learned while listening:
1. The little girl is enrolled in THREE dance classes. ( I should mention she seems to have zero interest in the one she shares with my daughter, but so what, she's three.)
2. Grandma had little girl's mom involved in all kinds of pageants. Little girl's mom "loved it." (
)3. Grandma has bad knees because she blew them out dancing and cheerleading.
4. When Grandma's daughter was moving out of the house to get married, she had the gall to try and toss out her old trophies and costumes. Grandma flipped out and didn't allow that.
5. Daughter didn't want Grandma to enroll Little Girl in any pageants. Grandma had to "fight her tooth and nail" to get her signed up.
I should mention that at this point, I piped up and said, rather dryly, "maybe your daughter wasn't as into it as you were." To which I was told, "oh, no, she loved it."
Of course she did. How silly of me. I mean, don't they always?
6. Daughter, according to Grandma, is "crazy. Absolutely crazy. I think she's got a problem with it."
*insert sound of tape being forcibly rewound here* "Oh, no, she loved it."
Hmmm....that's what I thought I heard.
Geeze. I feel like I damaged my brain just typing this up.
I need a shower now.
On the way home, husband praised our daughter because she was so kind to the little girl in question. He said to her (rather sadly), "It's good you are being (little girl)'s friend. She's gonna need someone to be nice to her. "
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