I was the best possible Mum to my kids each day. Some days were better then others. Thats all anyone can ask

I just tried to be the best I could be – wonderful when my children in their 30’s told me how much they appreciated what I had taught them through my own actions – seems children pick up more from what you do than what you say.

Frankly I don’t have time for people like that there are so many of them and don’t care about what they say or do I just mind my own business

Can’t stand this mentality.

There are the preppy Mum’s at school but I don’t buy into their drama they probably have sad lives and this is the only joy in their lives

Unfortunately, there are far too many people like this – it is quite exhausting and saddening, I tend to give people like this a wide berth!

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 18 Mar 2020 , 6:35 am

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  I give a wide berth too – very selective!

Sadly yep… and they post it on every social media account possible.
People like this are just missing something in their lives when they can’t be happy for others or just not comment

Unfortunately, I know too many people like this. It is absolutely exhausting. And it makes me sad that I don’t talk my son up enough… simply because I don’t want to appear to be like all these other parents that go on and on about everything their child does.

Oh we all know people like this. Just don’t let it get to you. They mustn’t be confident in themselves to be so competitive even with trivial things. I just humour people like this and say something like “yep, you always do better than me, you’re so amazing” It’s what they want to hear and makes them feel good about themselves.

Many people do have competitive natures and it does not impact on me. I ‘run my own race’ and do my own thing. I choose to engage with people or not depending on their natures.

I’m lucky I don’t have anyone like that around me. There used to be someone I knew like this but I didn’t take much notice and they just drifted away

There will always be those competitive types. It’s a good point that a lot of it comes from personal insecurities and a need to control. The best thing we can do is try to build each other up and encourage each other

I always try to encourage my mum friends and be happy when their child do something great. I don’t associate with anyone who is like this or brush it off to worth about what my children are doing I their lives

How do they possibly keep up?

That sounds so exhausting! And more like something from a movie. I don’t try and be better than other mums because I am just a little too lazy!

Thankfully I don’t have many people in my life like this and they aren’t that blatantly awful about it if they are competitive. I have a hard enough time being a mother as it is so I don’t need someone else putting me down and minimising my parenting skills to make themselves feel better.

Not really. I find most mums are doing it day by day and are struggling with all the demand in our fast moving world. Along with technology and expectations of children now days most mums are barely coping with the pressures of life in general.

Yes I had a friend who always knew better, she’s not my friend anymore.

I have always taken the approach of building others up. People that tear others down or always compete are typically those that are missing something in their own life

We need to support each other. It’s so hard raising decent humans