I was recently invited to a get together of moms from my daughters’ school. I was debating if I was going to go. So I discussed it with my husband. Wait he said who’s party is this? I told him and he replied well you have to go–you’re IN–and if you don’t go you might not get invited again.
And then we looked at each other amazed at the ridiculous conversation we just had. Here we were, in our mid to late thirties, trying to get into the cool clique. Parent cliques do exist. I sometimes think they’re worse than the cliques of our younger years.
Why are they worse? Because they can impact our children. There are plenty of parents that if it wasn’t for my children I wouldn’t necessarily talk with them.
However, this clique meant more opportunities for our children. Would this impact their schooling or their future careers? No, but it would get them invited to sleepovers, bell ringing at the holidays and pool parties during the summer.
I don’t think the parent cliques I’ve experienced are quite the same as the cliques from our high school years. Parents these days want to know the families their kids are spending time with, and if the parents don’t know you, their kid isn’t playing with yours. This isn’t the 1980’s where I swear our parents just let us roam the streets.
I ultimately had a scheduling conflict and didn’t go to the party. We did recently receive a handmade Christmas card from the party thrower, though. So I assured my husband that our status was good because we made the Christmas card list.
Am I part of the cool clique? I’m not certain but I know our girls have great friends with parents who are involved with their kids and want the best for them.
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