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Right, have given myself a speaking to and gotten out of my pathetic slump (sorry for being so wet yesterday).
Anyway, didn't see the other mum this morning but she just tried to start an argument in the playground. Apparently thing 1 reduced her son to tears (said I didn't notice but she should have said something about it then and there). Apparently thing 1 is in his face all the time (to be fair it's 25/75% with him being worse), I was diplomatic and said it was six of one and half a dozen of the other (nearly choked me though). She then went on to say her 'claws were out' and 'she was going before she got into an argument'.
I felt the whole thing was totally out of proportion - if I had felt so aggrieved I would have said something like 'can you keep your brat away from thing 1 and I will keep thing 1 away from your brat - they seem to rub each other the wrong way'.
Can't help thinking she has something else going on but would prefer to try and pick a fight with me than deal with it. Anyway, if she wants an argument off the playground she can have one but I am not going to indulge her either in front of other parents or children.