So we have a sporadic playdate group that we meet with here and there. This week there was a new mom who was invited to join and brought her dd with her.
This lady would not stop trying to parent over everyone. A mom was trying to deal with her daughter's tantrum and the woman was talking over the mother, trying to physically step between them and pretty much parent the child even though the mom was right there. You could tell it further upset the child to have this strange woman talking at her when she was already overwhelmed. The child just screamed louder and the lady kept talking louder.
So we sit down to eat and I brought food from home for dd because she's a picky eater. Nothing I brought was unhealthy. This woman made a big deal about the fact that dd wasn't eating what we were and kept saying I needed to leave her with them and let dd see how people are suppose to eat and that her dd eats very well.
She kept saying things to dd (who is 3) and dd would just nodded and stared blankly at this woman because she didn't understand or even care what this lady was saying. 
Then dd wanted to get up from the table. She is the youngest child and while I'd like to have her sit while everyone else finishes, she started much sooner than the rest of us and had already been at the table awhile, no one was near finished so I told her she could play quietly near the table. This women then starts making a deal out of the fact that dd can't sit at the table. That she has no manners. That if I'm going to homeschool I need to bring her around their house more often because otherwise how is dd going to know how people are suppose to act.
It was so uncomfortable. How can people be so rude and superior?!
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I told dh when I got home that I hate playdates just as much as I thought I would before I had children. Blech.
This lady would not stop trying to parent over everyone. A mom was trying to deal with her daughter's tantrum and the woman was talking over the mother, trying to physically step between them and pretty much parent the child even though the mom was right there. You could tell it further upset the child to have this strange woman talking at her when she was already overwhelmed. The child just screamed louder and the lady kept talking louder.
So we sit down to eat and I brought food from home for dd because she's a picky eater. Nothing I brought was unhealthy. This woman made a big deal about the fact that dd wasn't eating what we were and kept saying I needed to leave her with them and let dd see how people are suppose to eat and that her dd eats very well.
She kept saying things to dd (who is 3) and dd would just nodded and stared blankly at this woman because she didn't understand or even care what this lady was saying. Then dd wanted to get up from the table. She is the youngest child and while I'd like to have her sit while everyone else finishes, she started much sooner than the rest of us and had already been at the table awhile, no one was near finished so I told her she could play quietly near the table. This women then starts making a deal out of the fact that dd can't sit at the table. That she has no manners. That if I'm going to homeschool I need to bring her around their house more often because otherwise how is dd going to know how people are suppose to act.
It was so uncomfortable. How can people be so rude and superior?!
:I told dh when I got home that I hate playdates just as much as I thought I would before I had children. Blech.
I would NEVER EVER EVER waste my precious time in this life with that lady. ugh! I don't know how you handled it.
- said it well. Not all playdates stink like that, so don't write them all off. Go to meetup.com and see if there are like-minded mamas in your area to hang out with. I bet there will be a nice size group somewhat close you 
) It drives me crazy that rude, obnoxious people go around acting the way they do and ... we let them, because we're afraid of appearing rude.
