Quote From: jaimie1974My advice is to do nothing about this friend. She totally over-reacted, as an adult, she should have the tools to put herself in your place and understand why you reacted in the way that you did. But, because she believes that she is always right, she cant, or rather, she wont, do that. This isnt a friend. Consider yourself lucky that you are free from this oppressive friendship! Remember that you are the strongest female role model that your child will ever have, you teach her everyday with your actions what is normal. If you accepted this friend back into your life by groveling, your child will learn that it is okay to allow people to treat you badly so that they will be your friend. As a parent, I know that you want your child to have better then youve had, and that means youve got to be the best role model for her that you can. Being a parent bring many changes in life, outgrowing a friendship is one of those changes. I wish you the best.
thank you for taking the time to reply to my message.
as you can see i was bothered enough to use this space to both vent and to let others comment on the situation.
i do see your point.
every parent tries to be fair to their child.
i have had an occasion when my child was a toddler and this same other child pushed her on the stairs so that she tumbled 5 stairs to the ground.
and i never berated the child, rather, i reacted similar to the way i acted this time.
i hushed up my child, put the other parent in the picture and dis-allowed her to yell at her child because they were both toddlers and it was a mistake.
at some point if this friendship were to resume, maybe i should bring THAT up and let her recollection kick in.
or maybe i should just vent here and then move on FOREVER.
thanks so much for helping me be the bigger person.
thank you for taking the time to voice your opinion.
