Help! The Mom of My Kid’s Bully Is Stirring Trouble in My Book Club. I Have a Devious Plan.

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She's a very clever woman.

I have been keeping together a book club of 10 women. We have stopped getting together, skipped meetings and sometimes only one or two people will show. I am the person who revives us every time. Last night we had six and it was great. I have had trouble with one of the women for years. Her kid has relationally bullied my daughter or ignored other kid’s bad treatment of her. My kid is no angel and is annoying sometimes but her kid is never the problem.

A few weeks ago, a group of four kids harassed and screamed at my daughters in a public place, which they both felt intimidated by. I texted the woman and she felt horrible, describing it as bullying and harassment. I said, “I hope your daughter can apologize” and she agreed that it was a good idea. She then texted me days later and told me not to tell her how to raise her kids. This woman is really much more clever at social games and triangulation.

I have stated my feelings on the subject and asked them to drop it, but they still persist. The last time I got up and left in the middle of lunch because my grandmother started with the waterworks again. My parents are extremely angry with me over my “rudeness” and blame my grandmother’s behavior on her old age. I am their primary respite caregiver since my grandmother is in her 90s and my aunt can’t live alone.

You two spent a year together and no one made a move. You have made note of your significant cultural differences. You’ve never been sure if you see him romantically. You don’t actually want a relationship. He knows you’re attracted to him and had a crush on him and did not do anything with this information.

My whole life people have commented on my eyes, asking if I’m tired or sick or asking if I had been in a fight.

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