Uglybetty
Proud Parent
Warning: rant imminent!
In the few weeks since my DD was selected for the novice squad at an elite gym, a mum from school has started acting really strange and I'm at the end of my tether with it all. It's worrying me to the point I'm losing sleep. To make it clear, this is not a fellow gym mum. Her DD is close friends to my DD and showed no interest in doing gymnastics when my DD was doing rec classes for over a year, until we moved her to this new elite gym (which has an excellent reputation). Around the time the gym started to hint that my DD would be moved into the novice squad this mother started to drop huge hints about how her DD really wanted to do gymnastics but they had no way of getting her there ( because she doesn't drive). After weeks and weeks of avoiding the issue, I eventually gently explained that I couldn't help because even if her DD came to the same gym, the rec sessions she'd be doing would be 2 hours shorter than my DD's and since I plan on using the time to go to the gym for a workout it wouldn't really work out. Since then she has (a) started to act really strange...very icy conversations...all the friendly banter has stopped (b) blocked me on Facebook (c) has started to undermine my DD's confidence....when she plays with her DD after school they invariably practice cartwheels etc and my DD tells me she'll praise her own DD's technique (all learned from youtube) and criticise my DD's technique.
I expected to encounter competitive mums at the gym but this has taken me totally by surprise. Especially since its someone I previously regarded as a good friend. Has anyone else encountered this kind of jealousy? It's really taken the shine off DD's achievement getting into squad if I'm honest.
In the few weeks since my DD was selected for the novice squad at an elite gym, a mum from school has started acting really strange and I'm at the end of my tether with it all. It's worrying me to the point I'm losing sleep. To make it clear, this is not a fellow gym mum. Her DD is close friends to my DD and showed no interest in doing gymnastics when my DD was doing rec classes for over a year, until we moved her to this new elite gym (which has an excellent reputation). Around the time the gym started to hint that my DD would be moved into the novice squad this mother started to drop huge hints about how her DD really wanted to do gymnastics but they had no way of getting her there ( because she doesn't drive). After weeks and weeks of avoiding the issue, I eventually gently explained that I couldn't help because even if her DD came to the same gym, the rec sessions she'd be doing would be 2 hours shorter than my DD's and since I plan on using the time to go to the gym for a workout it wouldn't really work out. Since then she has (a) started to act really strange...very icy conversations...all the friendly banter has stopped (b) blocked me on Facebook (c) has started to undermine my DD's confidence....when she plays with her DD after school they invariably practice cartwheels etc and my DD tells me she'll praise her own DD's technique (all learned from youtube) and criticise my DD's technique.
I expected to encounter competitive mums at the gym but this has taken me totally by surprise. Especially since its someone I previously regarded as a good friend. Has anyone else encountered this kind of jealousy? It's really taken the shine off DD's achievement getting into squad if I'm honest.