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    gatorsmom is offline Pink Diamond level (15,000+ posts)
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    Default Mom Bullies. I will not cave in to their pressure!

    Last year, no one was willing to take over the management of the school’s parent rep group. It’s in charge of receptions and events for the school. In the past, one mom oversaw it all for 5 years. She lead the group and all the other moms volunteered to help as needed. When she left, no one wanted to fill her shoes because she did a great job but oversaw all of it. It was a big part of her life. Instead of taking over management of the entire group, I offered to do one small part and another mom offered to do a part and we found a couple of other moms who took over a piece of it. This worked well. This past fall, knowing things were going to get busier For our family, I found a mom to take my place. The mom who offered to lead the meetings wasn’t thrilled that I left but my replacement has done a good job. Now the mom leading the meetings doesn’t want to lead any more and she keeps bugging me to take over her role. She knows that I do volunteer for the group, but in a much smaller role and have no responsibilities with this group. She also knows that I organize another group all by myself. I’m super busy and she knows that that is why I gave but my seat in the group. But she is still bugging me anyway. And worse, she’s becoming a bully about it. She’s actually rude to me and gossipy. If she keeps this up, I’m not going to do anything for that group!

    Ive actually been encouraging other moms who are clearly organized with their lives and kids to consider taking over heading the meetings. There are a few that are more than capable but appear to be nervous about trying and unsure of themselves. With most of the big duties divided up, it shouldn’t be hard. Why doesn’t Miss Bully explain that and try to sell it? It would be more effective than trying to bully people into the job. Sooo frustrating.
    Last edited by gatorsmom; 12-03-2019 at 06:47 PM.
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