Single Mom Seeking Advice… About a Married Mom Who Snubs Her at School 

Mae starts third grade on Tuesday, so we’re in major back-to-school mode over here.

You, too? Get a load of this timing: in my Inbox there’s an email from Angela, a single mom of two kids who would “love to get some advice.” Her kids go to a private school, where there is a handful of divorced parents. But most of the kids at the school have traditional two-parent families.

“I break my you-know-what to make sure my kids are clean, dressed beautifully, polite, educated and well adjusted — and they are!” Angela writes.

“I take them on beautiful trips and we do things together all the time.”

So, what’s the problem?

 “There is one mother who constantly comments about the fact that I’m divorced,” says Angela. “She does it right to my face, at school.”

This is the mom who volunteers every week in her kids’ rooms — so she always seems to be at school, and she is clearly preying on Angela. Here’s just a taste of what this married mom has said to her: “You know, your kids are really despite the fact that you are a single parent.” Once, this married mom “caught” Angela out on a weekend hike with a friend. The mom stopped her:

“So, your ex must have the kids? I guess that’s one benefit of being divorced I never thought of.”

Up until this point, Angela has been polite. She has nodded at this woman and walked away.

But enough is enough. School is starting this week, and Angela wants to know to deal with this rude mom.

“What really gets me is that this woman doesn’t have a clue that her life could change in a moment’s notice,” adds Angela. “

You just don’t know–” Since all of you are the best support out there… I turn to you. What should this mom do? Or not do? P.S. I wrote back to Angela: “This woman clearly has some real issues — that have nothing to do with you.

This smacks of jealousy.” Still, what should she do?