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I Can't Make Mom Friends

Maskot/DigitalVision/Getty ImagesWhen I was growing up, there was that one mom all of the other moms complained about. They actively avoided her, knowing that if she caught them in the parking lot after school drop off, they’d be stuck for 30 minutes while she updated you on everything you never asked about: her son’s latest triumph, her daughter’s latest drama, and the salon that overcharged her and can you believe what they did to her hair? She would air all of her grievances without taking a breath to anyone unlucky enough to be simply in her vicinity.I fear I have become that mother.When I...