Article: She's turning our group against me.("No one can control you": Tough love from Redbook's advice guru, Karen Karbo)

Q I was never popular in high school and became lonely with no girlfriends in adulthood. Then I met a wonderful set of morns from my son's kindergarten class. But one of them is squeezing me out of the group. When I have plans with another morn, she invites herself along. And she arranges get-togethers with the other moms without inviting me, then tells me about it. I'm afraid she's trying to push me into a confrontation that will make me look petty and childish, but she's the one who gets into screaming matches with other parents and even children and teachers. Should I fight for my status in the group or let her "win" and hope the others will see through her ...

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