Mom invites a mom who just moved to town to her neighborhood group chat, then kicks her out for being too green immediately after the 1st playdate: 'I’m not interested in a friendship with people who lack basic manners.'

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  _{A group of mom friends is drinking tea and talking together while their kids play in another room.}

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• Is suburban gatekeeping always this unhinged? Invited to join a private mom group, only to be removed for being "too new" the second I left the playdate.

  

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  _{Two moms talk at an outdoor potluck in the park.}

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  _{An aerial view of a suburban neighborhood where every house looks alike, and certain people are excluded.} 

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