You know what really grinds my gears?!

[Steve85]

Wait until you start dealing with parents of your kid's classmates. I don't know how some of these people even manage to get dress themselves in the morning.

Go on...

"Crazy day with the kids" becomes a socially acceptable reason to perpetuate all their inconsiderate habits. Kids are unpredictable and parenting is a fuckton of work, but RSVPing to things and no-show, no-call/message habits are escalated to annoying levels. If we have to bail because of the kid, which is totally understandable, we at least tell people.

We have made great friends volunteering a lot over the years, since it's basically the same 5 families out of 30 year in and year out that do everything. That said, we are very happy to have only half a year left at the school before the youngest moves on to HS. The other 25 families can't be bothered for jack shit and same story for both kids classes over the last ten years. "Oh, I'm just having such a hard time keeping up with my emails, I'll check it again and see what I can do", said the stay at home mom.