Sometimes in life we meet people who we’re happy to exchange pleasantries with, but when it comes to friendship – well, we immediately know we’re not going to gel.

Such was the case for one parent who said that the mum of one of her son’s classmates kept asking her to attend a playdate – and she had no idea how to handle it because she really did not want to go.

The mum described the other parent as “very vocal about her far-right extremist views” noting their car is “covered in stickers about being unvaccinated and running over liberals with her car”.

She wrote on Reddit: “I am not interested in socialising with people like this or exposing my children to unvaccinated kids more than the bare minimum.”

Her quandary is: how does she let this other parent down without causing extra problems for their kids?

It’s a situation I’m sure many parents will find themselves in at one point or another. Here’s what Jo Hayes, founder of Etiquette Expert, recommends for those who do...

First of all, it’s totally fine to not want to be friends with everyone

There are certain people with whom we “simply don’t align” whether that’s because we have very different values........

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