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Carin, I had a similar situation here -- not a "love" triangle, but my daughter has 2 "best friends" and it's crazy how much they end up hurting each others' feelings! It's not intentional -- they really all like each other and are good friends, but so many class activities have a "partner" and with three of them, someone is ALWAYS left out or if two of them have a playdate, the other one feels bad. It just goes on and on and I hate hearing about it every day. Last year, we moms talked about it and decided to have a talk with our kids to try to tell them that with three people, there are gonna be times that they aren't always going to be able to do everything together and to try to deal with it and not take it so personally. I'm sorry that you aren't able to get the other moms to see the problem with your DD and her friends -- it really helps if you can go to them first and then work on it as a team. Anyhow, I feel your pain -- it's a tough situation, but one that will probably eventually work itself -- friendship is still so fluid at those ages.
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