Sad and lonely

[Daisy]

Our not-quite-6 year old GD2 is an outgoing, friendly little girl. Everyone seems to know her and she's got no inhibitions about walking up to someone and starting a conversation. So her teacher was a bit surprised yesterday to see her looking rather sad, playing on her own at playtime.

She went over to ask if GD was ok. "No", replied GD. "It's lonely playing on my own."

Her teacher asked why she was on her own.

"Well, I didn't know what to do. X wanted to play with me and so did Y and Z. And I didn't want to hurt anybody's feelings so I said I'm playing on my own, but it's lonely."

[Gemini]

Awww, bless her. That is so sweet!
Too popular for her own good, but sensitive enough to care about leaving anyone out

[Plantaholic]

Obviously a very sweet popular young lady.

[Oma]

Oh how sweet she is , I bet the teacher wanted to hug her for being so sensitive ,
Not good for her being lonely though bless her

[Qwerty]

Aaaww such sensitive feelings even when your only six bless her

[Daisy]

She is a sensitive little soul and really cares about people and how they feel, but I hope today she is happily playing with a group of friends, bless her.

[Gemini]

I hope so too Daisy.
My GD had to adopt similar tactics last year, and it seemed to work. She was a few years older than your GD though, so able cope better.

[Daisy]

Gem - aww, bless her. I'm sure your GD has much better coping skills, and she's such a sweet girl anyway. I couldn't understand why they just didn't all play together, which is what we did as children, but maybe times have changed.

[WeeGranny]

Hopefully, GD2 has found someone to play with today without upsetting the other friends. Do they have a bench at her school where those who are feeling sad/lonely can sit and someone will go and chat /play with them? Bless her!

[Gemini]

WG, at GS1's school they have a Friendship Bench, brightly painted which I think is it a nice idea.

Daisy my GD was 8 or 9, so they have a bit more experience to handle things than at not yet 6. She loves doing cartwheels and other athletic type things so I think she just took herself off and did that, until the friends came to their senses

[Sunshine]

Ah, bless her. I wonder how her teacher responded to her when she said why she was feeling lonely. Do they have a friendship bench or something similar at GD school? Hopefully she will have had a better day today.

[Mimi]

Oh bless her, she has melted my heart !

[Nanto2girls]

Daisy,what a sweet thoughtful grandaughter you have.

[Daisy]

Mimi - I know I'm her grandma and probably shouldn't say it, but she melts everyone's heart!

Sunshine - yes, they have a friendship bench, but she was avoiding the other children on purpose because she didn't want to choose one of them to play with. The teacher suggested she could play with different children on different days.

[Nana]

Aww bless her little heart. What a sensitive little soul.😍