
My elite NYC moms friend group banned me and excluded my kids from play dates — for this pathetic reason
NY Post
In Manhattan’s preeminent mom in-crowd, Izzy Anaya is constantly finding herself on the outs.
The Upper West Side parent — with two fifth grade boys attending one of NYC’s most elite schools — does not get invited to hang with the other pupils’ mothers, who indulge in girls-night-out dinners and dancing at Zero Bond.
She’s also not on the guest list for the tight-knit group’s annual, ultra-extravagant Super Bowl party on Feb. 8 — a popular, parents-only get together Anaya plans to watch the others enjoy from the sidelines, while she’s home and scrolling her Instagram timeline.
And when it comes to in-person events that every student’s parents are invited to attend, such as fundraisers or school plays, those same cool moms “avoid me like the plague,” Anaya, 46, a lifestyle content creator, exclusively tells The Post.
“I see all the fun they’re having on social media,” she said, “and it’s hurtful when you’re not included.”
The brazen exclusion isn’t due to any gross social ineptitude on the married brunette’s part, nor could she be accused of any attempts to usurp the throne from the mom group’s twiggy, blond, Lululemon-loving, Pilates-obsessed “Queen Bee.”
