{{{Hugs}}}

Shaking it off is the right thing to do. Chalk it up to her own insecurity and competitiveness.

In the future, I'd recommend avoiding discussing your child with her at all. You know how things will go, so why go there? If she brings it up, smile and change the subject. Bonus points if you can change the subject to allow you to say nice things about her kids, as you did about the drawing. It's hard to be nasty about someone's child when they're saying lovely things about your own...especially if they won't talk about their child!

It's good to learn who is okay to talk to and who isn't. Not everyone understands giftedness. It's hard, but it's probably better to figure it out while your child is still young enough for most of the barbs to go past her.

I'm sorry for the bad time! Smiles to you now!

Kriston