Feeling guilty about not going to father's day assembly

[Caligula]

Cheer me up. Or maybe not. I've been feeling gradually worse about this all day. I didn't go because I had to take the car in for its failed MOT (would not have been able to get it done until next week otherwise and it would have been illegal to drive it and I need to) and was glad of the excuse it gave me not to go to this bloody thing.

I just find it extremely painful and am scared I'll start crying in the middle of it. So figured why put myself through it. But this year, DS (7) was really disappointed yesterday when I told him I couldn't go because of the car, although he did understand that it was broken and illegal. I feel like I've let him down. And as his father's already let him down this month by not sending him a birthday card for his seventh birthday, am not feeling too good about it.

[donnie]

poor you and poor ds! at least he did say he understood which shows he is thoughtful and kind- why not make it up to him by treating him some other way?
as for his dad not sending a card....is he the g*t that he sounds like?
also if it makes you feel any better, imagine the car had not been serviced and you had had an accident....

[edam]

Oh dear. I think I'd be feeling miserable if I were in your shoes, too. Think Donnie's idea of a treat is a good one - is there anywhere you both like to go for a day out? Take yourselves off for the day and have fun. You deserve it!

[Caligula]

I don't know about whether xp is a git, I just can't explain why he sometimes forgets to send birthday cards to his children, i put it down to mental incapacity. I think that's possibly why I'm feeling so bad about this - last year I ddin't go either, and DS didn't mind at all, and it wasn't an issue. But last year he got a birthday card.