To be angry

You just said your dad should’ve given up his ticket!

No one has done anything wrong 🙄🙄

I doubt you do either, considering how vile you sound.

I’m sure your children will bring you far more joy than the Gallagher brothers. I really don’t understand all the hype around Oasis. I think you got the better end of the deal hanging out with your kids. Do something nice with them while your family is at the concert.

She wasn't invited though, that's the reason she's upset.

Yes, you are absolutely being ridiculous. You need to grow up and give your head a wobble. If anything, be annoyed at your ex husband for not having the kids to let you go. It’s okay for him to go but not your mum? Even though the kids are his responsibility? Need to just roll with it! 😏

She invited you and that's the main thing. I don't see why she should have to miss out because you don't have childcare. Maybe she could do something else which is easier for you to attend in addition to going to oasis but I think it's fair enough that she wants to go.

I think it's mean and thoughtless that whoever organized this didn't invite you, especially if it's supposed to be a family celebration for your mum. As for the "welcome to being a mother" posts here normalising leaving out parents of young children, that "logic" is kind of undermined by the fact that the children's father is going, apparently without a second thought.

Eh, I've missed out on oasis because of money but my ex/kids dad is going. I missed out on sabbath recently too because my ex was also going and I couldn't sort childcare. I'm not bitter I'm happy that he's managing to do it. But he owes me next time My chemical romance are in the UK 😂. When my kids were smaller we left them with my mum, youngest was about 9 months. My mum called during acquiesce (Liam Gallagher tour) to tell me I needed to come home as she was not settling at all and wanted me. Life of a parent haha, be frustrated but don't let it eat you up.

Yeah, also wonder if the parents are using this as an opportunity to spend some time with their son alone as I bet he is more independent.

I don't understand this - it was a nightmare to get tickets. You couldn't just tell people "I'm getting some Oasis tickets do you fancy one". My son managed to get 3 - he wanted 4. None of his friends managed to get any. Surely the OP understands this - the news was full of sad facing disappointed fans at the time.

How old are your DC? Don’t you have any friends who could have looked after them?

Her parents are probably big Oasis fans too as they would have been young when they first came out. Probably waited years for this reunion.

Exactly. As an adult you should definitely have your own life, (ideally before that actually). Most families do things in different groups according to interests and circumstances, especially bigger families. No big deal.

Is no one else suspicious?

School holidays has begun for some already.

I can no longer fly long haul…….but I wouldn’t stop my family travelling to anywhere in the world they chose to visit.

I’ve just seen you are not even a huge fan.
Oh my days, I am without words.
It is like the Richard Ashcroft Shazam situation.

So do you invite your mum (and whole family) to everything you do and vice versa? And do you not do something if a single other person can’t make it? My god, I feel claustrophobic even thinking about that!

Unbelievably selfish.
why can’t just be happy for them? You seriously need to look at yourself. I keep thinking about this post and can’t understand it at all. I’m a pretty jealous person, so I get the jealous part, the sheer selfish part, I can’t get my head around. Just be happy people you love get to do something they love.

I can’t go to concerts any more for a health reasons so I can’t go and see anyone.
You have a choice, at another time when you can get a babysitter, to get tickets for something else. Might not be Oasis, but there’s still a lot of choice.
I get it. It’s FOMO. I’d loved to have seen them again, luckily I went several times in my younger years, but that’s life.
This is what I did. I got the set list. The night after their first night in Cardiff I ‘did the gig’ at home on my big telly in the lounge. Went on YouTube and worked my way through each song and sung my heart out.
One of the big media giants is filming it so at some point it will be available to watch.
Pick another band you really like, and go and see them next time they are on tour.
It is just one night, yes it will be great for anyone attending, but it passes.
And pick a band or artist that you don’t have to wait 17 hours to buy a ticket for and don’t have to pay £400 to see.
Which reminds me first time I saw them was in a venue for £6.50 and there were 900 of us. Best night I ever saw them once it got so big I stopped going.
I think seeing bands in smaller venues is just the best atmosphere. All you see at stadiums is a screen….

Sorry but I think this is one of those situations you have to suck up. You have kids and don’t have the freedom others do. You can’t expect other people to not go just because you can’t. It’s what you signed up for when you have kids

Totally unreasonable to expect them all not to go, or for your dad to miss out so he could babysit. You could have arranged a paid babysitter, as you had enough time given the tickets were on sale last year. If you were 15 i’d get it, but as an adult it’s completely unreasonable. Yes you can feel upset, but to be bitter about them all going is a bit off.

That had occurred to me but I assumed she was a fan. She's overthinking this. Or in a strop about it. Or, since not a fan, completely unaware how difficult it was to get tickets! (e.g. I had no real idea.)

Such is life
they will tour again when they want some more money

When you have small children, you really do have to accept that your flexibility to go out and do stuff is temporarily very diminished. Your mum probably made those sacrifices for you when you were little. Now she doesn't need to any more. Now it's your turn to have your freedom curbed. I'm sorry but you need to get your priorities right and stop wasting energy on this.