Accidentally booked tickets a Bricktastic Lego event on Mother's day

In general bricktastic is shite

Now that I’m up for - get the feather duster out kids!!

Sounds like a great MD to me. Get your lie in the day before.

I think I would purposely book something like this for Mother’s Day as it’s the perfect way to do something fun and different together, maybe go for a late lunch somewhere nearby after. Sounds like a lovely day!

I get it, if mothers day is to celebrate you as a mum, it would be nice if you could choose (likely for one rare day!) what you did. But as you've booked this, you need to go. However, if you're that desperate for a lie in and have a partner, I think you need to talk to them about ensuring you get that some other time and also make sure you're getting enough time to do your own things regularly.

And just further to add that to most, unless it’s miles away a 10.30 start with a team who can get herself ready is indeed a lie in 😅

I get that but the current interpretation of it is very much a ‘hallmark holiday’. The mum in question here doesn’t even want to spend the day with her daughter let alone spend the day cleaning with her 😅 In reality there’s no need to have a lie in on that very day when OP could just have one on the Saturday, or Sunday the next week etc. it’s weird to put so much focus on a day that has no real significance. People are fine to celebrate birthdays on different days where it’s more convenient, even kids can understand that and a birthday is far more important.

I did this a couple of years ago with Harry Potter World. Felt really lucky that there were tickets only a few weeks ahead, then realised it was Mother's Day! We had a great time and it was lovely to spend it with my daughter.

Indeed. Why did she have kids if her dream day is spending time by herself. Her child is 13, not 13 months. If she doesn’t like spending time with her kids now when will she?

Can’t you just go a lie in literally any other day? Why does it only have to be Mother’s Day?

this sounds super fun and I’d way rather do this with my kid than a lie in tbh

Surely your husband could give you breakfast in bed, take your daughter off to Leo and then come back to collect you after for your Mother’s Day lunch!!

Mothering Sunday, as it is properly known, was a thing long before any greetings card manufacturer was founded. It's the middle sunday of Lent and the traditional day to go and help your poor old mum to do her Spring Cleaning.

What is the point in sleeping away most of the morning?! Spending quality time with your DD and having a nice lunch sounds like a great day.

Mother’s Day is just a day to sell cards and gifts. In the real world life goes on. You can have a lie in another day. It wouldn’t even cross my mind not to book something just because of such a day

I think it’s odd that you don’t want to do an activity with your child on Mother’s Day. Could you have your lie in on the Saturday?

A lie in till 9ish then Bricktastic fun before lunch sounds like a perfect mothers day to me.

It is weird when one of the family members doesn't want to go. Just let the teen go with someone who might actively enjoy it with her.
Unless their 'family days out' are few and far between, there really is no need for the angst about such a trivial thing.

ETA Seeing as the OP is making such a big deal about having a 'lie in' on one particular Sunday in the whole year, one can only presume that the OP is quite inflexible and everything is a big deal for her.

You are weirdly over the top about this. Family’s going on days out together isn’t weird, and it’s not comparable to doing a weekly shop together. Bizarre.

As I understand it, you have double booked yourself on Mother’s Day.
You booked the Lego event for your daughter( not realising it was Mother’s Day) but you also planned a lie in and lunch which I guess you were looking forward to.
You have a few options, your daughter doesn’t know you have tickets so you could just 🤐
Or you could just tell her you have tickets and celebrate Mother’s Day on the Saturday and rebook your lunch.

Bricktastic was awesome - we met the Lego chief creative, did a make a take with the new smart bricks, saw amazing MOCs - but it was 21/22 Feb

if you mean the event in Bury then it won’t be as good or take as long

I'd much rather go to a lego event than have an overpriced, mediocre lunch in an overstuffed venue.

This. I’d rather do something DS enjoyed with me.

I love lego.

But she doesn't want to go now and is looking for reasons not to. Anyway I'm not a parent so I'm going to exit this thread because obviously my opinion isn't warranted - sorry I'm not parenty enough for you and don't quite get it

I can't believe I'm having to spell this out.

She bought the tickets because it was something she knew her daughter would like. That doesn't equate to it being something she PERSONALLY "finds enjoyable."

Surely you understand the concept of parents doing things they don't personally find much fun (driving to swimming lessons/supervising dance classes/standing awkwardly around at parties or softplay etc.) because they know their kids enjoy them?