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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

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Original poster

to be pissed off about diamond jubilee celebrations at DD's school

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tomatoface · 21/05/2012 20:25

sorry if this has been done before but DD came home with a letter saying they are having a tea party, flags, etc etc & they need to wear red, white and blue

AAAAGH

the thought of it brings me out in a rash. What do I do, pretend she's sick? Let her enjoy a party I don't believe in? Send her in but dressed in normal clothes (they don't have a uniform) and risk her being upset for not being dressed like everyone else.

So annoyed that it's been rammed down our throats

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Pumpster · 21/05/2012 21:49

Meanie!

usualsuspect · 21/05/2012 21:50

I can't be doing with all the Jubilee bollocks , but I think you should make the effort so your DD can enjoy the day.

exoticfruits · 21/05/2012 21:50

I always think it odd that people think their DC should think the same as them. Has she said that she is against it? No one has asked you to take part. You are actually 2 different people. My mother is entitled to think what she wants but she isn't entitled to tell me what to think- and she wasn't when I was a child.
There is one question only- does she want to go?

Havingaminutespeace · 21/05/2012 21:53

Jeez. Don't be so bloody miserable. It's a party for children. You're entitled to your feelings on the monarchy, but a party is a nice thing for children, for crying out loud!
Whether you like the Queen or not, the Jubilee is a piece of history and your school is teaching them about it, while having a bit of fun at the same time.
To deliberately make her miss out on a tea party with all her friends who will be talking about it at school is just mean.
Get a grip.

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tomatoface · 21/05/2012 21:56

exotic you are of course right that is a very good point [shame]

tbh she hasn't even mentioned it so am not sure they've been told about it yet

Cinders WILL go to the ball!!!! - and I will cringe in silence

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PorkyandBess · 21/05/2012 22:02

Republicans here too, but if school was doing something jubilee themed (they're not), we'd go along with it.

Kids can make their own minds up about monarchy when they're older.

exoticfruits · 21/05/2012 22:03

I am overcome- people don't generally listen to me!

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tomatoface · 21/05/2012 22:13

ahh exotic

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MayaAngelCool · 21/05/2012 22:44

Porky - yes. My DCs are entitled to enjoy a jubilee knees-up now: they're too young to know any better. But if, when they're adults, they decide to go all gaga for all things royal, then I shall proclaim: Off with their heads!

MayaAngelCool · 21/05/2012 22:45

As an aside, I'm amazed (on another thread) by how much gossipy detail people know about the House of Windsor. Has there been nothing on the telly for the past 60 years?

redwineformethanks · 21/05/2012 22:50

The Queen has been on the throne for 60 years. I think that is something to celebrate. I'd rather be represented abroad by the Queen than most of the politicians we've seen in the last 20 years or so.

I'd say YABU for not showing a bit of enthusiasm.

emmanana · 21/05/2012 22:54

Imagine MN in 2032 - how did you celebrate the Jubilee?

Daughteroftomatoface

My school had a fun dressing up and party, but my mum was a bit of a misery guts, so kept me off sick...

anniemcphee · 21/05/2012 22:56

YABU - I have spent a week making a dress out of flags for DDs school picnic (she doesn't have any red white or blue clothes - just PINK) because she wanted to get in to the spirit of things.
Not my cup of tea, but it is hers and that is what matters.
What I have an issue with is being told to pay for her to have a picnic lunch when she takes sandwiches to school normally.... puzzle that one out if you can.

anniemcphee · 21/05/2012 23:00

Argh, just saw you are letting her go to the ball - yabr now :)

theinets · 21/05/2012 23:17

Come on op, get a grip. It's fun not political. Chill out and let your kids enjoy. It's a party.

InterviewMAD · 21/05/2012 23:17

I'm Irish. My grandfathers fought against the Crown.

I am taking my 2 and a half year old to a DJ Toddler Sense extravaganza to take unbearably cutesie nauseating pics of him celebrating that he can look at when he's older as it's a historical/cultural event in the country in which he was born. They will be trooping the colours and all sorts!

exoticfruits · 22/05/2012 06:07

To put it into perspective, imagine when she is an elderly lady, her grandchildren ask her what she remembers about the Jubilee and all she can say is 'I had a miserable mother and she kept me off sick, so I missed the party'.

MrsFruitcake · 22/05/2012 08:16

I remember going to school many moons ago dressed in red, white and blue, eating red iced cakes and drinking blue lemonade to celebrate Prince Andrew and Fergie's wedding. I don't really remember anything else other than we did hardly any work that day!

Relax and let your DD go and enjoy herself.

bronze · 22/05/2012 08:23

I'm just panicking that I may have missed a letter home

porcamiseria · 22/05/2012 09:16

this is all about you, and nothing to do with your DD

it will be a fun party , they will enjoy it and it wont turn her into a crazed monarchist

I dont understand why people dont like exposing their kids to a mix of cultures and beliefs

get over yourself! think about Syria FFS!

TallTreesJo · 22/05/2012 09:20

YABU because it is extremely extremely unlikely you DC will witness another diamond jubilee in her lifetime- do all you can as she will remember it forever

thefurryone · 22/05/2012 09:34

If it makes you feel any better OP I was royal family obsessed when I was five, we had the Charles and Di wedding on video and I must have watched it about 100 times, the only goal in my life was to marry Prince William so that I could become a proper princess and then Queen.

It has not stopped me growing up to become Republican or a feminist who has proper career goals or from realising that Prince Harry would be the much better option

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tomatoface · 22/05/2012 09:56

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DeWe · 22/05/2012 10:10

50s isn't too bad, though. Wish we had 50s, we have "Famous English person" (how do you dress up as Margaret Thatcher?" or 90s costume. Have decided 90s looks like current day...

Jins · 22/05/2012 10:57

And whats mufti? Its what my friends little call calls her foof!

Your friend needs to do some vocabulary amendments. Mufti is used very frequently for 'ordinary clothes' or 'non-uniform'

There may be significant confusion ahead :)

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