To not let my 12 year old stay up for opening ceremony

[Mamamaiasaura]

He's in tears, I'm the worlds cruelest mother :( it goes on till 00.30 and I'm shattered. I've a 9 month old and 4 year old. Been a busy week with lots of days out. He's seen 2 different friends today and grandparents. His dad is picking him up at 9am, I am taking the little ones to a party as well so busy day tomorrow.

So am I being unreasonable?

Depends whether you have the facility to record it for him. It is a one off thing, it will never happen again.

YABU.

Yabu. Let him be tired for the day tomorrow and make sure he's in bed by half ten.

Can't you just let him watch someone it?

Won't it be on iplayer?

My DD is 10 and DS is 5 and they are in bed watching it, I give it half hour before they are asleep! Is he likely to fall asleep any time soon if you put it on for him?

Yabu. Let him watch it. Surely he can turn telly off and go to bed?

YABU - let him watch it and take himself to bed. Do you need to stay up til he goes to bed? I'm pretty sure I was able to turn the lights & TV off and go to bed by the time I was 12, but it was a loooooong time ago so can't be 100% sure .

Or at the very least, let him stay up til you go to bed. Go on, don't be a meanie. It's a once in a lifetime.

I hate backing down. He's an argumentative pain in the bum at moment and constantly pushing for more (I know typical kid). He's been to Paultons, iow, country park, seen friends, meal out and that's a lot and I just want to sleep.

Let him watch it, chances are he will fall asleep before the end anyway. Its a once in a lifetime thing.

Yanbu, I think it's really silly to have started so late, isn't there something about kids and legacy that's been talked about for seven long years.

But If dad has him tomorrow he can be grummpy with him and you can have a sleep with 9 mths old
.Reckon he'll fall asleep any way as it shit so far

Oh, and watching it on iplayer is NOT THE SAME! You know that.

He's just tidied his bedroom... Bigger big sad eyes...

Go to sleep then, don't wait up with him - but let him watch it. It's worse to be a stubborn old mule than to 'back down' - or rather, tell him you've thought about it and changed your mind and that, since it's a once in a lifetime event, he can stay up after all.

"what have I done wrong today so that I can't watch it? ?"

Aww just give in this once!

It's a once in a lifetime thing. Don't be a meanie....

YABU

I've just said he can watch 10 minutes... It might end up an hour but I'm not telling him that

Go on... tell him MNers told you to!

Let him watch it. You don't have to, I'm sure he can be trusted for one night to turn tv off and go to bed if he doesn't fall asleep before it ends.

Do I tell him that mumsnet said I am unreasonable...

It's okay to admit you were wrong - it's not 'backing down'. Let him watch it to the end!

You big meanie.

Yes, tell him you put it to a poll and you lost and he won .