To think other mothers should keep their traps shut

[zozzle]

My kids usually arrive in the primary school playground for second bell or a few seconds later (first bell goes at 8.45am to tell kids to go leave playground and go into cloakrooms and hang bags up etc, second at 8.50am to announce start of lessons). Not ideal i know - my poor excuse is that I'm not a morning person. My kids are doing well at school and we've only ever had one late mark in 4 years.

I can just about tolerate jokey comments from mothers about "getting a move on" etc. but one mother actually said in all seriousness, on an occasion that I was earlier, "This is the first time I've seen you in the playground at the same time as all the other parents". WTF!!

Does anyone else experience this and if so how do you respond? .

YABU... not a morning person! What a load of crap...
You are late every day, late marks or no and I can promise you, all the other parents have judged you and your children.

did you manage to get to school early today?

LaQueen
I have a friend who is always 30-40 minutes late.

I had a friend (well actually a friend of a girlfriend) who was like this. It upset me so much that eventually we devised the tactic of telling her a time 30 minutes too early. This meant she was only a few minutes late.

When GF and I split up, I did tell her, and she was horrified we'd deceived her. She though - apparently - it was fine to leave us cooling our heals in a bar waiting for her to arrive.

Wow at all this. We have such a nice school. Upon enrolment the principal said to us, "And if you're running late, don't worry! Just get here when you can, it'll be fine." Though I think that was intended to help me through a new baby patch.

Thing is, the children are meant to be settled and in class by the second bell, not after it, surely.

You are late and it disrupts. If their child is in the same class as yours, they have a right to be cheesed off, it affects their child.

As you children get older they may start to fel anxious about being late too, so it will affect your children.

Never mind, you just focus on the big things, like one mum making a comment, instead of improving your timekeeping.