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The other day it was a special dress up day at my Dd's school. She's in reception and had been excited about dressing up for weeks. We were told 3 weeks in advance so that was enough time for me to put something together for her. I ended up fishing out an old dress of hers I was going to give to charity and painting patterns on it. On the day I really went all out and did her hair nicely and used face paints to bring the outfit together.
I like doing things like this and enjoy it. I have quite a boring life at the moment so these type of school events give me something to focus on for a few weeks.
On the morning I took dd in and everyone complimented dd including her best friends mother. When we were standing at the back the mother started putting herself down and saying she's not good at these things and then went red and cried. Her mother was with her and started telling her that she's brilliant and not to put herself down like that. I felt absolutely mortified. I consoled her and told her that she was a brilliant mother and at least she'd remembered as some had forgotten.
I felt horrible for the rest of the day and still have a guilty feeling in my stomach and I don't know why. I feel bad for making the mother feel bad. I'm thinking next time I shouldn't make a big deal out of these things for dd, but I really enjoy doing and making these things. I shouldn't have to feel guilty should I? So why am I feeling so bad?