Mother's Day, Church and Brownies

[curlyweasel]

DD is a brownie at a unit associated with a local church. Yesterday I got a slip from the Brown Owl stating that DD is expected at church this Sunday at 10.15am to represent her unit and that she must bring me along (to be presented with flowers). Apparently, as a unit associated with this particular church, attendance is very important.

AIBU to tell them to do one? AIBU to expect to stay in bed until at least 11am hopefully with a hangover and to spend MD with my daughter and baby son as I see fit?

Part of me thinks that as I signed her up for this particular unit, then we should go. The other part thinks this is actually a day for me to chose what I want to do (slight disclaimer: we do do other activities outside of the weekly Brownie meeting e.g. Rememberance Sunday march).

I want a lie in!

Because I can't be doing with BO getting all pissy with me sooty She has an unswerving knack of being able to make me feel as though I'm being unreasonable. She really is quite formidable - and I'm no shrinking violet myself.

Anyway - my uppence has positively come. In bed with a virus.

I'm a leader in a church sponsered Guide Unit. I joined that group as they were the ones who needed help the most, but I don't attend any of the church events (though I did do thinking Day this year).

I'm a Leader for the Girl's benefit, not to attend services at a Church who oppose my right to marry. I do feel bad though, as it means the other leaders have to pick up my slack.

The reason it is expected is thar the tradition of 'mothering sunday' is that we all go back to our mother church (this is from a time where there wouldn't be many consecrated churches and so the people who normally went to the chapel would go to the main Church). Later it was associated with maids going home to theie mother. So we go to the 'mother' church for church parade.

I should also say that I don't take my guides to church parade on mothering sunday because it's not my church the unit is attached to and would rather honour my own church. And most of then I know don't go so why should they take time out their day with their mother? Other times - yes we go.

YABU in our scouts attendance at church on the church's saint's day was one of the conditions of us being able to use the church hall.

I think not going is perfectly reasonable, given the late notice, if nothing else. I would say sorry, it was too late to change plans.

DS's scout group holds a Mothering Sunday service but I'm not going this year. I went last year and enjoyed it, but this year Sunday is my only lie-in day and I don't want to get up to go to church for 9am.

DS doesn't like doing the church services as he's not religious, so I'm letting him miss this one - it's not important to us, we do go to the Remembrance Service and St Georges Day Service.

Also, I want breakfast in bed!

Have to say I'm a bit puzzled by this thread. Girlguiding is not a religious organisation so I don't understand the suggestion that they should attend church services?

But it will be lovely OP, go!