WIBU to keep my son off school for this?

[Fantoosh]

So I had a hairdresser appointment this morning for 9.30. I desperately needed a cut and colour before going on holiday next week.

Unfortunately my dd was sick at 7.30am...although she seemed fine afterwards. This meant I had to keep her off school.
Given that the chances of getting another appointment in time for the hols was zero, was I bu to call in a sicky for my eldest son (14) this morning to watch her while I kept the appointment I had? Fridays are a half day at school anyway here.

My hair is looking great now but I don't know if I did the right thing.
What would you have done?

Oh and take sick child with you and have people judge you for that as well

Meh. I really can't get outraged about this. I actually think it's quite funny

Good grief Piper do you have some sort of death wish???? Funny??

She might have been confident her dd wasn't going to be sick again but it would have been sods law if she'd taken her along and she'd have spewed in the hairdressers .

Embarrassing for the op

Awful for the dd

Unpleasant for the hairdressers not to mention the other customers

Best she stayed at home really .

I read this thread thinking any minute now the op is going to admit that it is just a joke. It seems to be for real therefore yabvvvvu. You're teaching your son a)that his education is less valuable than a hair cut b) that lying is acceptable. Shit parenting.

I guess you haven't got a leg to stand on if your ds decides to bunk off for whatever reason now.

The judginess is funny

I'm confused, do people this uptight really exist?!

Animals I only read the first page and anticipated the rest of it to be pearl clutching tedium. Have I said the wrong thing ?

The outrage is funny.

Shit parenting ???

Weeps!

Goes to change kickers

Is it just me or all the other Scottish MNers thinking hard about whether any red heads were missing from the school gate this morning.

although given the Friday afternoon early finish I'm assuming an Edinburgh poster

It really isn't that difficult to organise your life so that you don't need 'urgent' last minute haircuts

Did I miss a memo? Adults are supposed to have contingency plans for mundane tasks?
I'm gonna write a 5 point action plan for alternative sleeping arrangements in case my bed springs break tonight.
If you fail to prepare you prepare to fail

So glad the hair is looking good now

We need a MN approved of lists of appointments we are allowed to make. so far I've cancelled hair, eye brow, dental and non emergency vet appointments.

am allowed to keep the trip to the shop fir wine in case dd1 &2 and dp are struck down in the 15 mins I'm gone?

Piper Don't go bouncing on that bed.....

Mrs change your kickers? How very 90s of you!

I know it's too late to make a difference now and it wouldn't have anyway, but I feel I should tell you all that I didn't ask my son to skive the morning for my hairdressing appointment. He offered.
He is a nice lad. And doing very well at school...did I mention that?

Sam, thank you.

I'm am not just a bad mother - I am a fucking foxy one

I love the idea of teachers sat around saying 'little X's mum - she may not be cool but at least they have 100% attendance' - like anyone gives an actual rats wank

You are soooo going to get caught OP .
Either your DS will tell his friends, who will tell their parents next time they want to skive " MiniFantoosh's mum let's him skive off all the time" (with exaggerated eye roll) OR someone in RL will recognise you from this thread with your rich raspberry hair.

Whether or not anyone in RL will care is another matter.

Fan - really? Now you are pulling our legs - a 14 year old who offers to help out his mum?

Honestly, do you think we were born yesterday?

Fantoosh I bet his "day off school opportunity" radar was going haywire
Does your arse look good on that plate pleased you like your hair!

likr anyone gives an actual rats wank

I need a stronger pelvic floor for threads like this

Families are always supposed to have a back up plan and an array of adults ready to drop everything at any moment.

If you don't have this you shouldn't have had children. Selfish much?! Oh and if you have any kind of hardship like being a single parent, illness or disability, that's a moral judgement and you probably give your children up as they deserve better.