To demand a parents evening meeting when I next have to pick my son up?

[OnlyParentsAreReal]

I was informed today at pick up that it's parents evening tomorrow (first time I'm hearing of this) and my time slot is 7.15pm! I immediately said that wasn't possible as that is past my son's bed time to which they replied "oh well". There are a few things I've been meaning to bring up with them anyway and my son isn't in tomorrow. Would I be unreasonable to demand a parent's evening meeting next time Im there for pick up?

Apparently people don't know what an only parent is 😂 and stop with the misgendering it's not only stupid, it's sexist.

OnlyParentsAreReal - I'm not a parent...do I not exist?! YABU with that user name.

Yes OP, ask first, demand later if necessary. Ask the first member of teaching or admin staff who comes to the phone or that you bump into at school. Only ask to speak to their superior if they can't help or are unhelpful or they have barricaded themselves in the PE cupboard on seeing you approach .

The name means "only-parents are a thing", i.e. single parents are something that exists. It doesn't mean that only those people who are parents are real people.

Surely 'Single' or 'Lone' parentsarereal would have been more grammatically correct then in that case. The word 'only' means exclusive to others does it not ?
But hey sorry, l forgot the OP is a master of the English language so lm probably wrong there

'SingleParent' might be less confusing...

Cross-posted! Sorry

The OP has used "only parent" several times, so I guess that's her choice of term. I agree that single or lone parent is much more normal than "only".

Gleerocks No worries, untriggered l am.

An only parent is a mother of a child who does not have a father or another mother or any family or friends who act as a parental figure. Obviously you can reverse the genders there. Lone and single parent do not mean the same thing

and stop with the misgendering it's not only stupid, it's sexist.

Actually it's not as you haven't declared your sex.

Don’t start your ‘parent-school’ careeron the defensive like this! You’ve got years ahead of you. Just be calm, you can’t make that time, so arrange another. It’s like business.

Interesting that the only known use of 'only parent' is a dodgy website that my broadband provider won't allow me to access.

Who are you, OP?

Lone and single parent do not mean the same thing

Yes they do and "only parent" is not a phrase I have ever heard used to mean either of them. But that doesn't surprise me as I clearly don't speak the same English as the OP.

Just ask the school to rearrange your appointment. It's really not hard. I've managed to juggle parents evening appointments as a single parent for years with no hassle whatsoever.

No one is an only parent. You may not know the father of your child, your child may not have net them, but unless you are special and managed to use only your egg and your own sperm?! Not an only parent!

How did you only just find out. No notes in bags. No emails? No on school newsletter? I had all of those. Then I needed to log in and book my slot.

I'm still howling at 'cinderfella'. 😂😂😂😂
I demand the poster who posted that to come and help me up off the floor. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Well if it's true that it is the first you have heard about it and not missed any letters that have gone out then obviously the school has not got particularly good practices going.

We get a slip where we can opt for different times/days. This year I was late and got given a time that clashed with an activity. I went to the office and asked whether there was a chance of changing it. Guess what, she said not to worry and to talk to the teachers ( I have two DC in school) and arrange for another day after school.

It doesn't have to be complicated, just talk to them

Justabadwife that was me!

Up ye gets!😉

OP - you know that your misuse of words and making up of new phrases doesn't change the definition or mean that people know what you're talking about.

You are coming across as very hard work, maybe you aren't in real life but your manner here is making it difficult for people to sympathise with you

The OP is reinterpreting the whole English language it seems.
' Only parents..' now means ,lone parents or single parents.
'Except' means 'accept' and 'demand' means 'ask ......any more ?
My old English teacher must be spinning.

The OP is reinterpreting the whole English language it seems.

They got an A in college though, so they must be right

I still can't get over that the OP said Yea the kids are supposed to be there about a preschool parents' evening with appointments in the actual evening rather than the afternoon. Surely that can't be right?

Single parent is a parent not married or with the father. Lone parent is if no partner is living with you and is a legal/official term. Both can, and usually does, mean the child has another parent. Biologically speaking a child will always have 1 father and 1-3 mothers. That has nothing to do with how many parent/s they have. I can't believe I have to explain this again