AIBU to photocopy school tickets that say strictly admit 2

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School have made it VERY clear to us that only 2 parents with valid tickets can attend the end of year play. I'm going, my ex (dad) is going, he's single so just him, but my partner is so actively involved in our sons life he is such a loving stepdad and really wants to be there too.
The tickets are just on coloured paper. I'm tempted to get some and photocopy an extra 1. AIBU or? Fair play if I am but if I can get away with it it would be lovely for ds.
Probably being a bit pfb 😢

I think you know yabvu otherwise you wouldn’t have asked.

YABU and entitled. Just wait until your PFB graduates and potentially has siblings and you have GPs to consider and it's strictly two tickets.

Get used to it now. It's a school play.

The school know how many tickets they have handed out. Its fire regulation for how many people.they can have in a certain room. Ask at the office. You might get in with a photocopy but someone else.may get rejected at the door. At my scjool.they have turned people away at the door for not having their tickets on them!

YABU and you'll look a real fool if the school find out. Very poor example to your DC.

This is wrong for so many reasons.

Have you tried a non-sneaky way of getting an extra ticket? If there is capacity for another person the school will likely try to accommodate you. If there isn't capacity for another (as a suspect since they're being fierce about the rules) you'd be stealing someone else's seat which isn't really on.

Honesty and just asking really is the best policy in situations like this - there is probably a straightforward solution.

The 2 ticket rule can be frustrating but as everyone said most have over 2 and make the choice I’m afraid you do too

Also people notice and will judge you I’m afraid

You're basically asking if it's OK to cheat and lie? No, it isn't.

Just ask the school nicely if you can have a third, if one becomes available. It almost certainly will do - this sort of rule is just to stop parents bringing two siblings of the performing DC plus both sets of grandparents and Uncle Nobhead who was on his way back from the pub and thought he might as well show his face.

We recently had an event for DC which said we could only have 3 tickets per family. There are five of us so we needed four Needless to say after the first rush for tickets there were loads more available and we were able to get another easily.

So you are happy screwing someone else over?

NO don't be a CF. Your partner doesn't need to go. It's only right that the two tickets go to the birth parents, unless a birth parent passed the ticket onto someone else instead of them using it. Stupid to even ask really.

Ask around for extra tickets. Ask the office to go on the waiting list. Get your other half to turn up on the night at the end of the queue in case there is a spare seat. It's really strange that the school has no leeway on this. My son's school will only allocate 2 but will allow you to ask for up to 4 more tickets to be allocated randomly.

I wouldn’t. Imagine if your ex wants to bring a partner / grandparent / other close relative in future. You’ll get into a disagreement because you’ll need extra tickets and he’ll point to the time you sneaked in your partner. Also not really fair for him to be on his own while you and partner play happy families with his son? It’s great your partner loves your son but no need to make a drama out of it at school by turning up with an extra person (believe me, people will spot you’ve got 3 people not 2).

I'd ask politely if there was anyway you could have a spare ticket. If not, then unfortunately your partner can't attend.

Obviously you can't produce a fake ticket for him.

This is why I was always very popular at school play time when in DDs early years. It was two tickets per family AND no children so one of us always had to stay homewith younger DS meaning there was always a spare ticket. Sometimes they did two shows with two tickets per show which meant we could alternate but still gave spare tickets as we have no family to use them.

BUT OP is BU. Space is limited and the rules are there for a reason. Ask at the office. I know we have a small amount of tickets for this sort of reason.....

If everyone did this then there would be complete chaos on.

Yabu. You can’t do this. I usually go alone to these school things do only use one ticket. If you have a fb or WhatsApp group you could ask on there.
Can you imagine photocopying it and it being questioned?! Your child would be so humiliated,

Blimey.

It's a shame that schools had to strictly limit tickets to 2 people, only because of CF who thought they could take a whole party of people, don't be the parent who are still trying to cheat the system.

^ at the reaction.

That would be dishonest, fraudulent, cheating...

Would you really be OK with that? I sincerely hope not.

I imagine the OP has got the point people.

At our school they are numbered to prevent people doing this. As others have said ask at the office for spares. It's usually not to do with seats but fire regulations and the number of people allowed to be in the Hall due to this.

I think the OP has got the message now.

OP, ask at the office if you can be added to the list for spare tickets. I feel they haven't got one it might give them the idea and then no one needs to miss out if others don't go. Sadly there will be children who have no one to come and watch or just one person.

Such a shame.we always do an extra performance so everyone ho wants can come.