WIBU to get pizza delivered to DD's school for her birthday lunch?

[PizzaMom]

I apparently am known as 'that' parent and have been given the side eye the few times I've gone in since!

It was DD's 16th last month on a school day. I ordered a few pizzas to be sent to school at lunchtime so she could share them with her mates in the common room. Teachers were not going to let her have them and when they relented (by the time they got cold) made her and a few friends eat them in a separate meeting room when she had planned to share them as there was enough for about 20 people!

I don't see it as being that different from me bringing in a forgotten lunch box?

I also ordered flowers and a balloon to be delivered and school refused to let her have them until after school had finished.

I was trying to make DD's day special. I really didn't think would have been that much of an issue which ruined it a bit for DD.

WIBU?

So cringe

What a load of crap.

Just showed this to DD and she said "NEVER EVER DO THAT! I will never speak to you again if you do!"

So we both think you were VVU

Not read all the thread, but please tell me you're actually joking.
WTF? YABVU.

Going to kind of go against the grain here! Eek!
Slightly different but my 18th 25ish years ago one of my best friends parents owned a local Chinese takeaway. For my 18th we organised whoever wanted a Chinese for their lunch, it was ordered, paid for, collected and then eaten in our sixth form lounge and I'll never forget it! I suppose the difference here is that the students sorted it rather than the parents!

Oh and not least because if every other fuckwit parent decides to copy your equally fuckwitted idea, it would be absolute chaos for the school to deal with.

But hey, its her birthday and she deserves it

So we both think you were VVU

Do you both believe this actually happened, then?

Err #cringe, #embarrassingparentalent, dear god!!!

Wind up

Well I tend to answer as if these posts are true yes, because frankly this isnt even in the top ten stupid things I have seen parents do that cause absolute havoc to everyone else on the basis that its for their precious darling.

My personal favourite was the mother of a child in DD's year who kicked up a MASSIVE stink when the place they were going for a residential wouldnt allow her to book a room to stay with him. They were 11. He is now 17 and at 6th form with DD, he left home as soon as he hit 16 and she doesnt understand why.....

x

@BrilliantDarling like mother, like daughter so. 🙄

Flowers and balloons and shit sent in to someone at work is bad. This is worse!

Miss Trunchbull wannabes!
Yep, definitely on the wind up lol.
Is your Saturday night really that boring where you are?

I worked in a private school where one child had McDonald's delivered to him by the driver every day so I have an open mind about this!

I would have asked. I don't see anything wrong with a pile of pizzas delivered to a common room- I'm obviously a cringe parent too (eep! I didn't know) I haven't done it, but it sounded like a nice idea. I would have phoned school and checked first though. My daughter was having a pretty hard/emotional time, family member had gone into respiratory arrest in front of her last year, and this year, in the anniversary she had been a bit subdued, although had been dealing with this well. I sent her flowers to the classroom from me (she's 6) teacher and reception staff thought it was lovely, she was delighted. Probably wouldn't do it for an older child- but I got balloons sent on Valentine's Day from a boyfriend when I was 15- and although you had to pretend it was cringe, really was quite nice!

Pineapple 😂😂 like it’s 2005.

Why is “16” a landmark birthday it is in the US, I guess because they can then drive? And they don’t have a big 18th as they still can’t drink until 21.

This is embarrassing, so so embarrassing and ridiculous and likely untrue. If this had happened in my SE London comprehensive there would’ve been mayhem.

I work in schools and have NEVER seen this happen for anyone.

You only made ONE day special?

You poor DD!! It's her sweet 16!! She should have a birthday week not just one day!!

Seriously OP, I'd be embarrassed to admit I've put such little effort into my precious child's 16th birthday.

the whole thing sounds so daft it's probably true.

I'm gutted I've got 14 years to wait till DD turns 16!

*not the same as getting them at home, nicer to get them at work etc

Why? Why do you feel the need to show off and be the centre of the attention?

I’d much rather the personal touch

Honestly. The responses on here are ridiculous. If I was 'attention seeking' I would have done it for every birthday. We'd probably have graduated to a roast suckling pig and a rose covered hot air balloon in the playground by now .

I imagine you'd be equally horrified to know what I did to mark her first period then .

What an embarrassment you are.

It reminds me of a story a teacher friend told me about when they put on a school play. Before the show, a mother simpered her way up to the principal with an enormous bunch of flowers. The principal asked what they were for and was told "oh, we ALWAYS go up on stage to give little Persephone* a bouquet after her performances!" The child was playing the equivalent of second tree from the right...

She was told very clearly that unless she had a bouquet for every child in the play, she wouldn't be doing that. She was, as they say on MN, livid!

*Name changed to protect the poor thing of course. She didn't ask for such a mother.

ridiculous thread, ridiculous responses. seems apt.

What did you do to mark her first period op?