In having a little ugly cry at ds's pre-K graduation?

[solargain]

He's going to big school in September. They just had the sweetest little ceremony with gowns, caps and gave the Mum's roses.

I burst in to tears when he gave me the rose (him growing up is very bittersweet) and one of the other Mum's said afterwards that she thought it was ridiculous that I cried!

OP do as many ugly cries as you like! I did when my son left nursery for big school, when he "graduated" reception for Year 1, the Christmas concert and the all stars assembly. No intention of stopping. I was joined by several other mums and at least 3 teachers! Enjoy the moments and cry until your heart is content, it's better than bottling emotions up!!

@EdWinchester what? Graduating at every stage? That's bullshit, the next graduation he has is when he's 18. It's hardly overkill.

I shed a tear at both mine and so did loads of other parents. AIBU is a shit place for this because apparently you should be happy they are growing up and not feel any sense of sadness at time passing . It seems impossible to AIBU that you can feel more than one emotion at the same time.

Tbh I would be doing private eye roll butnwouldnt be so rude to say it

I’m not surprised you were emotional OP. DT2 dodged so many bullets, I regularly get overwhelmed by stupid things (he’s finally fitting in newborn sized clothes, he weighs the same as his twin etc). I’m sure I would shed a tear too. Some people really do take all this for granted.

@SinkGirl right? The fact he was even conceived is nothing short of a miracle and the trauma of his birth has just made me choke at every milestone.

Ugly crier and proud!

As a teacher told me, it’s less of a graduation, more “congratulations you didn’t eat enough crayons to kill yourself”

Yep ugly crier here it's so cute. Ours stood up and said they wanted to be as well. Not looking forward to year six shows you care OP other Mum was mean.

Thanks for reposting the Sistine Chaple thread it makes me fall about laughing.

YANBU
Sorry, it doesn't get any easier, dd now 14 and I still start over stupid things. Initially got a lot of eye-rolling at primary, but decided I didn't care, it was going to happen & I was going to equip myself with enough tissues to get through marvelling at the total epicness of my child, rather than trying to stifle it in front of others. They all gave up judging & just sniggered with me - in the end. I just can't help it. Enjoy

My eyes leaked a lot at the end of nursery ceremony, and at p1 nativity.
End of Nursery was emotional - I trusted those lovely people with my tiny baby and he left a sociable happy child more than ready for school. It was a wonderful place we could trust 100% that was so important to our whole family.

Yes he been there for almost 4 years now with the same teacher. She was crying more than me!

Dont go to Rome....

Or maybe do go to Rome and get it out of your system to leave that poor child a bit of breathing space.

"Medical Marvel Ross" didn't turn out that bad in the show, but in real life a child doesn't need to be suffocated.

I bought one of DDs graduation pics.

I was on the “this is slightly silly” side. But every time I see that picture it makes me smile. It’s the excitement and happiness on her wee face 😭

Getting emotional over milestones is down to the individual. Nothing right or wrong about it.

However a "graduation" ceremony for 4 year olds with gowns and handing out roses sounds truly ghastly imo.

Why are some people so mean? OP, I welled up just thinking about my DS doing what your DS did. I’m not very emotional in every day life but as soon as it comes to my son I’m a wreck! Don’t be embarrassed. We know our journeys and we deserve this

You should weep as much as you like, OP.

Whoever thinks it’s a good idea to put tiny children in degree graduation paraphernalia is, however, beyond ridiculous.

Ghaaaaastly

The word ghastly is ghastly

Crikey, how did we win two works wars?

World wars* obvs.

I'll happily substitute any of the suggested synonyms
WePutTheSpringinSpringfield
synonyms:terrible,frightful,horrible,grim,awful,dire....

And just to be clear none of those would I use to the OP about feeling emotional as her ds leaves nursery.

I'm as hard faced as you like... Until it comes to my baby boy, I'd have teared up too OP.