to not want to go to parents evening on DD's birthday

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I've been given a parents' evening appointment at 5pm on DD's birthday. It's one of the last appointments of the day so I imagine that there's every chance it'll run late.

I can't decide if I'm being precious to not want a 10 minute parents' evening slot to interfere with what I had in mind on her birthday (having a picnic birthday tea with a couple of friends).

She's in reception and it hasn't all been plain sailing so I don't want to give the impression to the teachers that I don't think it's important.
I also don't want to create extra work for her teachers. They're brilliant and lovely and could probably do without an awkward parent wanting to talk to them at a different time to parents evening.

YANBU - ask if you can talk to teachers on another day
YABU - stop being so PFB and just go the parents evening at the given appointment

Thanks everyone. I've decided not to inconvenience the teachers and will go to the parents' evening.

I'll see if one of the other parents wants to swap appointment times.

Maybe take her out somewhere for ice cream or something after

Explain it’s her birthday & ask for a meeting or phone call another time.

I would get dh to pop down while I had a birthday tea with dc then he would only be gone 10 mins max and would be back while we are still eating and before cake! The slots are only 5 mins in my dc' school.

As a teacher I’d have no issue with you asking for a different time - as long as it was straight after school another day, not 5pm another random evening. It can’t hurt to ask & explain the situation.