AIBU?
To refuse to take DD to the cinema to see this film
DinosaursCanDance · 26/11/2022 16:50
Because I don’t want to see it. DD is absolutely dying to see the new Matilda the Musical film but none of her friends also want to see and she doesn’t want to go alone so she’s begging me to go with her but I don’t really want to see the film to be honest. DD is 16. I know why she really wants to see it, because years ago she played Matilda in the west end musical show.
Am I being unreasonable?
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JudgeJ · 26/11/2022 18:56
DinosaursCanDance · 26/11/2022 16:50
Because I don’t want to see it. DD is absolutely dying to see the new Matilda the Musical film but none of her friends also want to see and she doesn’t want to go alone so she’s begging me to go with her but I don’t really want to see the film to be honest. DD is 16. I know why she really wants to see it, because years ago she played Matilda in the west end musical show.
Wait until you have grandchildren and you have to sit/sleep through some horrendous stuff, I actually did fall asleep during Beauty and the Beast! I also recall going with a daughter to see Titanic, For God's sake, just bloody sink, I was thinking after half and hour.
TheatreTaxi · 26/11/2022 19:04
Children don't just end up as a lead in a West End show without an over-invested stage mum right behind them.
Actually they do. The over-invested stage mums are a minority, thankfully.
@DinosaursCanDance if your DD is 16 and played Matilda years ago she was probably in it around the same time as my DS, so we may well know each other 😂
MissBattleaxe · 26/11/2022 19:34
@antelopevalley @MissBattleaxe I have teenagers. Getting enough sleep is no longer an issue. I wouldn't nap in a cinema now.
Mine are too. Didn't stop me nodding off in the middle of Grindlewald and the Secrets of Dumbledore or whatever it was. Belly full of Ben & Jerrys. Fab!
Johntoewba · 26/11/2022 19:39
DinosaursCanDance · 26/11/2022 16:50
Because I don’t want to see it. DD is absolutely dying to see the new Matilda the Musical film but none of her friends also want to see and she doesn’t want to go alone so she’s begging me to go with her but I don’t really want to see the film to be honest. DD is 16. I know why she really wants to see it, because years ago she played Matilda in the west end musical show.
Fantastic parent you are aren’t you? There’s plenty of things I didn’t want to do with my boys but would I post on mumsnet about the fact that I didn’t want to go? No I would take them in a heartbeat. Grow up and be a mom
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