To call out 1 of the other school mums

[MeadowL]

We're all in a school Mums WhatsApp group and we're trying to organise a leaving party for our year 6's. 8 of us want to do a disco type affair for everyone but this 1 mum is trying to organise a cinema trip and meal out for her DD and trying to entice other kids in. I'm absolutely raging. AIBU if I completely lose the plot and call her a cunt.

He's charging for his time isn't he? So by the other parent suggesting a cinema trip you'd be out of pocket for the dj gig and have to fork out for the cinema & meal?

No wonder you're fuming 😅

Let the kids decide what they want to do.

Crickey! Grow up and set a good example to your child.
Surely this is a reverse.?

If her husband is earning 4 figures per gig she can afford a cinema trip 🤣

Do you get glory if your DH D.Js at a school disco? I wish I'd know this sooner.

Anyway it's not about him it's about this other Mum trying to steal the limelight!
It sounds like this is petty mum to mum drama and attention seeking on your part.
I might be being cynical but you seem very bothered about attention and how your DH is doing the disco at cost price, so I wonder if you were hoping to be fawned over for yours and DH's generosity.

I highly doubt other mothers are really thinking "oooh I know. I want the limelight for myself. What's the best way to make year 6 leaving all about me? I know, I'll suggest a cinema trip so I can steal the limelight from MeadowL"

I was about to say that. OP clearly wants all the praise for organising it. Heaven forbid some children don't want a disco

Calling someone a c*nt because they won't be bullied into doing what you want to do? Aren't you a peach.

Are there only 9 children in the class? If not, what do the others want? Could you do both?

He's trying to profit from his kids school.

What a piece of shit.

If any calling out should be done its by everyone else because you and your husband are rip off merchants. £200 for a bloody Spotify playlist and a disco light ffs.

Organising a cinema trip doesn't involve any limelight stealing 🤨

Jeez, let those that want to go to the disco go there and those that prefer cinema go there. Who cares!

Ok, now I know you're taking the piss 🤣
School hols well and truly underway.

Tell Calvin Harris to stand down OP, give the kids £20 each and let them do whatever the fuck they want, without their mothers acting like a bunch of twats
So much angst, so much bollocks.

Jeez, OP. That sounds like a worrying level of aggression for a very, very minor annoyance. Deep breath and step off the WhatsApp group for a bit

OK this can't be serious.
It's a Y6 disco....its hardly going to be going late into the night.....I'm not sure 11yr olds are that into hard-core dj sets! Please tell me he gets 4 figures for kids parties?
He should be doing for free....not covering his time or expenses and as the parents organising a party you should expect to give up your time etc.

We had a disco party for our DD in y6....it narrowly missed being a disaster. Despite outward appearances they aren't teens. They needed to be told what to do and entertained and have organised games etc....or they literally just ran around kicking each other. If your DH isn't used to hosting kids parties I would pay someone else.

The official leavers party was a garden party at school with all the families bringing food and organised games - finished by 7.30pm
The unofficial leavers party was a trip to a local outdoor attraction as a group.

I imagine since your kids are in Y6 that there are parents in the school who have given hundreds of hours of their time for FREE over the years since reception, without expecting to be paid.

I might be doing you a disservice, maybe you two are the reliable parents who help to organise the school fair, the Christmas grotto, the Halloween disco, the Valentines ball, maybe you are the ones who drag the trestle tables up from the spidery cellar for events and then stay behind and put them away again before sweeping the floor and making sure everything is cleared away. Maybe you are the one standing at the school gate in the rain trying to sell raffle tickets ( sorry, left my purse in the car, I’ll catch you tomorrow), trying to drum up people to man stalls, organise cake sales, chase up the bouncy castle providers, but somehow, I don’t know why, but I think you are the one who stands on the side and criticises and then sulks if things don’t go your way.

And how he justifies £200 to cover “expenses” for using equipment he already owns I would love to know.

Just do a what's app vote and go with what the majority of kids want. That's how most of them are sorted when parents have different ideas. It's not personal

Hey Girls, Hey Boys, Superstar Cineworld DM...Here we go!

Steal the limelight? I think you’ve made this too much about you.

It doesn’t matter what he normally gets. This is an event for his kid. Parents do their stuff for free. You volunteer your time and equipment as a donation for your kid!

Jesus. I’m sure the parents will be glad to be rid of the both of you when the kids go to the big school and mum chats are no longer needed.

I am pissing myself at tell Calvin Harris to stand down!!

OP you sound off your rocker!!

This is one of these great cheering threads, where I think no matter what is going wrong in my life, at least I am not losing my shit over a kids party.

How many kids are in the year, just out of curiosity?

Why not suggest that the events are timed so they don't clash and the kids can decide if they want to go to either, both or none?

£200?! 🤣 got to be a wind up! Are you married to Norman Cooke?
If a parent in my kids class was trying to charge their kids friends that kind of money and expecting praise for it, I’d be looking for an alternative too.
If this is genuine, do the music for free and suggest different days for kids to attend both or whichever they prefer.

Chuckle chuckle 🤭

It sounds like YOU want to be the Queen Bee and take the credit for this disco thing.

Do midweek disco at school? Dh won't have to give up gigs and won't cost for a venue?