to not want to spend the afternoon at sports day

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i just really dont want to go watch the kids doing there sports day. its pointless. its non compettitve. the chatter between themoms. i am getting a headache just thinking about it.
and i didnt go to ds1's this morning because i was in a foul mood. adn had work to do as well. so it wontbe fair that i dont go to his, but do go to the little ones.
sick to death of the school, and the constant need to have the parents there. ive just been heavily involved with the summer fair. dh work affectedd bcos of the sodding summer fair. and now back there again.
o, then there is the swimming tooo...

It's only once a year.

YABU

itati, there is always something happening once a year.
and all of this week and next are the sodding rehearsals, and then the real stuff for ds's year six procuction. that at least is once in six years.
i might as well enroll at the school as a pupil. i will be there less.

will your kid notice/mind? if not dont go - if they will - well you know you should...

I post as someone who never had anyone come to school to see me do anything so I may be slightly biased.

Yes and no..
It's about the dc's not you but I get annoyed with the school stuff too.
I just remember how sad I was that my parents didn't come and all my friend's parents did.

It will be crappy, but they will love it that we are there

P.s. Gin and tonic in a volvic bottle may be the way to get through it!

my school very rarely mad ethe parents come to anything. and if they had, we understood that mom and dad both had to work. (DIFFERENT COUNTRY)
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i dont think the dc are expecting me. thougt of course it would be nice if i was there. but considering that i spent all of saturday,8 till 5 there, adn a substantial part of friday too. i am just really sick of it at themoment.
i also have to work tongith.
just dont like being mad eto feel guilty for my choices. no one in a gazillion years would have expected my mom to turn up for a non competitive sports day.

how will you feel if you don't go though? guilty? if you won't feel anything don't bother and concentrate on making something nice for tea

Yeah, say you are not going, then turn up for the last half. They will be chuffed, you will only have to deal with half of it, and then pick em up as normal anyway.

We fortified ourselves last week with flasks of pimms and heaps of strawberries.

My DD is not sporty so at least I have to only attend 1 (track events), unlike sporty children parents have to go to 2 (feild and track).

We have speechday and prizegiving this Weds pm, I know DD not getting a prize. Seriously considering non-attendance!

I went this morning and dd's face lit up when she saw me, she would have been gutted if other mums had gone and I hadn't. Not that I would have considered not going - the school had put a lot of effort into what they organised and I was only too happy to be there to support it, and to support dd.

well, i dont feel guilty, as i have managed to prepare for the meeting i have to go to tonight.
far better use of my time.

Just turn up for the last bit, and to fetch them home. I dislike school sports days (did more so when a child) and feel that schools are somtimes unreasonable in expecting lots of parental involvement, especially when large proportions of the parents (or let's face it, mums)have work commitments.