To not go to DD's School Concert?

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I have a ton of things to do at home between now and Christmas, it's far easier to do them when DD is at school. I don't work on a Wednesday or Thursday but this week DD is not going to school on Thursday as we are going out for a family lunch.
Anyway, the concert is tomorrow, she is singing two songs with her class, I have it on good authority that she will be in a position (at the back) where I won't even be able to see her.
She is in the Country Dancing Club and they are having a show next week, far smaller and I will be able to see her and enjoy it.

Is it really bad to miss the Concert tomorrow?

I would move hell and high water to be there.

I also still think your attitude stinks.

You have obviously fed your daughter a load of bullshit about why you can't be there, and she obviously (at the age of 7) has the grace and maturity to accept this without causing a fuss.

Meanwhile you are sat on your PC mumsnetting.

Granted this may only be for 10mins, but the show was only for 20-30mins and you started typing on here 5 minutes after it started !!!!!!

I honestly think given the amount of time you've spent on this thread, you could have gone to the concert twice! Strange to be so concerned about it that you post over two days, and just not to go

It would have taken a short time out of your day. That's all.

You're here on MN instead of watching the play? I thought you had important things to do.

I wonder why you asked for opinions when you knew from the start you weren't going to go? You must have known what kind of responses you were going to get.

Children's Christmas concerts are a delight - even when you factor in uncomfortable seats and poor views. What a shame to deliberately miss it and then sit here on MN justifying yourself.

I am so sorry to hear you chose to lie to your daughter and tell her you are just too busy
Also sad to hear that you have also managed to decieve yourself. You really think you are too busy? Admit it, it is nothing to do with being too busy. It is about not being prepared to get over to her school and sit through a dull concert when you would rather be in your warm home, pottering around on the PC. Although, your denial must only be half hearted considering your need to talk and justify this to the anonymous parents out there who are quite rightly unimpressed and not rallying around to support you on this. I just hope that there are enough other parents with the opposite attitude to you to attend and support the school, teachers and children.
Shame on you.

I'm finished now, I got everything done, bar choosing a present, I can do that now from nmy PC.

Just to clarify a few facts although I'll accept most of you think I am BU. The Concert would have taken up close to 2 hours, so I don't know how or why you made up 20-30 mins ChristmasPiggy, I never said that. It's a whole school production (Scottish system, P1-7) with an interval lasting 90 minutes plus getting there early, getting back and so on.

Yes I was MNetting during it for roughly 10 minutes out of a 6 hour day (9-3) that leaves a lot of time I didn't stop. I sat down with a cuppa, that's all and not U I don't think really.

I did not lie to DD, yes I thought about it but off the back of this thread realised that was wrong. I told DD the absolute truth, she was fine, if I had thought, and let's face it I'm her Mum I'd have known if she was bothered I'd have felt guilty and gone, I'm not a cold person, particularly when it comes to DD and I couldn't have let her down.

I have never missed anything before, I will be there for her dancing next week, I'll also take her to all her Christmas activities (school and Beavers discos)

I did post, I do know what this topic is like and I do want honest opinions of course but to read things people have made up in their heads is bizarre to say the least.

Just a little update on my situation, I asked my placement school and they are fine about me leaving tomorrow for an hour to watch the Nativity play- can't wait! Turns out the children I work with will only be rehearsing their play at that time anyway, so it would have been my PPA time- so I'm very happy!!

That is fantastic cupoftea. It is always worth asking in these situations. IME many schools, esp primaries are very open to such requests where possible. I can't imagine anyone looking negatively on such a request.