Grandparent nativity dilemma

[julienetmum]

Dd came home yesterday with 4 tickets for her nativity play, 2 for the afternoon, 2 for the evening. This is based on the capacity of the hall. They are using the Senior School hall and it is pre-prep (infants) only so they have obviously tried to accomodate as many as possible.

The problem I have is dd has 2 sets of grandparents who she is very close to, how on earth do I chose who goes to see the play? I can get a babysitter for ds unless he would have to take up one of the afternoon tickets too.

I am going to offend someone arn't I? My mum has offered not to go, but I can tell she is upset about missing it, just trying not to show it.

They'll just have to take it in turns.

My mother and MIL do not get on so no way they are going together.

MIL went last year so my mother this year ...

sorry i had been out
our nativities last fro THREE shcool years per kid - ie all of the infant stage
so i started in 2002 and will finish wiht ds3 in 2010

Ladymuck, you asked about what happens with split families at dd's school ...

The school offer two tickets per child, but we aren't automatically given them - we have to return a slip saying whether we want one or two tickets, then the tickets are issued. The school hall is so small that they actually rely on some children only needing one ticket - so no, there are no spare tickets at all.

And the two tickets per child so having spare tickets - no, that doesn't happen either because each year has a separate nativity. Even in the case of twins there aren't extra tickets issued - they have a pair of tickets between them, not each.

I have a friend where she is divorced and has remarried. So she and her current dh want to go as does exh. They had to create a fuss, but got there in the end.

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