Small vent - HS graduation
Just a small vent. SD18 is graduating high school next week. DH wants us ALL to go - him, me, AND our three bios (ages 6 and under). *sigh*
I do not WANT to go to high school graduation! It's nothing against SD - in fact, I quite like her. But graduation ceremonies are BORING. And bad enough that it would be boring for ME, but 3 kids under the age of six???? Oh holy hell. They are going to be bored out of their little skulls and are going to act accordingly. And since DH is (rightfully) there to see SD graduate, WHO do you think will be responsible for either getting the littles to settle down or be in the position to have 3 little kids out in a parking lot for an hour or two???? ME. Duh.
DH is generally SO good about stuff though (he really is a keeper) that I don't feel I should say no. And SD herself is a good kid, and I'm happy for her. So I'm not actually looking for advice on how to get out of it or anything - I feel like I *should* go, no matter how little I want to. 
This is just me whining because I'm dreading it! (Sort of like a root canal. I don't WANT to do it, but it's the responsible adult thing to do so off I go. I just need to bitch about it first. ;))
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Ah, but my SD isn't like
Ah, but my SD isn't like Fungus!! SD18 is actually a really good kid. I'm not going to organize a party, but I also haven't put up even a token protest at DH spending a few hundred dollars on her graduation present. She doesn't ask for much, and certainly doesn't have that sense of entitlement that Fungus does!
LOL! Ah god, Sally, I do
LOL! Ah god, Sally, I do love you!
*lol* Thanks guys. Maybe I
What does SD last name start
What does SD last name start with? Hopefully A. Take two cars and then leave as soon as SD walks! You get to see her walk and your kids will be able to say they were at their sisters graduation.
Yeah, the school is huge!
Yeah, the school is huge! Fortunately (to answer a previous point), SD is actually graduating with honors and they're going to do those first - so she *should* be one of the first 30 or so people to walk.
Two cars is definitely a thought!
I'm quite liking the idea of
I'm quite liking the idea of 2 cars!
There are a bunch of threads to this problem, and 2 cars might just take care of ALL of it.
One, SD herself has a child - so saying "it's no place for kids" is going to go over like a lead balloon if BM is bringing SD's daughter for her. (On the other hand, if SD got a sitter for her baby I probably would have a good case for leaving them home! I'll have to think on that.)
Two, SD married the abusive loser who fathered her child. He's been trying (with some success) to isolate her from her family. (Isolated teenage girls are easier to control. Asshole.) It seems like recently though, his control is slipping. She's been calling her Dad more often. She snuck out of the house (with the baby!) to visit even when her H forbid it. And apparently her H might not be at the graduation!! Which would be AWESOME because I want him nowhere near my children. But at least then if he shows up anywhere near us, a second car would enable me to take my kids home.
Three, graduation actually starts at 4pm on a Friday - meaning that normally DH and I would both still be at work. So I can certainly argue that taking 2 cars there makes sense, so we don't both have to go home just to transfer to one car. (Especially since, for me, I'd go east to go home and west to go to her grad - it makes NO sense for me to go home first if I don't have to!)
The more I think about taking 2 cars the more I like it! DH will argue about parking, but I think the pros outweigh that one con.
My niece was 2 years old when
My niece was 2 years old when I graduated from college. She still remembers the ceremony.
My SD graduated last year.
My SD graduated last year. Due to the fact that our last name begins with an "S" I told her and DH that the boys and I would not be attending. Boys were 9 and 11. Her BM showed up after 13 years of nothing, so that just added fuel to my no graduation ceremony fire.
I just went to my SD's
I just went to my SD's graduation. Everyone and their brother brought every snot nosed, whining, crying brat they could find. It was miserable. The kids were miserable, and god knows everyone seated 30 seats each direction was miserable!!! WHY ON EARTH do people DO this???