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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work FT, also volunteer plenty. Have generally had my teacher requests acknowledged.

What I do think parents who put in significant time at the school should get is preferential seating at school events. Fight me on it. It would kill me when I was working FT, plus doing five hours a wk of PTA board duties and knowing most families do jack squat but will show up 45 minutes early to stake out fhe best row for a school concert ... and Id be hustling to find senior citizen grandparents a spot near rear of the gym.

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Grandparents belong in the rear. They had their turn. I'm tired of sitting behind grandparents who put their phones in my face to record the grandkids. Sit in the back and let the parents see.[/quote]

Not if drama mom gets her way— grandparents front and center as there are some of the seats she’s saving…[/quote]

She gets seats for herself but a whole row for grandparents? I guess she'll have to have a confrontation when the programs and sweaters are removed from seats.[/quote]

She claims to save front and center for her spouse, kids, and the grandparents. She is shocked that people find this inappropriate.[/quote]

She doesn't though because she's so mad the elderly grandparents who don't even need to be there have to sit in the back. They belong in the back so that's a problem that solves itself. [/quote]

I don't believe in saving seats, but there's a good reason for elderly people who can't see or hear as well to be up front. This is especially true if there's limited seating and they might not get a seat. We have to take care to get my mother good seats at stuff like this because otherwise she might as well not be there.[/quote]

I'm short and have kids actively in school. I don't deserve to sit behind your 6'0 elderly dad He can sit in the back. Your mom can have cake with you after this is for kids and parents, grandparents are 2nd class.[/quote]

If you can't be understanding about other people's needs, there's no reason for other people to be understanding about your needs. If you want a seat upfront, get there early.[/quote]

I do and sure as shit won't be giving up seat for elderly grandparents. They can sit in the car. I'm there to see my kids. The people who invited the grandparents should have thought it through.[/quote]

I explicitly said we take care to make sure we get seats, but please continue to rage about grandparents who love their grandkids enough to come see them. I guess you don't have that.[/quote]

NP, and you are correct my kids do not have grandparents in their life who love them enough to come see them. That's precisely why I do not care AT ALL about your parents getting "good" seats to a school play. My kids have their parents and that's it, so I'm going to make sure they can see me and feel supported.

When people walk in with their 8 extended family members all like "oh hey, everyone, can we all just move around so my kid can bathe in the joy of knowing that all four grandparents, their great aunt, and two cousins all came to watch them have two lines in this play? it's just so important to our family!" I'm like, "f*** off, you don't have problems, sit in the back." For real.[/quote]

So you're just raging at people with functional families because you don't have one. That's nuts. You need therapy.[/quote]

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