Big Dilemma

Little bear is doing 'dance' at nursery. I think I have already blogged about the odd way the lady asked for £13 for his costume (which I could have found cheaper on ebay, for a single purchase) and that it will be £10 per adult to see the show.

A further letter arrived. There is a rehearsal on x day, little bear will only be in the first half of the show and will join the audience for the second half (also need to purchase ticket) and this will happen and that will happen - it is written really oddly. It is hard to put my finger on. The letter is grammatically correct, there are no miss-spelled words, but the tone is, well, odd. You could imagine it in a Nazi accent.

OH read the letter, thought about it, and asked whether little bear really, REALLY wanted to be in this performance. Whether he would realise if he missed it. We could write off the £13 on the costume, and forget about £30 for the tickets (myself, OH and sister in law). It is a longish way away, probably about an hour's drive, to watch little bear looking baffled for the first half of the performance, when we would probably have to leave as little bear would be over stimulated and needing sleep. Then the nap on the way home and the interesting bedtime afterwards...

It is the huge feeling of being ripped off. The venue is not exactly the Albert Hall. It feels like the lady in charge is making a lot of money out of parents feeling that they ought to watch their children. Of course we want to dote on little bear, but little bear has got to get something out of it as well and I am not sure that he will be getting enough.

So after some discussion, OH and I have decided to use the money and take little bear to somewhere like soft play and then out to MacDonalds or somewhere similar. We don't mind spending the money, but I think little bear will be having a lot more fun that way.