You are here

Can't believe I didn't realize this - OR - waaaay too close to Asshat and Money-Ka for my comfort

WalkOnBy's picture

So, what I am referring to as "Graduation-Palooza" begins tomorrow with the first graduation ceremony for Thing1. It's in the basketball facility at his school, open seating, no tickets required. No problem.

The second ceremony - the one with all the graduates from the various schools within the University - is on Saturday morning. 10 tickets for each graduate. Thing1 emailed them to me the other day. Yesterday, I was emailing them out to the family members on my side of the family. I took two and emailed them to Thing1 in an email that said "here are the tix for dad and money-ka. please forward."

And then - it hit me. I don't know why it didn't hit me before. ASSIGNED SEATING. Yep - all 10 tickets are in the same row.

Now - my dad will be there, my mom will be there, my husband will be there. ALL of them hate Asshat with the intensity of a thousand suns. My mom and dad are even more hate-filled since Asshat treated them rudely at my daughter's wedding two years ago.

Oh, yeah, this is gonna be super fun. And, there is the threat of rain, too.

The venue is YUGE and holds over 110K thousand people on football Saturdays. I know that part of the stadium will be cordoned off, but I am really hoping that Asshat and Money-Ka find someplace else to sit.

Comments

WalkOnBy's picture

lol - I just got an email from my SM - "hmmm, perhaps we will all have an extra Bloody Mary in the morning?"

WalkOnBy's picture

Yep - I think I will put them on the end and then Thing2 next to them. My niece is coming, so she can sit next to Thing2. Gets dicey after that - me, my mom, my dad and my husband Smile

Aniki-Moderator's picture

Yippee!!!

WalkOnBy's picture

nope - tickets were ordered online by the students at the beginning of last month.

Meh - I ignored him at our daughter's wedding, I can certainly survive this.

I am most worried about my mom, tbh. The PAS is still super strong in her and she has spent the last 17 years trying to convince my kids that Asshat is, well, an ass. Which he is, but it's not her job to tell them that.

WalkOnBy's picture

Oh, I have been telling her that for years and years and years.

She is the quintessential PAS spewing GUBM.

thinkthrice's picture

I guess whoopee cushions wouldn't be fitting considering the circumstances.

WalkOnBy's picture

We are doing separate dinners - his is Friday night and mine is Saturday night.

Being in the same space as him at the wedding was as close as I ever wanted to be to him.

There is NO WAY I would share a meal with him.

When DD26 graduated, we didn't sit together and he left before the end of the ceremony so as not to run into me. That's how I like it Smile

Sweet T's picture

My parents hate my ex and with very good reasons. I love them dearly but I have to remind them often that he has rights. They have not been in his presence in years so it ought to be interesting when they finally are. I trust them to behave...him not so much.

WalkOnBy's picture

Yeah - it has always been an odd dynamic - me telling my mother to stop trying to alienate my kids from their dad all the while remembering exactly how she did it to me.

She is like the one poster here who always has to take a dig at her XH. My mom can't ever say anything without taking a swipe.

It's exhausting, really.

Sweet T's picture

trust me I had to "defend" something my ex just did to my son and I could have thrown up in my mouth while doing it....but I did. He will figure out soon enough that his dad can't keep it together I don't need to point it out.

Rags's picture

At SS's HS graduation and graduation from Basic no one from the SpermClan showed up. Just me, my bride, my parents, and my MIL and FIL and we flew the ILs in for both events.

bearcub25's picture

Not a UM sports fan, stole our coaches, but I have been to UM campus for Hash Bash 4 years ago :). Beautiful campus and quad.

My cousin is from near there and works at UM hospital.

WalkOnBy's picture

We stole no one's coaches!

Hash bash - meh, was a much bigger deal when I was a student...

bearcub25's picture

Yea, I wasn't impressed with the actual event but it was fun to see and visit a different Uni and hit up all the bars.

You all seemed to get the worse end of the deal with Rodriguez but the poor man can't come back to his hometown, which is where I live.

WalkOnBy's picture

yeah, I try really hard to forget the RichRod years. Of course, by the end of the Hoke years, we didn't think RichRod was all that bad Smile

I was there when Harbaugh was there - lol!

z3girl's picture

That was us for SD's hs graduation. BM kept the tickets herself and made us meet her at the venue. MIL and FIL somehow managed to almost turn their backs on BM and sit on one end, and then I ended up the buffer between BM and DH. Holy awkward, Batman. BM literally would lean across me to make snide remarks to DH, and DH would not acknowledge her. That was the longest ceremony of my life.

For SD's BA graduation, no tickets were required, so DH and our family successfully steered clear of BM until the sorority dinner afterward. She didn't go out of her way to stay near us, so that helped. Oh, it was also Mother's Day, and that was still about the worst way to spend it.

SD graduates with her MA on May 12th, on the other side of the country. DH originally wanted to take one of our boys, I think as a buffer, but he dragged his feet on arrangements. He doesn't want to spend the money on direct flights, but also refuses to wait long for layovers. Ugh. I'm glad he waited until nearly last minute so I don't need to hear him complain about this trip. The best part about it is that I don't need to go! Woohoo!

WalkOnBy's picture

Thing2's graduation is next weekend. At his school, each college does their own ceremony and there is no big one for all graduates.

His is Saturday morning at 10am. No tickets required, fairly large auditorium. My family is heading up Friday afternoon, and we will do our celebration dinner Friday night.

Easy peasy and I don't have to see Asshat and Money-Ka.

z3girl's picture

That really is the best way!

BM went to all of SD's prior graduations alone, so I can imagine it will just be BM and DH, but DH will not want to be near her. I didn't hear the word "ticket" mentioned, so I think he's safe. I suggested he arrange at least one meal with SD so doesn't travel all that way for almost nothing, and I know he will refuse to eat out with SD if BM is also with her. Yikes, he is going to come home a very grumpy man.

Congrats to your boys!

TwoOfUs's picture

Oh WOB. I feel for you.

When SS graduated from high school last year, it was months of celebration and To-Do for a kid who could barely pass anything. His bday is also in April, and he was turning 18 last year, so between April & May I think we dropped about a thousand dollars on the little turd.

Two trips, a new phone, a party, new tires...a graduation with me, DH, DM and skids and both sets of grandparents...then all went out for a graduation meal. That was lovely. And DH and I paid for all of it...and since DH wasn't working, that really meant that I paid for all of it. I think BM deigned to pitch in $100 for SS.

This year for his bday we got him a book and a couple articles of clothing and took him out to lunch. DH was feeling guilty until I was like...wait a minute. Remember EVERYTHING we did last year? You don't get that every year. Also, I refused to pay anything for skid bdays this year, so DH did what was reasonable on his budget...for a 19-year-old...