What are your Mother's Day plans?

[Anonymous]

We are a two-mom family so we take our young children out for breakfast the day before. The day of we spend with MIL who is like my mom. Win-win in my opinion.

[Anonymous]

My mom died 6 months ago. My brother sister and I are dreading it. I think we all just want to be together and cry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lounging around the house and snuggling my 3 YO all day long.

I do this everyday.

You both need to tell me your secrets! My 3 year is a bundle of energy and the only time she slows down enough to snuggle are in the 5 min before bedtime. HOW do you convince a 3 year old to hang out on the couch and snuggle????

Serious question. The only time my kid snuggles all day is when she’s sick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lounging around the house and snuggling my 3 YO all day long.

I do this everyday.

You both need to tell me your secrets! My 3 year is a bundle of energy and the only time she slows down enough to snuggle are in the 5 min before bedtime. HOW do you convince a 3 year old to hang out on the couch and snuggle????

Serious question. The only time my kid snuggles all day is when she’s sick.

I think that it’s all personality. My 3 year old loves cuddling as well and requests it regularly. His brother not so much and not when he was 3 either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sending my husband and daughter to have brunch with his mom while I spend the day with my mom and sister. Will have dinner with my nuclear family which my husband will take care of. No presents. No one needs more things.

Hey all you whiners, take a lesson from this lady! She's figured it all out for you!

Except I want to be with my children. And the grandmas only want my children and don’t really care about us (their kids). Basically just another day to fight over who gets to see my kids. I feel like our moms should be with their moms and we should be with our kids.

This is the PP sending husband and kid to brunch with MIL. Brunch will be an hour or two tops. They will probably be back before my mom and sister and I finish. We will have plenty of time together.

[Anonymous]

I'm working Sunday. Maybe we'll go out to eat sometime Saturday between kickball, soccer and track.

I love being a mom, absolutely. But I don't need a whole fricking day to celebrate me.

And I can't stop remembering how hard and painful Mother's Day was like when we were waiting to adopt.

[Anonymous]

I cannot at all understand women who are fighting over how to spend the day. If you're lucky enough to have moms still alive and close by yet can't figure out how to celebrate together, then let them have the day and you celebrate yours the way you want to on the Saturday before, the weekend before, the weekend after...what difference does it make? All this, waaaaah, I can't do exactly what I want because my mom, my MIL, won't let me..so childish. Declare a different day *your* "Mother's Day" and get over it. Life is too short to fuss about stupid stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

Pulled in many directions. A MIL, Mom and stepMom to honour, all left feeling they didn't get enough of our time. Add a disappointed child, who wants to know why we spend the day running trying to please everyone and she wants to spend the day honouring me. Lol. It is an amusing day where all are dissapointed, and I'm happy it only comes one day a year. I plan to get up a 1/2 hour before everyone and drink a coffee in peace, before the goofiness of the holiday begins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lounging around the house and snuggling my 3 YO all day long.

I do this everyday.

What, be a smug bitch to other moms? Yeah. I can see that. I can see how you do that every day. Not much else to do, clearly.

NP. You should reevaluate your priorities if you don't get to lounge around the house snuggling your child at will.

I snuggle my child every day. My husband is deceased, actually. I work to put food on our table.

Tell me again about my priorities?

You've got a lot of anger. I hope you find a therapist to help you work it out, for your kid's sake. Anger will take years off your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot at all understand women who are fighting over how to spend the day. If you're lucky enough to have moms still alive and close by yet can't figure out how to celebrate together, then let them have the day and you celebrate yours the way you want to on the Saturday before, the weekend before, the weekend after...what difference does it make? All this, waaaaah, I can't do exactly what I want because my mom, my MIL, won't let me..so childish. Declare a different day *your* "Mother's Day" and get over it. Life is too short to fuss about stupid stuff like this.

I agree. My mother lives on the other side of the world and I can never do anything besides send flowers!
My MIL on the other hand is local and I am happy to have a mother figure in my life that is close by, so I will take her out to brunch while husband minds kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom died 6 months ago. My brother sister and I are dreading it. I think we all just want to be together and cry.

Hi there PP. I was there 2 years ago. My first "motherless" mother's day. Try to do something special with your siblings. Hug eachother a lot. Prosecco helps too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lounging around the house and snuggling my 3 YO all day long.

I do this everyday.

You both need to tell me your secrets! My 3 year is a bundle of energy and the only time she slows down enough to snuggle are in the 5 min before bedtime. HOW do you convince a 3 year old to hang out on the couch and snuggle????

Serious question. The only time my kid snuggles all day is when she’s sick.

I'm the PP who plans to snuggle my 3YO "all day long". My DD honestly loves to snuggle and hug. I think part of it is bc physical touch is her love language. The other part is bc I have needed extra snuggles from her - been going through a lot lately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Playing 2nd fiddle to MIL who "all she wants for mothers day is to see her son and grandchildren." All I want for mother's day is to be celebrated myself and to not have to travel.

My MIL gathers her three sons, DILs, and grandchildren for mother’s day lunch. After six years of this, celebrating MIL with lunch and gifts as a mom, being there when I didn’t want to, I declared to my DH this year, I want to be left alone all day, consider me out of town. He was ok with it. Now whether my MIL will be or not is debatable. I am prepared for hear her grill me, complain about my absence. It’s all about what SHE wants.

[Anonymous]

None. My major research paper(I went back to grad school) is due the next day. I will be working my butt off and nobody is to mess it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lounging around the house and snuggling my 3 YO all day long.

I do this everyday.

You both need to tell me your secrets! My 3 year is a bundle of energy and the only time she slows down enough to snuggle are in the 5 min before bedtime. HOW do you convince a 3 year old to hang out on the couch and snuggle????

Serious question. The only time my kid snuggles all day is when she’s sick.

I think that it’s all personality. My 3 year old loves cuddling as well and requests it regularly. His brother not so much and not when he was 3 either.

Personality. My 3 year old has always enjoyed it. I just tell him come over for a hug and he’ll come right away. He loves getting on my lap at every opportunity. He can’t leave daycare before he goes hug both teachers and give them kisses on each cheek.