If you are a woman, do you send your daughters, granddaughters and daughters-in law a Mother's Day gift and card?

[Anonymous]

Asking for a friend,

[Anonymous]

If they're mothers, yes. If not, no.

[Anonymous]

No. But my kids are teens. I text my mom and MIL but that’s it.

[Anonymous]

I call my own mother. I might text mom friends. That it.

[Anonymous]

My mom never acknowledged Mother’s Day. My mil always did when she was alive. I will when I have grandkids.

[Anonymous]

No, I acknowledge only my mother. I only have one mother. It’s Mother’s Day, so I honor my mother.

I don’t like getting texts and such from friends or even (eye-roll) co-workers. I want to focus on my family on that day and I hate how overblown some people make it. I don’t like getting a text from MIL. Her son sends her a card and flowers and he acknowledges her.

I do, a few days before Mother’s Day, always send flowers to my mom’s friend who lost her only son. I call it “International Linda Day,” I don’t try to make it a make-up Mother’s Day.

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

I’m a daughter/dil/grandaughter and I don’t want anything from anyone other than my kids. Mine are still little but their drawings and Mother’s Day art projects are the only thing I want. I’d find it so strange to get gifts from anyone else.

I do get texts from a lot of people.

[Anonymous]

I strongly dislike intrusive texts from people who are not my kids on Mother’s Day. I wish everyone would stop the endless attention seeking. Just focus on your own mom and your own family. I put my phone on silent and ignore all the attention-seekers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I strongly dislike intrusive texts from people who are not my kids on Mother’s Day. I wish everyone would stop the endless attention seeking. Just focus on your own mom and your own family. I put my phone on silent and ignore all the attention-seekers.

I feel sorry for you that you think all people wishing you a Happy Mother's day ( or whatever) is ONLY attention seeking people. What attention are they getting and how hard is it to believe that people have good intentions?

So glad I am not cynical as you. I hope you get what you wish on Sunday.

[Anonymous]

No. But we’re not really random card type people.

[Anonymous]

I send chocolate figs to my mom and MIL ( John & Kira) I text my SIL and Sister.

[Anonymous]

No, but I posted on the other thread about MiLs on Mother's Day about how my SiL got mad that we didn't send her a card/gift/congratulate her on her first Mother's Day. This was before texting, smartphones were even available. Who even imagines that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I strongly dislike intrusive texts from people who are not my kids on Mother’s Day. I wish everyone would stop the endless attention seeking. Just focus on your own mom and your own family. I put my phone on silent and ignore all the attention-seekers.

I feel sorry for you that you think all people wishing you a Happy Mother's day ( or whatever) is ONLY attention seeking people. What attention are they getting and how hard is it to believe that people have good intentions?

So glad I am not cynical as you. I hope you get what you wish on Sunday.

And I hope your social media posts and meaningless wide net text campaign gets you all the Likes you crave.