Mother's Day Venting Starts Now!

[Anonymous]

My husband 5 minutes ago: "I was thinking that in order to avoid the Mother's Day crowds, we should go out to dinner tonight, wherever you want to go" and then walks upstairs to take a nap. IT IS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND YOU ARE ASKING ME TO PLAN MY OWN MOTHER'S DAY DINNER FOR THIS EVENING? I want to cry.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't go out to eat at all. It's sure to be disappointing. He's doing you a favor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Wow, you're a true a-hole for laughing at this. Bet your wife LOVES you.

[Anonymous]

DH asked what I wanted for Mother’s Day: I know it’s so basic but I want to go to brunch. This was on Thursday. Everyone knows that brunch books out 4-6 weeks before Mother’s Day. He googled and sheepishly said “everyone’s booked.”

Yeah I know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go out to eat at all. It's sure to be disappointing. He's doing you a favor.

OMG. I should have known better than to vent here, just a bunch of b---ches who are going to make me feel worse. Thanks, I hope putting someone else down made you feel better about yourself, you jerk.

[Anonymous]

I don't get what's wrong with that. I'd start thinking of a few of my favorite restaurants and pick one while he naps. The only thing that might make me mad is if he didn't bother lining up a babysitter. I might have to wake him up for that.

[Anonymous]

I don't see what's wrong with that either? All you have to do is make the reservation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go out to eat at all. It's sure to be disappointing. He's doing you a favor.

OMG. I should have known better than to vent here, just a bunch of b---ches who are going to make me feel worse. Thanks, I hope putting someone else down made you feel better about yourself, you jerk.

Are you always this dramatic?

[Anonymous]

Everyone just lower or eliminate your expectations right now and everything will be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go out to eat at all. It's sure to be disappointing. He's doing you a favor.

OMG. I should have known better than to vent here, just a bunch of b---ches who are going to make me feel worse. Thanks, I hope putting someone else down made you feel better about yourself, you jerk.

Wow, check yourself. You just sound miserable. This is all on you.
I was going to suggest some alternatives for him to do (so you don't end up cooking and cleaning up) but it really is true that dining out is less than pleasant these days. But anyways, have a good (miserable) life. Glad I'm not you! Glad my husband is not napping I guess. Though I wouldn't care.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go out to eat at all. It's sure to be disappointing. He's doing you a favor.

OMG. I should have known better than to vent here, just a bunch of b---ches who are going to make me feel worse. Thanks, I hope putting someone else down made you feel better about yourself, you jerk.

This sounds like Loudon winery mom clique poster all over again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't go out to eat at all. It's sure to be disappointing. He's doing you a favor.

OMG. I should have known better than to vent here, just a bunch of b---ches who are going to make me feel worse. Thanks, I hope putting someone else down made you feel better about yourself, you jerk.

Are you always this dramatic?

Seriously. I'm the first poster she responded to and I feel a bit bad for her now. Pity.

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry, OP. Husbands aren’t great at this. Fortunately, preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teachers usually are. I hope you get something adorable from your kids!!

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Anonymous wrote:

Wow, you're a true a-hole for laughing at this. Bet your wife LOVES you.

Sorry, I didn't mean to laugh in a mean way. I'm a mother and when my kids were little this is the sort of stuff my ex did. After a few years, I decided I wasn't going to depend on him anymore; I learned to just explicitly say what I wanted/expected out of the day. And my dad was definitely like this. He also went jewelry shopping on Christmas Eve every year for my mother. My mother didn't even care for jewelry that much.

I have definitely btdt with ridiculous mothers day shenanigans. If you teach them now, there is hope; I have two boys that are college-age now. They already know that all I want is someone to cook me either dinner or lunch. They always get me a gift and card too, but I wouldnt care if they didn't; as long as I get my meal I'm good.

I hope your mohter's day ends up better than expected.