Am I supposed to give my girlfriend a Mother’s Day gift?

[Anonymous]

What, no. She's not your mother.

[Anonymous]

Mothers Day stuff “from the kid” is her ex-husband’s job not yours, for future reference.

[Anonymous]

Bet you if you got her a nice card or flowers, she would have given up the booty that night.

[Anonymous]

If you want a relationship with her yes you should recognize her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A gift certificate for a spa treatment, like a massage or pedicure might be nice if you're over 35.

Only if you offer to babysit along with it.

[Anonymous]

I don't think there's any "supposed to" here. It also really depends on how much a part of her family life you are at this point. If you don't have a relationship with the kids and just see her for dates then probably not. But if you've been folded into her family life and it's going well then it would be a classy move to acknowledge her as mom in some way. But since you've only been together 7 months I'd keep it light an fun, not heavy and sentimental. Also...generally a moot point now since Mother's Day is behind us....but I"m curious what you decided to do?

[Anonymous]

Dating a single mom is like playing some other dude's saved game lmao.

[Anonymous]

A text - Happy Mother's Day. I hope and your son Larlo have a wonderful day today.

[Anonymous]

I've been with my SO for about 7 months now. We are very serious but I did not expect him to get me anything for mother's day and he didn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What, no. She's not your mother.

So with your logic husbands shouldn't get the mothers of their children any gifts? You sound divorced.

[Anonymous]

I’m a single mom and this year my ex sent flowers from him and the kid, and the man who is courting me sent me a heartfelt note about why he loves me. I never expected a gift for Mother’s Day even when married but a nice note and / or flowers, and brunch / an outing are pretty much required

[Anonymous]

No, unless she's also your mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What, no. She's not your mother.

Yeah. I think this is weird too. Dating 7 months? You can say it to her, but I find it weird to be gifting her things. You aren't raising this child together. And you have only known her 7 months.

Definitely acknowledge by wishing her a HMD, but no gift necessary. Weird.

[Anonymous]

No, she is not your mother.

[Anonymous]

If the child is young, and you are close...you could help them do something cute.

But that may actually be more appropriate for the child's father (depending upon his relationship with the mom).

You could send her a card, if you admire her parenting. That would mean a lot to me, as a single mom.

A gift is totally not necessary (or appropriate to my way of thinking). Dinner out might be nice if no one is giving her any attention/appreciation. You do not need to thank her but could acknowledge the work that goes into parenting (kind of how you might celebrate a work accomplishment, but not thank her for it).