My mom and husband have the same birthday and my mom always "seems to forget"

[Anonymous]

LOL OP didn't come back because of everyone telling her what a loser she is.

[Anonymous]

I agree with others who said your mother's response is pretty funny. With that being said, what have you been doing all these years? If it were me, I'd just say, "sorry, can't make it. Would love to take you out for dinner on another night; when are you available?"

[Anonymous]

Sorry mom but you can treat myself,hubby, and kids to dinner on another day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sorry if this is stating the obvious but she sounds like a b***h based on 1) her insistence that grown children celebrate her birthday on command; and 2) her response that you can celebrate him a different day. I doubt she is actually forgetting

Don't you ever get tired of needing to be on every MIL board calling them a B. Enough already.

This is her own mother, not her mother in law, learn how to read.

Right? Of all the threads to take a pro-MIL stand, this isn't it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH and I have been together 22 years and my mom somehow forgets EVERY year that her birthday is also his. I woke up at 6am to a group text from her to my siblings and I saying "Hello, please reserve 4-8pm on my birthday for dinner out with you guys and your significant others. The restaurant isn't kid friendly. Looking forward to celebrating my bday with you all!".

I'm the only one with kids so that was an indirect way of telling me to get a babysitter. I have 3 little kids under 5yo. My DH is not going to want to leave our kids and get dinner with my siblings on his birthday. A sitter for 6 hours (1 hr commute each way to dinner) is $200+. I'm also not going to go alone and leave DH to handle all the evening dinner, baths, bedtimes alone on his bday.

I responded back saying that it's DH's birthday too and he will want to spend quality time with the kids. She responded "Oh I seem to have forgotten. Can you celebrate his another day?".

Good grief, your Mom sounds insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Nope - already told the kids our plans. We’ll do the reverse and celebrate yours with you on another day.”

Lol. Unless the kids were told the plan was to go to their favorite trampoline park, I doubt 3 kids under age 5 care what "the plans" are. Also, no adult is really looking forward to quality time spent with 3 little kids on their birthday. It's pretty much what every night is. Dinner, bath, bed. That's about as quality as it gets at that stage.