Worst mother's day stories

[Anonymous]

Um no. And what do you when someone disrespects you at work, at the grocery store, on 495...

It’s a teaching moment. Hard parenting. Kid was looking for a reaction and some attention. He’s 12 and hormonal. You discipline without violence setting a boundary for acceptable language. Time for a lengthy talk.

I was a horrible teen and the worst punishment ever was an hour long chat with Dad. Looking back, he was a wonderful father and role model of calm. Not a doormat at all.

[Anonymous]

Mother's Day is so overblown. People get so upset about it. Its kind of ridiculous. Yes, we should honor our mothers (assuming they are good ones!) but we should do that any time we feel compelled, not on some arbitrary sunday in May. I'm very sorry to those who have suffered loss.

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Anonymous wrote:Um no. And what do you when someone disrespects you at work, at the grocery store, on 495...

It’s a teaching moment. Hard parenting. Kid was looking for a reaction and some attention. He’s 12 and hormonal. You discipline without violence setting a boundary for acceptable language. Time for a lengthy talk.

I was a horrible teen and the worst punishment ever was an hour long chat with Dad. Looking back, he was a wonderful father and role model of calm. Not a doormat at all.

Listen, I think you are nuts and a bad mother, and you think I'm nuts and a bad mother, let's just move on. Happy Mother's Day and enjoy what little is left of it!

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Anonymous wrote:I miscarried a very, very wanted pregnancy yesterday. I am utterly destroyed and the coincidence that today is Mother’s Day is just too much to bear.

I'm so sorry. Time to hole up and let other people take care of you. Shut out the world and focus on moving through the grieving process. Hugs.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sick today and my twelve year old DS told me to "stop whining and bitching about it."

A lot of people think it's terrible that he would speak to me like that- but because I'm his mom, I know his ADHD makes him impulsive but not mean.

It hurt my feelings and of course I talked with him about being respectful. He balances out some nastiness with some exceptionally nice behavior- he used my phone to text back and forth with his elderly grandmother quite bit this morning (she loved it) and he paid attention to our needy, affectionate dog.

DH is on work travel- and family lives far away, so no fancy brunches, but that's okay.

Being a parent is kind of hard and complicated sometimes- especially when kids are in some rough patches of tween and teen. I love my DS and I think he's a blessing (even on bad days).

You are so, so, wrong about this. ADHD has nothing to do with a son who would say this to his mother.

--mother of another 12 yr old with ADHD

You’re rotten. Signed, mother of a preschooler, who finds moms like you foul. Cheers!

[Anonymous]

My husband is napping while golf is on and I am entertaining his parents

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Anonymous wrote:I miscarried a very, very wanted pregnancy yesterday. I am utterly destroyed and the coincidence that today is Mother’s Day is just too much to bear.

I'm so sorry. Time to hole up and let other people take care of you. Shut out the world and focus on moving through the grieving process. Hugs.

I’m so, so, so sorry, OP.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sick today and my twelve year old DS told me to "stop whining and bitching about it."

A lot of people think it's terrible that he would speak to me like that- but because I'm his mom, I know his ADHD makes him impulsive but not mean.

It hurt my feelings and of course I talked with him about being respectful. He balances out some nastiness with some exceptionally nice behavior- he used my phone to text back and forth with his elderly grandmother quite bit this morning (she loved it) and he paid attention to our needy, affectionate dog.

DH is on work travel- and family lives far away, so no fancy brunches, but that's okay.

Being a parent is kind of hard and complicated sometimes- especially when kids are in some rough patches of tween and teen. I love my DS and I think he's a blessing (even on bad days).

You are so, so, wrong about this. ADHD has nothing to do with a son who would say this to his mother.

--mother of another 12 yr old with ADHD

You’re rotten. Signed, mother of a preschooler, who finds moms like you foul. Cheers!

She isn't and the mother that let her son call her a bitch needs to get her husband to teach him some respect.

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Anonymous wrote:So, its a bad sign that DH did jack shit today... right?

Like, no card, no flowers. I suggested a fun brunch place this morning which he was willing to do, but when DC started fussing in the car on the way he suggested we just go to the next closest breakfast place instead.

Are we living the same life? Instead of this amazing brunch place that's also surprisingly kid friendly, DH just crumpled in the face of typical threenager behavior and took us to the McDonald's drive through. And we ate in the parking lot.

Do you not have a voice or a backbone? You can't just say to your husband "hey, it's Mother's Day, so I really want to go someplace nice, so let's just make it work"? Because if you can't, then it's really your own fault.

eh, it sort of ruins the whole "treating Mom to a nice meal out" if you have to stand your ground and demand that they take you somewhere.

My mother makes hard to get reservations three months out for Mother Day's. My dad is still 'treating her' to the meal. Put some effort into it.

I don't have to pitch a hissy fit to get taken out for Mother's Day. It's just what is done at our house. And believe me, I am not exactly high maintenance.

Same here. Women need to clearly communicate their expectations. My DH always said he appreciated that I never give him the silent treatment or make him guess what I’m feeling. He planned a brunch, got reservations a month ago knowing it would fill up and got me a spa day gift card. He also took kid out for most of the day. I have pretty standard tastes etc but I like and expect to do something and plan it on mother’s day. He is happy and relieved to k ow this in advance. Ladies, stop expecting your husbands to read DCUM to know how you feel.

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Anonymous wrote:Husband was out of town visiting a relative who had just had surgery. I figured I'd make reservations to treat my mom, my kids and myself to a nice Mother's Day brunch at a lovely and usually wonderful scenic little restaurant.

Arrived at the restaurant 15 minutes before our reservation and it was jam packed chaos. Hostess told us to wait and she would seat us. We stepped aside as she requested and she never acknowledged us again. We waited for over an hour, standing the entire, no place for my 80+ year old mother to sit down . It became apparent to us that the people who had been seated were waiting forever for their food to arrive....the staff completely unapologetic...

We left to go somewhere, anywhere else. By that point McDonald's sounded good.

Mother's day is well known as THE worst day to go to a restaurant. Never again.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sick today and my twelve year old DS told me to "stop whining and bitching about it."

A lot of people think it's terrible that he would speak to me like that- but because I'm his mom, I know his ADHD makes him impulsive but not mean.

It hurt my feelings and of course I talked with him about being respectful. He balances out some nastiness with some exceptionally nice behavior- he used my phone to text back and forth with his elderly grandmother quite bit this morning (she loved it) and he paid attention to our needy, affectionate dog.

DH is on work travel- and family lives far away, so no fancy brunches, but that's okay.

Being a parent is kind of hard and complicated sometimes- especially when kids are in some rough patches of tween and teen. I love my DS and I think he's a blessing (even on bad days).

You are so, so, wrong about this. ADHD has nothing to do with a son who would say this to his mother.

--mother of another 12 yr old with ADHD

You’re rotten. Signed, mother of a preschooler, who finds moms like you foul. Cheers!

She isn't and the mother that let her son call her a bitch needs to get her husband to teach him some respect.

Yeah, this is where dad steps in with “No one talks to my wife like that.” Push the kid up to a wall and put the fear of god in him. No need to slap him, but definitely let him know that a snotty kid doesn’t run their household.

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Anonymous wrote:10 years ago I was 38 weeks pregnant with our first child and my husband (now ex husband) said he wouldn’t do anything for me for mother’s day because I wasn’t a mother yet.

I flipped the script today and brought a card to my very pregnant neighbor.

Thank you for doing this for your neighbor! Your kindness warmed MY heart!

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Anonymous wrote:My kids won't call or text or email. Quit caring years ago.

I woke up at 11:30 this morning to my husband cooking. He went grocery shopping, did the laundry, got me a bouquet of yellow roses, made a fantastic baked chicken with mashed potatoes and some baked beans. He even got a cherry pie.

God I love him. How my kids ended up so ungrateful shocks me. Must be those bitches they married. Severely p***y whipped pajama boys.

Hint -- you are the one who raised your sons, NOT the bitches they married. Presumably they were fully grown men with values taught by their parents by the time they married. So if they don't value their birth family or their mom -- that's on you, not on the bitches. I assume your DH is one of those "a son is a son until he takes a wife" types -- i.e. after marriage YOUR side of the family is all that mattered; that's what the boys saw growing up so likely that's what they do now.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sick today and my twelve year old DS told me to "stop whining and bitching about it."

A lot of people think it's terrible that he would speak to me like that- but because I'm his mom, I know his ADHD makes him impulsive but not mean.

It hurt my feelings and of course I talked with him about being respectful. He balances out some nastiness with some exceptionally nice behavior- he used my phone to text back and forth with his elderly grandmother quite bit this morning (she loved it) and he paid attention to our needy, affectionate dog.

DH is on work travel- and family lives far away, so no fancy brunches, but that's okay.

Being a parent is kind of hard and complicated sometimes- especially when kids are in some rough patches of tween and teen. I love my DS and I think he's a blessing (even on bad days).

You are so, so, wrong about this. ADHD has nothing to do with a son who would say this to his mother.

--mother of another 12 yr old with ADHD

You’re rotten. Signed, mother of a preschooler, who finds moms like you foul. Cheers!

Ha. You've barely got your feet wet in the pool of parenting. Just wait until you've got a tween/teen. Judge not newbie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No complaints here. Hallmark Holiday. Husband helps me all the time and is teaching me how to fix things. Kids are older, and oldest brought me something from the farmers market yesterday. Happy momma here

You're posting in the wrong thread. Why?