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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a mom, I was taken aback when I saw that other moms of young kids were planning to celebrate the day by not being with their kids. Sure, we all need a break now and then. But specifically asking to not have your kids around as the way to celebrate being a mother seems really odd to me. How do the little children feel about this? I imagine this would have hurt my feelings when I was a child. [/quote] You think that it would have hurt your feelings as a child is, on Mother's Day, your Mom wanted to do something that she wanted to do, that didn't involve you? I hope you've since sought help for . . . whatever this affliction is called. [/quote] Np. Yes it would have hurt my feelings. Pick a different Sunday to have a day to yourself. Some little kids do pick up on the sense that you would rather NOT celebrate being a mom. I say this as someone who relished in spending my first Mothers Day sleeping. Once my kid was old enough to care, I decided to allow him to do Mother's Day with me. [/quote] I think part of this is the way you view Mother's Day. I always viewed it, and still do, as a day for kids (and others) to recognize and appreciate how much our mothers do for us, and show that appreciation by relieving them of some of that responsibility for a short time. That means they get to do what they want, and if that's sleep go to a spa for a day or go away with friends, so be it. You, on the other hand, think it is about "celebrat[ing] being a mom." I don't even know what that means. [/quote]
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