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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. :-([/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.[/quote]

[b]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.[/quote][/b]

This. I'll admit that early on in our marriage I used to think that DH should simply know what to do. I soon realized that we were socialized differently and his family does not make big deals out of birthdays, Mother's/Father's Day etc. I started making reservations for dinner and sending him links to things that I might like for Mother's Day. Now that our DD is a little older and she is super tuned in to my likes and dislikes, they make it "their" thing to get up and go out on Mother's Day and she picks out a nice gift, flowers and and a card and I get some alone time. We then normally get together with extended family and enjoy a family potluck dinner or barbecue. It's really a nice day and I'm grateful as I loss my mom and dad when I was a teenager, so family time is very important to me. [/quote]

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