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[quote=Anonymous]I am always confused by Mothers Day bc I think its supposed to be about me and then wonder if Im supposed to be making an effort to see our moms. One lives 2 hrs away and one lives 3 hrs away.

One year I had the best Mothers Day ever. It happened to be good weather and we just relaxed on the beach with music playing from my phone  and hung out. It was quality time I was spending with the kids. Then we walked to one of our fave restaurants (no reservation so went whenever we felt like it and its cery fam friendly/casual). My kids at that time were 1 and 4. I just loved getting a day with them to enjoy versus just doing all the every day monotonous stuff. My husband handled any errands/tasks that day.

Ill never forget when i spoke to my mom on the phone that day she said "too bad we couldnt be together, next year drfinitely." It was the way she said it though like it hadnt been a good enough day since I wasnt with her and my siblings. Meanwhile I had just had the perfect mothers day for ME and didnt feel that need to spend it all together with anyone else. That year my siblings took my mom out to a fancy brunch as they always do.

I live  3 hours from them. This week I asked my siblings what they were getting mom for mothers day and they said "were taking her out to brunch." I bet my mom will wonder why im not there... but going out to a fancy brunch with two young kids with them  isnt my idea of mothers day. They will want to relax and enjoy the meal for two hours while Im trying to keep the kids occupied, forcing them to sit still, etc . But I just have a nagging feeling that I look bad for not going. Either way though Im not.

Its not that I wouldnt want to spend mothers day with our moms. But what I want to do for mothers day at this stage of motherhood is diff than what they want to do.[/quote]

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