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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.
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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]

How many mother’s days have you spent with this child? Do you have other children? Do you work outside the home? Is your child in school? Are you married? Were you not worried that in the future, your child might be upset when he finds out you preferred to sleep instead of spending the day celebrating his existence since that’s what allows you to be a mother? [/quote]

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