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Anonymous wrote:I’m going to go with the assumption that you have positive intent with this post, but how incredibly tone deaf to start out with “I am absurdly happy”. While that is great OP, you must realize that this day is difficult for many people for a variety of reason. Share your happiness sure but maybe in a different manner.

Perhaps people who find Mother's Day difficult shouldn't click on a threat about Mother's Day.

This. JFC. Now moms need to feel guilty for celebrating on an anonymous board?

My teens have somehow decided that I am a great mom --mostly because their friends have told them this and told them to wish me a happy Mother's Day. I don't really care that they didn't come to this decision all on their own--the fact that other kids who have seen their own moms in action have said things like "if I got pregnant, I would call your mom because I know she would help me and be calm about it" made me have an amazing day. I also had kind texts from my goddaughter (her mom died) and kids I used to coach all weekend.

Basically, all of the hard work and the modeling of kindness, inclusion, etc. feels like it was worth it, at least in this moment, and I will take it!

Mother's day was good. My oldest dd got me a small jewelry box and had it inscribed with Mimi we love you to the moon and back which I have always told my grandchildren since they were babies and had my grandsons give it to me. My sil got me flowers.

My 29 year old dd gave me flowers and said my gift will be here late due to usps.

My 19 year old gave me a gift basket of some things I use and eat/drink.

Dh I told not to get me anything so he just wished me a hmd when we got up.

I made pasta and watched my 2 week old granddaughter and am happy about that.

We then gave my oldest dd flowers and gifts to celebrate her.

We had nothing planned but was unexpectedly invited for a special family event (not to do with MD) and amazing lunch and it was just peaceful and lovely. Then DH and I went for a drive and a nap afterwards. OOS kids showed up and we ended up eating Mexican food. Everything was great. My kids also got me gifts that I can actually use and lots of hugs, kisses, gossip, discussion and snuggling. My DD also put my blanket in the dryer to heat them so that I would be cozy in our super chilled house.

But, best was that DH was in a mood and he was just coming up with hilarious one-liners that had me giggling and snorting with laughter the whole day.

My DH forgot it was Mother's Day, and subsequently my kids did too. I actually was relieved when I realized this because I was honestly feeling a bit put out- DH is not big into these sort of holidays or birthdays but at a minimum they'll go get flowers and the kids will make cards and he'll take charge of dinner (either grill or eat out). So when there was no acknowedgement of Mother's Day at all, and when he looked at me cross-eyed when I asked him what he had planned for dinner, I was like WTF. It wasn't until I had the kids facetiming with my mom and asked him whether he planned to connect with his own mom that he realized. He thought Mother's Day was 2 weeks from now. My oldest DC was like mom we forgot mother's day! and is now planning a "makeup" next week.

Anonymous wrote:My husband died and the kids are too young to provide gifts.

Same here except that kids are a little bit older, but mothers day sucks anyway.

Anonymous wrote:I hate my mother, and I'm a single mom, so I had to plan my own mother's day, but I still had a great day with my kids and I received lots of mother's day messages from friends and other family members that made me feel loved and remembered. I'm choosing to focus on what I do have rather than what I don't.

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