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Mother's day dos and don'ts - we need yours!

34 replies

GeraldineMumsnet · 10/03/2009 10:43

What does - and most definitely doesn't - add up to a mother's day to remember in your book? Please can you share your wishlists, highs, lows, most inappropriate card, gift, comment... Thank you

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PuzzleRocks · 10/03/2009 11:05

I had a great one last year. DH, whose own mother passed away years ago, cooked a fantastic three courses for both myself and my mum. Copious amounts of champagne and servitude from him all day.

Peachy · 10/03/2009 11:03

Don't get caught up on politics: MIL getswhatever your mm gets (unless you have a specific something special in mind), same amount.

PuzzleRocks · 10/03/2009 11:02

Don't worry MP. With 4 weeks until my due date, I shan't be scarring DD this year.

morningpaper · 10/03/2009 11:01

Does ANYONE have a nice mother's day, really? With their own time? Surely you spend the whole day looking after your own mother and DH's mother?

That's something BTW for DHs - get together with your siblings and buy YOUR mother a bunch of flowers. And buy YOUR mother a card. Don't make your wife do it for you!!!!

TonyAlmeida · 10/03/2009 11:00

If you have no money then give the BEST present ever

give your mum/wife
" an afternoon on the sofa with a book"

best present i ever had

no kids, no noise,
BLISS

compo · 10/03/2009 10:56

I get cross every year that I have to remind dh that it is his mother he needs to remember to send something to, not me

ipanemagirl · 10/03/2009 10:56

Do:

In the morning bring me tea in bed, a nice cup of tea, not a nasty stewed one with brown fuzz on top

All the dishes on that day

Pay me compliments and bring me some kind of small present that has not been bought in haste at the last minute.

Give me lots of physical affection and tell me to put my feet up.

Make me more tea

Don't:

Play football on the playstation all day
Be bad tempered in the car
Leave me to do all the cooking/washing up

morningpaper · 10/03/2009 10:55

euwwwww - Imagine some poor 8 year old walking in with burnt toast to THAT view

PuzzleRocks · 10/03/2009 10:54

Hmm. Might I suggest to DP/DH's that a nice way to wake the mother of your chldren is to remind her that she is not just the mother of your childen. IYSWIM