No card/present for mother's day

[Abstractthinking]

Does it make you sad? Or just that's life? (In europe somewhere - mother's day today and nothing.)

It would, yes. That said, I don’t get my own mum anything for Mother’s Day or any other day (though I do get an angry email from her to mark the occasion letting me know what a terrible person I am, despite so many attempts to have her in our lives).

But yes, of course, it would make me sad if my children were young and my partner didn’t make it a priority to help them organise something nice for me, or if they were adults and we didn’t have a close relationship. I don’t think it’s just life at all. Are your dc little or older?

Do your children (or partner if they are little) actually know it's Mother's Day today?
In the UK it was early this year (because it's based on Easter dates) and for quite a few people it caught them by suprise.

Dd is 12. Yes, both knew it was mother's day here. We talked about it (in passing last week and yesterday).

@Abstractthinking as she's 12 I think you should just ask her bluntly - "why didn't you do anything for Mother's Day as I am your mother?"
See what she says.

I would be sad if my DC didn't do anything for Mothers Day. Is Mothers Day a big thing in the country where you are in the same way that it is in the UK?

She would get upset. She would know that I was upset and that makes her sad.

Pissed off with dh more. But I know he has been working his arse off. Maybe it's just one of those years and I should just shrug it off.

That's why it posted - I can see both sides.

Your dd is 12. She should be completely capable of buying or making you a card and a small gift. Do not blame your husband.

This.

Well this is the point surely. You need to explain that it is important to you, and you have feelings to, or it won't change.

you don't need to go on about it, but If you just don't mention it she'll think it doesn't matter. Did she manage a cup of tea and a 'happy mothers day?

"Well this is the point surely. You need to explain that it is important to you, and you have feelings to, or it won't change."

That is a very good point. I am teacher, and I should know that kids need to be told that adults have feelings.

Yep but I never get anything because my son is severely disabled and has no concept of Mother's Day