For those on their own or simply don't care... Mother's Day! Again. I know!

[TheBuffetInspector]

I'll go first... Me... Me! It's all about me, because I'm a mother!!

So... 🤣 I simply give no shits as I've always been a single parent to a now 28 year old (DS) and a now 16 year old (DD).

To be fair to DD bless her, she's always written something, all gushing, hearts and flowers and it brings me to tears.

However there has been many a year that, in spite of her prep, I've been sat downstairs catching up on Saturday nights TV when she wanders down lunchtime-ish, looking for some food and a drink.
Off she pops back upstairs, it could be another 2 hours before I hear the inevitable "Shit! Sorry Mum! Coming now! Would you like a cup of tea?!"
"No thank you, I have gin."

But the thought was always there, during the build up and advertising ❤️

My son, however takes it to another level and then some.
Previously I've had - "Mum, can I borrow a fiver please?"... 🙄 For what, I wonder?
Hand over £5.
Baring in mind he was an adult by this stage... (I'm thinking card and daffs, I don't ask for much).

To My Wonderful Step Mum on Mother's Day.
With Step crossed out 😂
£1.35
No daffs.

"Yeah sorry, by the time I remembered, that was all that was left"
Uh-huh.
"and the rest was bus fare"

It's pretty much legendary now 😂 do I mind? Of course not. You can only blame the parent really.

Actually to be fair, he did take me and his little sister out one Mother's Day. We went to KFC and then to a sports bar place and played darts 😂😂

I wouldn't change a thing. I know they love me.
It's not like I'd write on an open internet forum and tell everyone about their little foibles!

Okay,

Please tell me I'm not alone 😂

Bollocks.

It is just me isn't it?

Tum-ti-tum... Nothing to see here...

It really isn't just you

I was trying to just let it drop down the page and disappear okay? 😂

Sounds like perfection to me 💞

I actually thought it was funny, so accept your compliment with a good grace

Oh it is funny, I didn't realise there was a compliment in there.

I was honestly thinking, oh fucking hell out of an audience of thousands... And it's just me. That crow poster is just being sympathetic 🤣

This tickled me. My now 18 year old went into the shop last year and came out with two cards the same apparently. Then by mistake wrote it to himself. And crossed it out 😂

'That crow poster' - love it! Might have to a name change.

I think it was the bit about 'to my step mum' with 'step' crossed out that made me laugh. So very craply adorable.

The darts was hilarious. DD was too young to throw... But not young enough to keep away from the board when my darts would hit the metal with a clang and bounce off with A&E written all over them.

I loosened up after a Mother's Day pint 😂.

Neither are with me this weekend, so when I choose to sleep, it shall be full aeroplane mode until Monday!

Enjoy! Mine aren’t here either! But I will be going to see my mum tomorrow

Don’t really care. It’s my birthday too this year so i expect my DD will make me a beautiful card, I’ll get a gift and she’s saying she’ll make a cake and cook a roast! My son is travelling up (working today though so will arrive in the evening) so actually we will celebrate Monday.
Normally for Mother’s Day I might get a card and breakfast cooked and I might take us out for a meal and I’m happy with that. I don’t need my kids spending money on me.

He was 22 🤣

I've already seen Mum and given her some limp tulips.

Maybe our family just isn't that in to it 🤣

I’ve enjoyed the peace tbh!
DS14 has been given the option to come with me. He’s declined 😂

Yeah, that crow poster...

THAT one!!! 🤣

Fair enough, similar here with DD. I'm not complaining.

I think some years I only used to get out of bed at a decent time on a Sunday was because the kids might be excited.

Hmm...!!

That sounds lovely. You'll all get together at some point... And

Happy Birthday @mondaytosunday
🎉🎂🎉💐🎊🍻

I'm not bothered about mother's day either. Or Valentine's or Father's or Grandparent's etc etc, they're all just made up days by the card & gift industries as yet another way to get us to part with our cash. I know Mother's Day originally comes from Mothering Sunday, a day honouring the Virgin Mary requiring a visit to your church, but that meaning has long since been forgotten by most people. Now it's just another day where we are pressured to buy stuff. Anyway, it's much nicer to receive a gift or have something nice done for you out of love & appreciation when you're not expecting it. It actually means something then.

You'll like this one... He was 10 and we'd just moved in to a new house around Christmas time.

We had lots of lovely Christmas cards from neighbours introducing themselves and wishing us well.

Of course, me being crap hadn't even thought about cards, so I sent him to the shop about 3 doors down and just said buy whatever, but we really should send something to the new neighbours...

He came back with 2 cards saying "Merry Christmas, thinking of you across the miles"
Hmm...

We crossed out miles and wrote "fence" 🤣🤣

Actually, I see where he gets it from!

It does indeed. I really don't understand all the stress about it.

I'd rather know both kids are fine and sit in my garden tomorrow (today). I'd hate to be in a jam packed restaurant where everyone seems to have the hump about something.

Urgh, I have never been forced to attend a packed Mother's Day restaurant, and I'm not starting now. Can't think of a worse way to be 'celebrated' 😂

I’m the eldest of 3 and the only daughter. I remember many years ago, I was 17/18 and doing my A levels (including German) and it fell that I was away in Frankfurt for a week long work placement/exchange trip over Mother’s Day. At the time my brother’s were 15 and 11. Before I left for Germany on the Saturday (day before Mother’s Day), I had sorted EVERYTHING for them. I’d organised a custom made cake and collected it from the baker, had bought a lovely bouquet of flowers and had got a card and I’d signed it. All that was left for them to do was to each sign the card and then present her with the gifts (and I’d instructed a cup of tea and some toast in bed) the next morning.

Due to issues with phone cards I wasn’t able to call home and wish her happy Mother’s Day until mid afternoon (1/2pm ish). I asked her if she liked her card and presents and had she had any of the cake yet?….She revealed she still hadn’t been given any card or gifts as both my brother’s were still in bed.

I was gutted for her and so furious and disappointed with them and their total lack of even bare minimum effort (and I include my Dad in that, who didn’t bother to take them to task on the day or intervene himself).

I’m relieved we’re all grown ups who’ve flown the nest now and I have zero responsibility for whatever efforts they do or don’t make for Mother’s Day, Birthdays etc. But I will continue to always make an effort for my Mum as she does so much for me/my DH/my 3 dogs and she really means the world to me.

My first one as a single parent, my sister arranged for a neighbour to sort the kids out with a present and chocolate croissants for breakfast. It was lovely! I think she thought I might be especially sad that day but actually my ex had never really bothered so it was the first time I'd ever had anything except for if school made cards.

We live overseas so there are different Mothers Days and we miss all the lead-up, don't see ads etc. This year they are somehow aware it is UK Mother's Day and have promised me they will behave for the day AND they will bring me a cheese toastie for breakfast haha! One of the only things they can make themselves, it's a new skill and they're very proud of it 😁

I'm not bothered by it at all. I send money for my sister to do flowers for my mom and take her out for brunch, and I make sure I call on the right day. Apart from that, nada!

OP - I would die laughing at a crossed-put stepmom card!! And daffs were always the flower of choice for Mothers Day in our house growing up... my mom says we used to make burnt toast and soggy cereal and take it up to her with daffs from the garden and she had to pretend to enjoy the breakfast 😂

Aww that's so sweet getting the neighbour involved.

Enjoy your cheese toastie!!

That reminded me of my son when I was poorly and he was 3 or 4... I was proper fluey, struggling to get out of bed.. He made me a ham and jam sandwich. A whole packet of horrible wafer thin ham, what seemed to be a whole jar of jam...

Taste it Mummy, you'll feel better... To start with, I was struggling to get my jaw wide enough to take a bite of such delicacy 🤣... I'm going to have to... Yum yum. Better already...!

I hope your Mum enjoys her brunch. Yep definitely daffs, or tulips here.