to think that Mother's Day cards are just for your own mother, not ALL mothers?

[NoWayNoHow]

Just had a Mother's Day card in the post - from my grandmother??

It actually says, "MUM - wishing you a happy Mother's Day"!!!

Now don't get me wrong, it's very sweet, but now I feel bad that I didn't get her one, but if I had got her one, I would have had to get my aunt one too (we're all seeing each other on Sunday), and then if I got my aunt one, would she feel like she had to get me one, and her sister (my mum) one, and then would my mum feel bad because she should have got one for her sister... You can where this is going!

AIBU to think everyone should just stick to giving their own mothers a card, and let everyone else sort their mothers out?

I saw some yesterday 'to my wife on Mothers's Day'

It's a ploy to sell more cards

We've got one to my mum and MIL from our DC's

Is that allowed to nanna's, grandmas etc?

Claz - isnt a lot of these 'days' a ploy to sell more cards.

fartblossome (awesome name, btw) I don't know what's allowed, or proper - the goal posts seem to be moving! I can't keep up...

Absolutely, Fart! You can get cards to cover pretty much everything these days.

You'd think with your name being so awesome, I'd be able to spell it!

Oh yes I agree! Where does it end?? A card to dad on mothers day? Or the milkman?

Then there are those totally bizarre cards from and to pets...

Oh God, every year I get one from my mum "from" my ds, one from my mil "from " my ds, and I just got one from my uncle.
Yep, you guessed it "from" my ds.

I know they mean well, but ds's dad has given me a mothers day card "from" my ds ever since he was born, so the extra "sorry you don't have a husband" cards are so not necessary, and frankly get right up my nose.

Phew! Feel better after rant.

YANBU. Definitely a way to sell more cards. It is quite ridiculous really that we all fall into this consumer trap all the time.

I do usually send one to my stepmother though, partly to suck up to her and partly because her own feckless son won't be bothered .

I hope I get a home made card each from DS1 and DS2. Other cards are totally unnecessary.

Personally I don't expect presents or meals or whatever either. I took my Mum for a cup of tea and a scone yesterday! Thats it. [mean].

I agree, home-made cards are great. Much more thought has gone into it (even its from a 6 month old )

My mum is getting a bottle of wine from us - it is from one of those meal deals you get in most supermarkets. Currently being PG means we wont drink it so may as well pass it on to someone who will.

I think I might avoid the possible friction by gift wrapping a few small chocolate somethingorothers and giving the same to each of them as a random present, because I "felt like it". Job done, no fights required, no precedent set.

People who are able to write in a card/ understand what a mothers' day card is should send cards to their own mothers if they wish.
Anyone else sending mothers day cards to grannies/ from babies etc is just getting carried away with commercialism.

I don't see the problem with "to my wife on mothers day", if she is the mother of his children, particularly if the child (ren) are too young to do anything for themselves.

I agree, cards should be from the child (or childrens rep ) to the mother...not to everyone who ever was or may be a mother in the family

lol at grandmother sending a mothers day card

is she a bit dolally i wonder

Agrees with Fairyblossome, how can anybody keep up with it all?

I personally think that the more cards and varieties of them there are, the less impact and 'feelings of specialness', they actually have. :(

We bought my Mum one "from the cats"

She's got five of the stupid things.

(She got one from us as well. Although I am always tempted to get her a "You're like a mother to me" one for a laugh.)