to wish so many women wouldn't get so precious and princessey over Mother's Day

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If you need one day a year for your DH and DC to show you how much they love you and appreciate you, then you've got a dysfunctional family and need to address that.

If breakfast in bed is your thing, surely that can be accommodated more than once a year on a particular day.

If you want "a break from the cooking" then maybe you should be having a conversation with your family about sharing cooking, washing dishes and going out for lunch when you want to rather than on a particular day.

Your DM and MIL do not stop being mothers just because their children have left home; so stop being so precious with comments such as "I'm the one who does the mothering", "Mother's Day should be about those who are doing active mothering", "She's had her turn". Heard every flipping year on Mumsnet (though thankfully never in real life).

Get over yourselves

As good as that sounds Darkvelvet laundry is a daily treat here

I am on my way to work

Happy mothers Day

My dc(3 & 5) cheerfully announced yesterday that they had eaten all of my mothers day chocs & asked me to go out & replace them! Oh & they also asked when childrens day was & if they could choose their chocs! Bloomin cheek!

Tell them 'Children's Day is every fucking day; today is mine, all mine!!', MsAsprey

Hope everybody here has the Mother's Day they would like

The only thing that makes me sad is when women seem to think it's the 'one' day they deserve a day off/lie in/breakfast in bed etc.

I've seen women upset today over things that quite frankly, if my OH did at any time of the year would cause the end of my relationship. I don't understand how so many women put up with such selfish pigs.

YABU and quite a lot of the other things said about you in this thread OP.

Oh, I'll get bloody princessy if DH and DC don't clear up the apocalyptic mess they made cooking breakfast this morning, believe me...

YANBU

I understand what it is you are trying to say and I agree whole heartedly.

Interesting thread. For what its worth I got a card and the new Elbow CD from dc3, a text and an offer of lunch sometime from dd2 and ignored by dd1. Am now sipping champagne while dh and Ds prepare some smoked salmon flatbreads,and then I will do dinner later for grandma.
I hope you all had lovely days in whatever way you wanted them.

Happy Mother's Day! No acknowledgement of fact from DP. Despite having birthed his first born a week ago. He had a lie in and I made him a tea. DS1 is poorly and 111 sent us to hospital (unnecessarily). Has to take DD1 as ebf. DP gone to lunch with MIL, DM, GMIL, SIL and BIL. Asked h to pick us up from hospital and was invited to 'get a taxi'. Knackered, stressed and frankly under appreciated. IABVU as he has taken DS1 with him though.