to start a thread for all the pissed off Mother's Day influx?

[PaulAnkaTheDog]

Just that really. It could get quite comical really: Who got the worst gift?! It could also stop the usual situation of umpteen threads bitching about the lack of diamonds flowers etc.

One thread to rule them all...

Mine's off to a fabulous start already! DD(7) went to bed very upset because DH fell asleep after tea as he has the same cold I've had all week but have got on with everything regardless man flu without helping her wrap my present. Took me ages to settle her because despite me telling her it's fine if she does it in the morning 'Mothers Day is ruined'. I'm already feeling contrarily pissed off about the day because DSC are away visiting their GP's (PIL) and MIL has persuaded them to stay an extra couple of days

WaxyBean Not at all! That's the point of the thread! Vent your frustrations and annoyances instead of starting yet another Mother's Day thread.

Good idea Paul

And also the territorial turf wars can be posted here, when an OP is angry that her DP dared to invite his own actual Mother to dinner...

I always get a mental image of his wife pissing up his left leg and his mum pissing up the other...just to mark their scent

Awww Fern any way you could leave a spare gift bag near your daughter's bedroom? Solves her wrapping problem and saves the day a bit

The strongest piss usually wins the territory Worra...

I'm getting one of those ferrero rocher ones with the different ferreros in; the white, the dark y'know. I know this because I took her in asda and said, get me that. She's 5 weeks off being 13, still compliant to date.....

Dh and foster ds(16) vanished to tesco earlier with a gang of ds's friends...... Ds8 got a grump because he couldn't go with them! Heaven knows whats been bought ;)

Mothers Day isn't happening here.

DS1 is flying off to Austria early in the morning to go skiing with the army. DS2 is at uni as normal. He works in a bar on a Saturday night so I might get a phone call around lunchtime.

They both came home last weekend because it was my birthday and gave me new pyjamas for Mothers Day.

It does feel a bit weird having neither of them home tbh.

kelper, when I was 16 if I vanished to Tesco on a Saturday night with an adult in tow, it was to buy booze.

And not for my Mum either

Ive got my mum nothing, she wont even get a kind word.

Treating her as she treats finally.

Loving how this is going

Can I just offer a to all the mothers/stepmothers/grandmothers. We are all the shit!

I don't care how creepy it is, dp paid for the chocolates the dts are giving me, He even took them to the shop to buy them, they're 5 they won't do it by themselves.

SoThatHappened

No one thinks that's creepy Beryl!

I would have PaulAnka but neither me or DD know where he's put my present, I wouldn't want to be in his shoes in the morning!

Fern?

Ooh yes please

DS got overtired and grumpy tonight and said he's changed his mind and not giving me anything for Mother's Day. I told him that was fine, as I have lovely children and get to spend the day with them, my own mum died when I was very small so I know how important being together is, not bothered about presents. Then he sobbed his heart out. Oops. Tomorrow could go either way!!!

I already win.

DC1 (7) just appeared covered in vomit. I've just cleared regurgitated cottage pie and grapes from:

• his hair
• his face
• his body
• the bathroom floor
• the bath
• the sink
• the loo (also diarrhoea)
• the top bunk
• his pillow
• his pillowcase
• his duvet cover
• his mattress protector

I also provided the clean sheets (HALLELUIA for MN "full set in the pillowcase") and just-in-case vomit receptacle for DH to make the bed back up while I did the said cleaning.

Bad enough?

It means I'll be dropping out of my special lunch out, so DH can still take MIL out and let PIL see DC2 and DC3. DC1 and I will likely have yet another a Star Wars marathon on the sofa instead, and I've asked DH to bring me back a nice pudding.

It also means (selfishly) that I'm likely to lose my child-free Monday afternoon, as well as my quiet Sunday church visit.

Let's hope he doesn't give me a sick bug of my very own for Mothering Sunday. I'm still recovering from pneumonia and my immune system is on its knees.

Humbug.

MrsHathaway wins Mother's Day!

MD not happening in this house tomorrow. It's DS's birthday. I'm taking a clatter of boys to a preteen concert and then for dinner. I have nowhere booked.

Nandos or Pizza Hut? Sorted

On a different note though

All this 'Mother's Day madness' where grown women seem to be demanding much more than a thoughtfully made card from their children, does stick in the throat a bit.

It just seems so many people have become really materialistic and a lot of the time, it's because they want bragging rights on Facebook.

There are a shit ton of women and children out there who would give their right arm to be able to give or receive, just a cuddle tomorrow.

My 2 nieces lost their Mum (my sister) very suddenly on Mother's Day when they were just 8 and 9 years old. She caught pneumonia and died within hours of going to hospital.

They're 23 and 24 now and tomorrow doesn't seem to get any easier for either of them.

I can only imagine their thoughts on whether flowers come from a garage, the garden or an expensive florist.

I already know what I'm getting. Nothing from teen DD because she's been gounded and had no pocket money. She quite gleefully pointed out to me that I'd ruined my own mothers day by not thinking that one through.

What I'd like is for this moody imposter to piss off and give me my lovely daughter back but I suspect I'll be waiting a few years yet.

DS got me cookies from school the PTA were selling. They aren't Gluten free. I'm gonna have to nibble on the first one and suffer the Coeliac Revenge then palm the others off at work monday.

I'm going to buy myself a takaway in the evening and not share one single bite!

Oh MrsHathaway you win!

Get well soon MiniHathaway