to want DH to spend loads on me for mothers day on behalf of DD and DS

[MamaG]

his stock answer "you're not my mum"

tight ficker

Yes.

He's not your son.

ah bollocks

DH says we are not eating out on Mother's Day because it will be too busy. He does not, however, offer to cook.

tell him you aren't eating then Bozza.

We are living with MIL at the mo so DH will have it double hard this year ! i am going to sit on my fat lazy arse allllllllllllll day.

No pressie's though, think its a waste of money but DH can wait on me hand and foot

It's DH's birthday on Mother's Day, so we are currently in negotiations regarding who gets priority.

What do you think?

misty, it's my DH's birthday on Mother's day as well.
However, he has been stitched for guard duty, so for the third year running it will be just me and the DSs for mother's day.

yep - wait til they are big enough to make you lovely cards and things. After all it is not the present it is the thought. You will get the presents when they get older.

Well it was my birthday on Mother's Day last year and it was rubbish. DH didn't differentiate between which were birthday and Mother's Day presents (made me sympathise with all those people with Christmas birthdays). Then we went trailing round my Mum and his Mum which involved 3 hours driving in total.

This year MIL is on holiday so we don't need to go there. But it is my birthday the Monday after (26th) so MIL wants us to go there that Sunday (will be at out-patients with DS on the Monday) and I don't really want to go.

"he has been stitched"??????

I shall have a fabulous weekend, because it is my Birthday on the Saturday, and the the next day is Mothers Day.

why does he have to spend loads?

snap Saltire! I have ds's too Shame he will be working though.
DH wants to go fishing on his birthday, but I will be v. cross if I have to spend mother's day on my own because he wants a day to himself .

You are too soft MamaG, my dh knows it aint worth the grief and has already booked a table.

It's always unreasonable to spend loads on mothers day

vvvq, it's an expression sometimes used in the military to mean (in this instance)
"He isn't supposed to do guard duty, but no one else on the whole base is apparently able to do it so he doesn't have a choice"

Chez piglet the deal is that I don't have to change a single nappy all day long. With 2 in nappies that is a fabulous mothers' day present!

That's what i thought you meant saltire....

Are you sure he's been "stitched up" though

Oh yes VVQ, he has definately been stitched up. his section at work don't usually do guard duty at all, but the new boss has decided it would be good for every department to "volunteeer" someone, and he got volunteered by his Sgt. of course, at the rugby last week I got a bit tipsy (as you do) and ended up asking his boss why there was no one else availiable, i actually named everyone on the entire section saying "he could do it, or she could do it". meanwhile DH was sitting looking the other way pretending he wasn't with me

Mother's Day is also my first wedding anniversary so I'm hoping dh will pull off something spectacular, well, you can always live in hope eh!

Same here. I get 'You're not my effing mother'.

Funny that. I do a damn sight more for him than his own mother ever did and I buy her card and flowers on his behalf.

Not any more, though.

i also get your not my mother but i go out and get his mother a card and gift
i am happy with homemade cards from the dc's

just wait till fathers day he will get nothing see how he likes it (but i normally back down and buy a nice gift for the boys to give him)

One day I will get something I really like for mother's day....one day. I loooove flowers but I can't remember the last time I got any So far this year I've had a birthday and Valentines Day - birthday was nice - kids gave me things they liked which were OK and DH got me .....knickers. Valentines Day - DH got me knickers. Anyone seeing a pattern emerging? So after a brief discussion on the subject of the merits of underwear (all on DH's side) and flowers (all on mine) I hope I've got it through to him that as I don't care for knickers, and only wear the silly fancy ones for his benefit, they do not consitute a good present .

If I get knickers for Mother's Day I'm leaving home.....

Does anyone else end up cooking sunday lunch for mother and mil on Mothers Day? I seem to every year and can't help feeling that something is wrong....

That will be me this year O - cooking effing lunch

Poor you 'Bozza' - the last place I would want to spend my birthday is with in-laws. And why on earth should any mother have to entertain a MiL on Mothers Day?