To ask what YOU do on Mothers Day?

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What do you do? Do you visit both sets of parents (in laws and your own?) whilst celebrating the day as a mum yourself with your own children? Do you spend it just with your partner and children? Do you take it in turns each year with where you spend it?

My teenage DD has suddenly turned into a capable young woman. Organised birthday presents for me and DH completely under her own steam and I think she will do the same for Mothers Day. There's something v special about having something that has been thought about, shopped for and wrapped completely independently!

Usually either cook a meal here for DM or go to MIL s for take away (including my DM) as her house can accommodate all of us. Don't usually have MIL here as BIL and his DCs would want to come too and we just don't have the space !!

Both mothers away this year so I'll get a cup of tea and some lovely cards etc made by the dds. Then dd1 has an Irish dancing event and so it'll be business as usual. Not expecting DH to do anything to help the dds this year, going through a bad patch.

I hate " stuff" Its so sad when people have nothing.

The mil is demanding another family gathering at hers this year so as usual I won't see my own mum or get any kind of special day for me. Hate mothers day.

Nothing special. My mum died 8 years ago and I've not got a partner, so will be just me and 11yo ds. I've told him he's got to make me breakfast and as many cups of tea as I want though :) I'm just cooking a nice roast dinner and planning on chilling, much like most Sundays!

This year DD, DS and DDIL are taking me and DDIL's Mum out for lunch.
My own mum is very elderly, in a care home and has had a stroke - I have sent card and flowers to her.

For the last couple of years I've spent it with DH and MIL and seen my own mum on a different day. My mum really doesn't mind because I show her I care about her every day and we do lots together over the whole year. MIL does care very much about Mother's Day.

It is my first Mother's day as a Mother (of 3 week old ds). I'm planning to stay at home and chill out, it has been a busy few weeks!

Same as every year - seeing both mine and DH's mothers in separate visits. This ends up taking a lot of the day, and to be honest, I do sneakily sometimes wish we could just go out for lunch or something just the four of us, but then I feel guilty thinking that as it'll be awful once mine and DH's mums have both gone. Probably feels very poignant this year as my Dad is very ill with terminal cancer and probably won't be here for fathers day, so I've bought a mothers day gift they can both enjoy (a voucher for afternoon tea for two). But I know DH has organised cards and a gift for me from the DDs.

All I really want to go is head out to the nearest mountains for a day of fresh air and scenery (with DH and kids). But no, apparently we've not seen DMil for ages (true) so we need to go up and visit her and DFil. And if we weren't doing that, we'd be doing something with my mum.
Does nobody ever want to scream "but what about what I want to do"? Or is that just me?

My folks coming to mine for the day. I'm cooking a (hopefully) nice lunch for all of us. Then some posh sarnies and home made hot cross buns for tea! Got to work all day tomorrow so have starting prepping today. Pleased to be able to do it as my folks are endlessly supportive.

I saw my mum last weekend and took her present with me. I will phone and speak to her on Sunday.
DH has sent his mum a present and again, will speak to her on Sunday. We saw them two weeks ago.

On Sunday I am hoping for a lie in as we are at a wedding tomorrow til late. 14y DD has bought me a gift and card apparently (so she tells me :) ) and Dh will probably bring me (and dd!) breakfast in bed - but this is something he often does anyway. Not sure what we will do re food, but I have just booked tickets for DD (and her friend) to see Beauty and the Beast (again!) in the afternoon - so will be partially involved in taxi service to and fro. I did suggest it as a day for her to go, she double checked it was ok as Mother's Day :D

So mainly a lazy day for me.

Send my mum flowers and a card as she lives 6 hours away. Try and go for a nice walk to feed ducks with my 2 year old and partner. Never go out for lunch or anything planned like that as is too busy and prices hiked. Hopefully get a card and a photo mug from little one haha.. love that stuff

I send a card to Mum and MIL! Well, when I say I, I actually mean my DP, all I had to do towards it is sign my mums card.

Then DP arranged for one of his brothers to get and deliver flowers to MIL, he pays him.

I will see my DM in a couple of weeks and will take her something then!

I am a Mum myself, so my DC need to be able to have the time to treat me accordingly. They will bring me breakfast in bed.Give me small presents. My eldest DD has told me she is skint until payday, so do I mind waiting till next week for a present. Of course that is fine.

Then, the afternoon is a rush of a 27 mile trip for DD2's karate training, junior sempai training and trying to fit in a hospital visit to my elderly neighbour, as I know there will be no visits from her children, due to them being too far away!

I sneak off and call my mum while trying to distract my DH - whose mum passed away when he was 20 - from the fact that it's Mother's Day at all. A horrible time of year for him, I loathe it. When we have kids it will be banned!

I'm working so not much here. I am sure dh will cook me my favourite meal while I'm at work and my eldest son will bake me something. No difference there really as dh always cooks when I'm at work and 99% of the time when I'm not.

I am seeing my mum tomorrow. I am spending the evening with MIL tomorrow (not with dh) but relations are a little strained so dh doesn't make a big deal out of the day as it is awkward.

Pure and simple, with my children enjoying things together including a roast dinner. I also spend some time with my mum chatting and relaxing.

No breakfast in bed for me, I am getting my gall bladder out on Mother's Day, I have to be at the hospital for 7.30am.

Don't visit any family, mil is deceased and my mum is hours away. For years I've worked Mother's Day but this year I'm off so we are going out for a meal. With two teenagers it could be interesting 😬

I did make my mum a crocheted blanket though.

Before my Mum passed we used to go and see my Mum either on the Sunday( if we weren't going out anywhere on the Sunday)or the Saturday and I'd take lots of lovely food and drinks with us and we'd make a lovely lunch for my Mum and we'd give her cards and presents.

My MIL lives a few hundred miles away from us so we don't get to see her on Mothers Day but we always order her nice flowers to be delivered and we send her cards and presents from us and the 5DC and we do the same for DH's Nan and my DH rings his Mum and his Nan on the day.

We went and visited my Mum today,we took a couple of bunches of lovely flowers and placed them on her grave and we'd bought a lovely memorial candle and we lit that and toasted my Mum with her favourite tipple and one of her favourite cakes.

I'm hiding from it all, or attempting to :(

My mum died almost 2 years ago, and we're struggling with fertility treatment. It's not something I feel in any way inclined to mark & I feel like someone's punched me in the stomach every time another bloody advert comes on or an email pings into my inbox, I'll be glad when it's over

DH is going out with mil & rest of their family, I can't face it

A day off to do housework. Can't wait. V.v. Excited

Sorry forgot to say what happens for me.

I get a lay in and breakfast in bed and a love with our 5DC and the 3 Dogs(I say Love they all clamber all over me)and then I open my presents and cards.

Sometimes we go out for the day somewhere nice for Mothers day sometimes we stay in(it depends how I'm feeling) and order some movies and my DH gets something special in for lunch and then later for dinner.

We have my parents, my MIL, my grandparents and my sisters family around to ours for either a meal or, like this year, a tea party. It's great fun and the kids get to see everyone.

I always get my mum a bunch of daffs and my DC do the same for me. Happy, cheerful flowers for £1.

This year DC will make me breakfast in bed (I hope!) then DD and I will make cake and scones so that we can do afternoon tea at my DM's house.

MIL is usually in Spain with no Post Office box so DH will phone her.