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anyone buying own mothers day present

35 replies

majormug · 16/03/2007 00:40

anyone else having to do this... though about taking dd into shop with £10 and getting shop keeper to choose one with her for me in secret...... she will be upset if she hasnt got anything to give me.

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Lact8 · 16/03/2007 00:45

How come you'll be buying your own if you don't mind me asking?

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majormug · 16/03/2007 01:00

if you do a search on me and read my 'story' you will see what problem is.p (cant call him dp) will not think or want to part with his money on me...... even though i feel its more formy dd who is desp to do sthing nice for mummy!

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jules99 · 16/03/2007 01:03

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majormug · 16/03/2007 01:04

ha ha..... you got a dp to buy from kids

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Lact8 · 16/03/2007 01:06

Soryy mm, just saw some of what's been going on on another thread.

Let your DD 'look' after you on Sunday.

Is she old enough to make you a card herself?

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majormug · 16/03/2007 01:07

yeh she's 5 and had made someting at school.... need some new bath stuff so taking her onto lush!!

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majormug · 16/03/2007 01:12

hi gotta go sleep now xxx

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SecondhandRose · 16/03/2007 06:58

Yep, bought all mine on Monday. Really spoiled myself with silk scarf and matching bag and French Connection top. Mmmmmm.

trillium · 16/03/2007 07:09

I really hate all this Mother's Day, Valentine's Day business, it's consumerism gone mad.

Dd makes me a card, and I make my Mum a card.

Surely there's more love and thought gone into that than a shop bought card with a trite/sappy verse.

In fact my Mum has always insisted that if I love her then I shouldn't need to be told when to let her know it, and I agree with her .

pindy · 16/03/2007 07:13

Yep, did that last week. Silly me hasn't remembered to buy the card yet, oh dear!!!

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kittywaitsfornumber6 · 16/03/2007 07:21

Well, when dh realised it was mother's day he groaned and muttered and made it very, very clear he did not want to do anything for me. My 5 children range in age from 8 to 14 months and I am about to have his 6th.
What I find immensly upsetting is NOT whether he goes out and gets a token card, present, whatever, afterall it's just a day, it's his attitude. He made it very clear that he would be very happy when I could go round being disappointed with the children for not doing anything instead of being disappointed with him. What mean spirit.

trillium · 16/03/2007 07:29

What do you all do for Father's Day, just out of interest ?

ssd · 16/03/2007 07:35

kitty that sounds awful

lissielou · 16/03/2007 07:38

we aremaking mothers day cards today bought myself a dress yesterday "from ds" having said that pre-ds i didnt do mums day. i was a restaurant manager and was waaay too busy

mistressmiggins · 16/03/2007 07:49

no but I helped a bloke at work make one for his wife from his 18 mth son
hes a nice bloke but doesnt seem to have a clue when it comes to what women like !!!

Im crafty & helped him make one with a picture of his son on the front.
Simple but she'll love it

my good deed for the day

Lovecat · 16/03/2007 09:25

DD is too young to know about mothers day, so the present doesn't really bother me, but the last 2 years we've gone out for lunch, so I dropped a hint this morning 'what have you got planned for Sunday?'

DP gives me look of uncomprehending fear (ie 'oh Christ, I'm supposed to have done something because of something else but can't for the life of me figure out what either of them might actually be') but after five minutes or so said - oh shit, it's mother's day, isn't it? Could you ring up and book a table for your lunch?

When I gave him a look in return he protested that he was in meetings all day and was really, really, really busy... and actually he'd been planning to work on Sunday so I should be grateful he's going to be there at all.... don't know whether to be , or (that last is laughing at his utter uselessness in the face of organising anything outside the office - that BT advert on at the moment re. mother's day was written with him in mind!)

kslatts · 16/03/2007 09:45

I don't mind whether dh buys things for my dd's to give to me or not, but dd's would be upset if they hadn't got anything to give me so he usually does.

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majormug · 16/03/2007 11:23

at work so cant stay but though it is all commercialised etc i just wanted to see if he could be bothered to acknowledge how hard i work !!!!! just having tea and toast in bed made by him and dd would be fab!!!!

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sweetheart · 16/03/2007 11:24

I gave my dd £2 to take to school this morning. They have a "mothers day shop" at lunchtime where the kids can go and pick things to buy. Nice idea - if she'd asked her fater for the cash !

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majormug · 16/03/2007 11:25

up until this year i did m day on my own..... sometimes others got something from her but usually went for meal on own with her..... was funny to see all sympathetic looks!!!! i loved it !!!!

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majormug · 16/03/2007 11:25

sweetheart .... thats a lovely idea.
fathers day.... she makes a card at nursery or school and we send it to him.... not been together since she was 1.

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mumblechum · 16/03/2007 13:17

My ds goes into George at Asda jewellry counter with £5 out of his savings and buys something (usually really nice!) while I hide round the corner.

Mydh has never done Mothers day, either for me or his own mum and says that I'm ds's mum, not his which I guess I can't argue about.

rolledhedgehog · 16/03/2007 16:09

I have told DH that the kids would like to buy me something from Monsoon. I have been telling DS (4) it is my fave shop now for weeks but he does not seem interested so I had to take action!

stretchmarks · 16/03/2007 16:17

DS makes a card at nursery and if I get my toast in bed and half an hour alone with the sunday papers I'd be more than happy.

Tortington · 16/03/2007 16:20

i wouldnt buy myself.

i have told my three children that i dont want flowers or chocolates and they have to be more creative.

well if you dont say owt - you get a bunch of daffs and a box of milk tray.