Mother's Day Expectations

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Do you expect your DC's to visit you on Mother's Day?

I never missed a Mother’s Day with my Mum, until that utter fucking bastard cancer stole her.

I absolutely adored her, and even though I have a fab DH & DS who make massive fuss of me, it’s just not the same without her.

I was working last year and my teen got up at 6am to make me a cup of tea.((obviously went back to bed again but it's the thought that counts))

My left home Dd is working my at home dd is working so no and kinda

I won’t see either of my kids on Sunday. I don’t even think DS1(23) knows it’s Mothers Day, tbh. He’s somewhere with the army, I’m not 100% sure where, and he’s horrendously busy. DS2(21) is at uni and I don’t expect him to make a 3 hour journey home just for one day.

I’ve sent flowers to my mum and MIL but we won’t see them either as we live too far away. It’s never been expected that we do.

I would have gone to see my mum but she has other plans this weekend! I didn’t see her last year either but can’t remember why. She says she doesn’t ‘expect’ us to come. I live a few hours away from her so can’t just spontaneously show up on the day sadly.

We will probably go and see MIL though as she lives close by. I think she expects it!!

I have a toddler so not at the stage where there’s any question really! I don’t think it’s necessarily an expectation for most people I know - an expectation the day will be marked somehow though, definitely. We invited my mum (and dad too of course) for lunch on Sunday but she is going to be staying with DGM which is lovely but too far for me at the mo as not supposed to be far from my hospital right now as nearing the end of a tricky pregnancy, so I have arranged for some goodies for both of them to be delivered to DGM’s. We are seeing MIL on Saturday.

I won't see my Mum, DH dropped off her present this morning as he was taking DD to her (she does school drop off one day a week) I've not even had a thanks for it but that's our relationship. We barely tolerate each other.

DD, DH and I will be going out for a carvery, that's all I expect and I am very happy with that

I will visit my mum on Sunday anyway what is your Aibu you are being vague

I have a toddler and a baby so yes! MIL is here tomorrow and I took my mum out for lunch on Thursday. Quite often wouldn't see MIL or mum around Mother's Day but they both had visits planned this year!

I'm visiting my mum on Saturday, or rather, she is visiting me as my sister and niece are coming too and I have the biggest living room.

My DC are under 5 but we'll be spending the morning together and then DH will take them to his mum's for lunch and I will relish a long bath.

I'm mot close to my mun. I'll have her over for dinner tomorrow and give her flowers from my DCs. She gets angry if she feels we don't make enough fuss of her which just makes me not want to make any fiss of her. She's difficult to deal with, drinks way too much etc. I don't really like mother's day.

Last spent Mothering Sunday with Mum in 2014, but we do live in different countries. Her card has been delivered; all the books she wanted for the Kindle have been paid for and downloaded for her present.

As ds signally failed to put the correct postage on my birthday card this year, so it never arrived (he is in the UK, we aren't), my Mum sent him a Mothering Sunday card for me, with the correct postage on it about two weeks ago. I know he got it. All he had to do was write, address it and stick it in the post box. No hard for someone with a First and doing an MA one would have thought....today was the last post before Mothering Sunday as we don't get Saturday post in Belgium. Was there a card there? Was there hell. I have reminded him three times to send the damn thing. I might forget to pay his allowance next month to make the popint.

My cats however will be spending Mothering Sunday with me, so that's OK. They are well aware of which is the hand that provides the chicken.....

Spending the weekend with younger (local) dd. Elder (further away) paid money into her account for lunch out tomorrow. I always felt that Mother's Day was a cheerful celebration of a job well done (hopefully). It's always been more important to me than a birthday. Yo the sisterhood

My Dd is only 7 so I’ll be concerned if she is off out without me! I am seeing my mum for the day too and buying her lunch at a restaurant.

Mine is going to her dads as she does every weekend, but I’ve been given my present already as according to my boyfriend it was “time sensitive”.

It was an emu egg decorated with craft stuff and made into a character DD christened Kevin, and who is to be my Mother’s Day dinner as prepared by bf (cue joke about how first he has to “blow” Kevin 😂)

After a flurry of texts and emails, my kids and I have decided we will meet up a week on Saturday, when none of us are working, and have a meal.

It's just a day, but it is nice to get together whenever we can, and this is an excuse!