"Treat Mum to a restful night"

[doadeer]

The Mother's day promotion emails have started hitting my inbox... The White Company is all about treating your mum to a good sleep by buying expensive pjs....

I can't help but think this would never be the message in father's day promotion. It's a bit depressing that "sleep" is the most indulgent thing you can treat your mum to 🙄

Well if we will keep banging on about lack of sleep on here, this is what we are going to get.

And of course, it is totally reasonable to start harping on about Father's Day being much better, as if that is any less stereotypical.

Just our biology isn't it rather than societal sexism?

No...? It's not our biology to be knackered. I'm a mother and I sleep well.

That's one advert in a sea of them.
I'm sure beard trimmers are advertised as luxury for men, cos having a shave is a luxury... 🤷🏼‍♀️

namechanger2019 Felt exhausted just reading that !

Pjs would make absolutely sod all difference to the level of sleep. If it did I would spend all my money!

I haven't said I'm offended, that's far too strong a sentiment... I just said it's a little depressing that as women what we supposedly want most of all is sleep, and I queried whether this messaging would be used for men.

@ElizabethMountbatten

You just described my life.

I'm not really into Mother's Day. If I am asked what I'd like I either say nothing or a lie in and breakfast in bed (and then to be left alone so I can read in bed). I can't find anything in the advert to get offended by.

My lack of sleep is self inflicted (I stay up too late). Regardless, I would be thrilled to get these PJ for Mother’s Day 😊.

I find it neither depressing or offensive.

Peace, quiet and a sleep in.........ahhh, perfect!

Oh behave OP - it's marketing and it’s done a good job because I’m going to get my mum some lovely White Company pjs for my own mum.

Thanks for the tip!

What @Prepenultimate said, with bells on!

@JonnyPocketRocket and some Zopiclone would be good too 👍🏻

You should have posted on feminism op!

I get it's their thing but have never been in their shop so not sure what else they sell

Agree that it's wording is a bit sad

What women want more than anything else is just a decent night's sleep. And this is a luxury. Which can be solved with a certain pair of PJs?

Well I breast fed all 3 of my dc so DH couldn’t really do night feeds (dc wouldn’t take a bottle) and the baby wanted by breast, so yes I would of loved some sleep personally 🤷🏻‍♀️

Sleep wasn’t all I wanted 🙄 but it was certainly top 3

Being a mother to a young child especially a breast feeding one is exhausting

I'm trying to remember what steak and blow job day was a response too. Even nice men seemed to be all hahaha to that.

Oh that's right it was valentine's Day, women get flowers / chocs as a standard, men want a BJ in return. Hmmm.

Anyway. I only just woke up, personally. Having a steak for lunch. No thank you to candles and pajamas

All the people saying sleep is all they want, only one day a year and sold as gift?

Gosh how miserable. The things people think to moan about are really baffling

I agree that decent sleep is a huge and wonderful luxury when you have young children.

And by ‘you’ I mean ‘women’, since for some weird weird reason nobody’s marketing an early night and some lovely pyjamas and a lie-in to dads for Father’s Day. Why is that?

I'd love a decent night sleep. Best present ever! Usually though Mother's day consists of waking to my children bickering about who's bringing breakfast up/cards up , then me doing all the usual chores that I do every Sunda.
Would love to lie in bed until whenever, then chill for the day.

FWIW I can remember when sleep was my greatest treat. I dare say a lot of parents of tinies would say the same.

It didn’t depend on fancy new pyjamas, though. Any scruffy old ones would have done.

Have you ever owned White Company bedding and pyjamas and all the other stuff? It’s amazing! I like to wake up in the night and take a moment to enjoy it.

How on earth could The White Company pitch a hang gliding day though? They literally sell bedding & pyjamas.

Here is a Father's day blog post from a couple of years back - blog.thewhitecompany.com/live/fathers-day-gift-ideas/ - slippers, dressing gown, a plant pot (?), a cook book, a picture frame and a wine cooler. It's not like they're offer Mum a good night's sleep and Dad a chainsaw operated by dragons.

Yanbu OP.

Fathers day 2016 -

Take it easy at home dads, put your feet up and potter around the house in your slippers.

Women, have a restless nights sleep in some luxury sleep wear.

blog.thewhitecompany.com/live/fathers-day-gift-ideas/

I would love someone to give me some restful sleep, currently 30 weeks pregnant, SPD, acid reflux, leg cramps at night abs now a stupid cough.
I haven't slept well in weeks!