AIBU Mother’s Day is cancelled this year!

[GinDrinker00]

AIBU with everything going on and times being very uncertain right now I just don’t have the money to blow on things like Mother’s Day.
I’ve got cards so both mums (mine and MIL) have something but MIL is expecting a sum of money (not even just £20 which is still a lot right now!) for Mother’s Day to go towards something she wants.
I’m not getting a present this year (my kids being healthy is the best present any mother could have right now!) neither is my mum and I feel like MIL shouldn’t really get anything either to make it fair.
AIBU? Considering I now have to plunge what money I do have on home schooling resources and I’m rather skint as it is! MIL will be rather annoyed though as she’s been expecting this for months!

Now is a wonderful time to gift your MIL the knowledge that 'wanting isn't the same as getting'.

AvocadoPrime, birthday wishes to you.

I'd say 'happy' birthday, but obviously you're not having a great one, and understandably so. Hopefully next year you can go hard!

Ahh thank you @mbosnz lovely of you!

I completely get where you are coming from. I, like yourself, do not have the money to go and buy unneccesary gifts for a holiday that is quite frankly, made up by the greeting card industry.

There's nearly one of these stupid occasions every month. Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Valentines Day... it's just ridiculous and forces people to spend money simply for the sake of it.

I have sent my mother a personalised moonpig card and that's it.

The whole of 2020 is cancelled, darling, didn't you know?