My two primary aged children are running around this morning gathering up my DH’s gifts for Father’s Day, making additional hand made cards for him etc. On Mother’s Day they barely looked at me and had to be prompted to wish me a happy Mother’s Day.
I’m feeling a bit sad and hurt though obviously not showing it. I do everything for them and my DH is the “fun dad”. In reality this is because he’s pretty lazy and so isn’t nagging at them to brush their teeth or tidy up after themselves etc.
He will roll out of bed at god knows what time and they will be all over him. Meanwhile I will have got them breakfast, helped them solve their rubix cube that has had them in tears, finished doing their laundry and ironing, packed their bags for after school sports clubs etc
I know I’m probably being a bit of a brat but it just sucks. I’m tempted to tell them that from now on they can rely on their dad to sort things out for them. See how they get on on their birthdays if he is in charge. There’s be no more parties that’s for sure! But I won’t. I’ll carry on doing what I do and hope that one day when they are older they will realise everything I do for them.