How was your Mother's Day?

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Got up early as DS had a football game. DH had remembered cards and a couple of little gifts from the kids which he'd taken them to choose themselves (house plant and some choccies)

After DS's football game I've done laundry, the weekly shop and made tea. And then got back chat and eye rolls from 14yo DD

Feeling a bit meh 🫤

I’ve had a lovely day. Apart from being woken pre 8am as kids wanted to give me my stuff! DH had let them pick themselves so i got flowers (just supermarket ones but my favourite roses) a chocolate orange, a book, a candle i had liked the smell of last week & some lush shower gel & a nice bottle of gin from my husband that i only tried for the first time a few weeks ago so an effort from all to things i like. He also went to costa this morning (he hates drive throughs & “fuddy” coffees so quite a big deal lol) for breakfast in bed. We went a walk just to a national trust place like most Sundays then he bought & made dinner. My daughters wrote me a poem, my son made me a lego model & my oldest made me cupcakes. I think its been my best one yet as they are a bit older.

Its been 15 years since i lost my mum & mothers day is always around her birthday so its nice they made the effort but the home made things would have been enough.

I got nothing because I need to LTB.

Dd is 1 but woke me up with kisses and slept in til 8am so yay!

Don't really celebrate it with dh so like every normal Sunday really:/

Got my dates mixed up and celebrated a week early by mistake. I organised it - gave dc money to walk to the shop and buy me a card, some chocolate and some daffies - dh's dad is literally at Death's door so he is otherwise occupied this year. They picked well.

Went with my siblings to our mum's house today and had Sunday roast, which was nice.

It was OK, for a normal day. Definitely nothing special. My 6yo is exhibiting very challenging behaviour at the moment. It makes every day hard.

I've had a lovely day. My kids bought me chocs (encouraged by my ex) then I took them out for lunch. They didn't fight and I was allowed 5 minutes in a bookshop. My youngest even managed a cuddle at bed time. The part that made me happiest was the fact they got on so well they even decided to start a podcast together.

Nice. Got away from my DH for the day. He’s very hard work right now. Me & DS had a lovely dinner with my parents, sister & BIL & nephew. Although, BIL had a go at me... So fucking sick of men telling me what to do! My dad can get in the bin too.

It was fine, no different to any other Sunday with the exception of a card and little gift from ds which I appreciated.
I don't get all the fuss tbh, and I don't want breakfast in bed as I'm always awake WAY before anyone else 🙄

It was mixed. DH was lovely and organised DS4 to make cards and gifts from both him and the baby. We did a roast dinner and there was cake. DS4 even let me have the first turn at his Thomas the Tank board game so it was a great day.

On the flip side, my lovely Mum who has Alzheimer's was here (my parents live 200 miles away) and it was painfully obvious how much of a shadow of her former self she is. I sat down next to her about 4pm immediately after aforementioned presents and cake and said "It's nice to have you here for Mother's Day". She replied "Ooh, is it Mother's Day?". I did have to escape and have a little cry after that. It's a cruel illness - she was a fabulous mum and would be a great grandma as it is, I'm 90% certain she can't remember the baby's name...

I'm sorry your day wasn't great OP. It was my first Mothers Day with DD2 and my DD1 was ridiculously excited about the day so made me breakfast. She cut up a babybel into 4 pieces, put some grapes in a heart shaped bowl and poured me a cup of orange juice with her favourite curly straw.

I am very lucky...I am 49 and have 3 adult children....I live in Norfolk and 2 of my kids travelled from London to be with me....my daughter drove 40 mins to spend the day here...we went for a lovely walk...ended up at the pub and then back to mine for a Chinese takeaway.

My eldest DC went out with my FIL all day so I didn't see him. My youngest is too young to know anything. My DH didn't get a card from the kids ti me but instead 'took me shopping' which meant that we bought stuff for the kids and the day ended with an IOU as he had apparently planned to buy me some diamond jewellery to mark the first Mother's Day I've had with my youngest. Given past experiences, I doubt this will actually ever happen but I'll give him a fortnight before I mention it. We ended up getting a takeout pizza and eating it in the car instead of going out for a meal because the roads near the restaurant were busy and he couldn't be bothered finding/waiting for parking and also didn't want to park further afield as it was an area we don't know. Thanks for letting me get that out of my system!

Very difficult. Been in tears more than once. There are some very tricky dynamics going on with my own mother at the moment and it's incredibly upsetting. I tried to plan something nice for today it was just frustrating and painful. Luckily my dh and my own dc made it better but Mother's Day is hard when your relationship with your own mum is difficult.

I went for a long walk on my own this afternoon which cleared my head a bit but I'm still feeling pretty down.

Mine was fab! Up early as DS had a rugby tournament which we all (me, DH & DD) went to watch. Got home around 4pm I had an hour nap. Woke up after nap, had some lovely skincare products I really wanted, as presents and a card. DD then lay me down under a blanket on the sofa and gave me a facial, whilst DH cooked a fabulous steak dinner. My lovely neighbour also popped round with some beautiful flowers and fancy bath oil. I could not have asked for a better day.

Had a miscarriage in hospital 4 days ago. 7 year old DD at home. Didn’t get anything from my husband, nothing from DD except a card she made at school. What a rubbish weekend 😥

Waiting for the year I’ll be nicely surprised
widowed and ds is Asd/adhd
Felling pretty useless

My dd drew me a rose (lovely)
Bit sad that ds didn't get me a card he's been away for a year and has moved back in this week

It wasn't good. We went out a long walk and decided to go for lunch. Forgot it was "mothers day". Couldn't get in anywhere. Everywhere was full of people buying the comercialisation of "mothers day".

Why couldn't you have taken your mum's out on a day it wasn't "expected". Pathetic wet wipes. It would mean a lot more than following the sheep.

@Arapawa I feel sorry for you.

You must have a heart of stone and an inability for empathy.

That's a recipe for a gnarled up heart.

But i meanwhile had a lovely prebooked mothers day meal with my family ( on mother's day and they are people not sheep ) .

Honestly it was lovely.

Breakfast in bed, about 4 cards from the (2 kids) to open and a homemade gift each. Matching dresses for me and my girls. Then out to a zoo for the morning and ice cream sundaes before coming back for my 3yo to nap (she has a brain injury and needs routine and rest breaks). I snuggled in bed with her for a nap whilst my husband cooked a roast dinner for us and my parents, who joined us for dinner.

In hindsight it was all a bit much for said 3yo who woke hysterical at half 10 with an hour long meltdown, so she is calm and tucked under my armpit in bed trying to sleep. I'd going to be a very end to a lovely day, but it really was a lovely day until that last 90m.

@motheringfail
Thank you for your kind words, the two I still have at home are of similar ages to yours, perhaps things will be better next year, we live in hope! 💐

Lovely but quite low-key. Last night was more my mother's Day. My four DC's were home for the first time in a few weeks. We got a takeaway. They set the dining table nicely and we sat around it talking for about two hours. It was lovely having just us, no partners or extended family. Got tea in bed, stayed in bed till 12.00 chatting on the phone. DH made us BLTS for lunch. Oldest DD left early for work. Got beautiful flowers, books, makeup and chocolates. The dog, my 5th child, got me a card and a bottle of my favourite non alcoholic wine. Had hoped to go for a walk on the beach but weather was miserable so I sat on the sofa in front of the fire reading while DH and DC made a roast dinner. Talked to my mum who I live a long way from.
Had a long soak in the bath to finish my day. My DC are older, are a combination of college school and work so can do their own shopping and organising. I remember mother's Day when they were small and all I wanted was to stay in bed for an extra hour and a cup of tea made for me that I could drink while it was hot. Every age has its advantages and disadvantages but I loved those years of having smallies proudly presenting their handmade cards and daffodils picked in the garden, being given chocolates that they helped me eat.

I had a fabulous day. Breakfast in bed, lovely bunch of flowers and picture proudly presented by 3 year old, DH and kids just cracked on without me today except to bring cups of tea while I watched old films in bed. I don't remember the last day I had like this, it was probably pre kids.
It was so much better than being given a pile of nonsense gifts then being expected to carry on with the drudge like every other day.

Really nice. DP away on holiday at the moment, phoned me this morning. I got cards & chocolates from (adult) DCs then we went for dinner at a bar-restaurant where a DJ friend of mine was playing. Some friends joined us there it was a lovely and lively evening of good food, banter music & a bit of dancing. I was home by 10pm fell straight into bed, God knows why I'm wide awake now

That sounds like an absolute dream 🥰
Very jealous!