AIBU to expect my Mother's Day treat to be more than a lie in?

[EveryLittleBreeze]

Especially as DH didn't get out of bed until 11.22am today...

I was up at 5am with dd today. And at work by 9. Tomorrow will be an action replay. I didn't think people really cared about Mother's Day - am I wrong?

I go on strike on Mother's day having trained DH to an aceptable domestic standard.
DD has already made me 4 cards so I expect she can be persuaded to do more and keep quiet.

YANBU.

Go on strike. Say you have a temparature/lurgi/a bad case of CBA (can't be arsed) and stay on sofa looking wan.

We are getting up early to surprise MIL with breakfast. Almost forgot I was a mother too!

DH did try and sneak off in Woolworths today but came back with a Grin of Joy and some new Playdoh Sand instead of chocolates/treat for me.

He didn't lie in this am as I gave him SOOO much sh1t for waking me up at 2.40am when he came to bed (I'm 7 months pg and couldn't get back to sleep ), but he did retire after lunch until I decided it was his time for some DD 'wakey wakey' love at 5.30.

Oh - MIL lost her mum three weeks ago so I am being far more caring than usual.

I know that Mother's Day is one of these hijacked-by-greetings card companies-holidays but so long as it exists and I don't get any lunch or coffee breaks, sick days, holidays, or annual appraisals I'd like a bit of recognition. I do realise it is Mother's Day, not Wive's Day but at 2.5 I feel DS needs a bit of adult guidance (just as don't expect him to go to the shops and buy birthday presents for his friends himself or spontaneously offer to make his Grandma a thank you card.

I'll I would be delighted with anything cheap and/or homemade if it showed any bloody thought at all.

Must apologise for an excess of typos in all previous posts. This is largely due to a little localised fury and a surfeit of Pinot Grigio.

have already got chocs and a mug and card and flowe that ds made, and I will refuse to get out of bed til 9am..

Me and MIl have planned our mothers day.

I am a lone parent now and MIl is very supportive, so we have planned a nice roast chikcen dinner with yummy deserts, I will make the dinner at hers, I have flowers and a card for her,

no idea what I will get as older DS is away at camp and DD will have made cards for granny at school rather than me, (she is a granny's girl). Doubt exH will have encouraged them to make a card or anything, he hasn't seenthan for over a week (sore back apparently).

I will be spending most of the day alone with the children while Dh is round the IL's helping renovate their house.

I have already had my presents but the cards have been saved for tomorrow. I got a lovely big bouquet of flowers, a yummy mummy mug and a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts I had also bought myself some perfume in case dh forgot (hes been working 12hr days all week so I understood if he didnt remember)

Tonight ds2 (4yrs) did the washing up for me, there were only a couple of small bits because we have a dishwasher, and when I asked why he was doing it he said 'Happy Mothers Day' It was so sweet, he had done it all on his own, no one had told him to do it

DS1 (10) told me he would bring me breakfast in bed but know that it wont happen. My 9month old dd will make sure im up and about before he is even awake but the thought was nice. Last time i was bought breakfast in bed was when I treated dh to a weekend away

Yes.

I would have loved a lie in!

I am happy. I got a lie in. A cuddle with ds and dh. A card. a bacon sandwich and a cup of tea. Roast lamb with all the trimmings is on its way. What more could you want.
I am so happy.

Oblomov, does DH know how to do a roast?
I got my lie in, bacon sarnie and tea in bed, they were told No Cards or gifts from shops so I got a nice hug and a kiss, off to MiL's then DP is supposedly cooking roast chicken but he has never done it before.
I suppose standing on the sidelines yelling 'turn the cabbage down now' is better than cooking it

really, his first roast?!
my d does it better than me! sadly he's out with his mates so no roast for me...

No not his first roast, we are both good cooks.

LO goes to nursery thursday & friday, so was guaranteed a hand made card (well - hand made by nursery staff ). DP did assist DD in picture for me and there was big box of chocs (tho these really were a belated valentines as he was ill then). I was feeling ill from all the mainly pink expensive tat that all the shops were filled with and also being pushed by breakfast shows etc. A little bit of fuss & recognition is all that is asked for - and got in abundance.