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Original poster

to expect more for morthers day that crap sex last night and bubble bath that I bought myself and gave to dd to give me.

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twinsetandpearls · 02/03/2008 11:11

DD has made me a card which was lovely but that was it and I have a dp who at the moment is still in bed.

I was in Boots yesterday buying a present for dd stepmum and dd said to me I have not got you anything and was upset so I bought some bubble bath using my boots points so it felt a little less like buying it myself.

I am up cleaning the bloody house while dealing with quite bad side effects of my new medication.

Just to add to my day dd friends have now come round so I have an untidy house full of kids!

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chonky · 02/03/2008 11:17

YANBU. Go and give your dp a large kick up the backside. Heck - 11.11 and still in bed .
Sorry you're feeling rough with the medication, hope the day gets better and you get some TLC.

Pruners · 02/03/2008 11:19

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MamaG · 02/03/2008 11:28

bloody men!

My DH announced last night that "we're doing Mothers Day next week"

DD and DS have made cards at nursery/brownies which are lovely but a bit of effort from DH wouldn't go amiss - even a bunch of scabby daffs would be much appreciated!!

For the last 8 years (since we had DD) he's said "you're not my mother" - fucking tight wanking cuntface

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twinsetandpearls · 02/03/2008 11:46

he is up now and cleaning

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Psychomum5 · 02/03/2008 11:48

sorry.......but PMSL at the 'crap sex' in the title!!!

WatsTheStory · 02/03/2008 11:50

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bossybritches · 02/03/2008 11:53

Twinset at least if he's cleaning you can sit down & put your feet up.....after a lovely LONG hot soak in your new bubbles that is leavingn HIM to look after the kids!!

WatsTheStory · 02/03/2008 11:54

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bossybritches · 02/03/2008 11:54

I was just saying to a mate - it's not as though fecking mpothers day crept up unnanounced did it?????

Don't mind not going out (poor DH was working till 4 am & is back on at 3pm) but even a nice pre=prepared dinner from M&S or Waitrose that I could bung in the oven would have been nice!!!

bossybritches · 02/03/2008 11:58

Did have a bacon sarnie in bed this morning thanks to the DD's.

But only cos I asked DH last night what the plans were for today.....nothing he said I'm working.....but there's some bacon in the freezer get the kids to do you brekkie in bed. Cheers darling!

Dd's did me a lovely card each too so that's the important thing.

Isnt it?

Really?

Not being materialistic.......

sigh

No it fecking isn't

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spamm · 02/03/2008 12:03

You poor thing - I am not sure men are cut out for this, as they seem to fail at it miserably - and I know that is a generalisation, and some are fab, but this seems to be the trend.

My dh bought a very nice card and a Bikers Cookbook, but felt it would be nice to have my ds jump on me at 7am (he normally does not get out of bed until 7.30am-8am at weekends) - so no lie in at all. He then let at 8am, off shooting with his club and will not be back until 3pm, after going to the pub.

But I have decided it is my day, so ds and I went for a long breezy walk on the top of the hill, then bought something nice for supper that I like, and I am planning an early supper so we can all eat together. And I am cooking parsnips, even though dh hates them. Tough! Ohhhhh! I am putting my foot down!

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QueenMeabhOfConnaught · 02/03/2008 12:07

I'm liking the parsnip thing, spamm. Maybe I should make something with turnips and rhubarb for dh.

lardylumps · 02/03/2008 12:13

This is my first mothers day. My dp has man flu and so I got up at 6.30 did dd breakfast and cleaned the house. Dp has now got out of bed and taken dd to his mums as I am working. She has a nice bunch of flowers that i bought and I got........ nothing........ [angry}

cheshirekitty · 02/03/2008 14:27

dd (18) sent me a card from the internet, so she did not personally bother to go out and pick it or post it, just ordered it on-line.

Had brekkie in bed from dh (choc croissant and cup of tea), but been up quite a bit in the night with side effects from medication.

I got dh mum her card and ordered her flowers.

dh did cook me a lovely sunday roast though (he does this every sunday) so not complaining at him. Just feel my dd is a bit selfish and thoughtless.

Ispy · 02/03/2008 14:42

Like your style WatsTheStory. Wish I could have done something like that today. Instead I'm hosting afternoon tea for my mum and sister. DH and I had a tiff last night about something else and he told me in the same breath that he had 1. forgotten 2. didn't know it was Mother's Day.. despite the fact that that's all the kids have been talking about all week and the house is strewn with homemade cards. He did make me breakfast this morning but hasn't wished me Happy Mother's Day (because he's annoyed with me). I have a newborn so I'm just pissed off and feeling angry.
He's usually good about festive days but he's so proud about the tiff we had that he's not budging. Rant over.

hipposcotamus · 02/03/2008 14:51

DS and I have tonsilitits! I got a card from DD and a card from DS, a box of chocs and some cash to get my hair done when I'm feeling better. DP is working.

My mum came over at half 10 with a bunch of flowers for me and some breakfast and said she thought I would be having a rough day and hoped I wasn't planning on doing anything silly like coming to see her today! She's lovely

I got her a massive bunch of flowers delivered and some chocolate bubble bath (coz she's on a diet) so it was a good day all round even though I feel crap!

bramblebooks · 02/03/2008 14:56

MIL has fallen down the stairs and broken her shoulder, so my mother's day has been cancelled (obviously, poor MIL) as DH has had to take her to hospital and currently is arranging her care - she's refusing to stay in and he's going to have to do the hour's round trip back here to pick up his stuff so that he can stay with her - she's too uncomfortable to move here and we both work.

Ah well. A morning's housework has been quite cathartic and my ds1 has been a sweetheart. ds2 is going onto a new insulin regime, so we're sticking pins in him every 2 hours to bloodtest, so it's been fun.

dippydeedoo · 02/03/2008 15:03

mamag ....you say it how it is lmao i luvvvvvv it

Whizzz · 02/03/2008 15:03

I had a card that DH grabbed yesterday, DS told me that he didn't choose it. Today whilst shopping in Tesco DH also managed to grab the thinnest bunch of daffs you have ever seen - I don't think I have a vase thin enough to put them in.
I know it's only an over commercialised day - but it does matter a bit doesn't it ??

Miggsie · 02/03/2008 15:05

OK well you are not his mother, but you are the mother of his kids, frankly he should be thanking his lucky stars any woman is prepared to put up with him, sleep with him and tidy up after him and not actually be his mother (who used to do all that stuff for him).
How mean.
Anyway I don't think mother's day should be that specific, it is supposed to be a celebration of motherhood the act of doing/being and celebrating the love that mothers give us all in society as a whole.
Mother Earth goddess, going on to the Virgin Mary (who had a child by someone she never met and loved him, what a woman).

Go Buddhist, being a mother is highly regarded in their ethos and the love of a mother for her child is considered the most positive act within humans.

I think most men totally miss the point of Mothers day. This is why SAHMs and child rearing is so looked down on in our society.

Whoops, rant over. Back to making the shortbread...!

podglet · 02/03/2008 15:10

MamaG - your's and mine DH the same I also got the "well, you're not my mother" routine.

However, he did (grudgingly) buy me a card from DS (DS is 16 mo), make me breakfast after he had got up (I was up with DS first) and is cooking tea tonight + making flapjacks for me as I had an urge for them

Ok, he is quite lovely I suppose

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twinsetandpearls · 02/03/2008 15:20

Now feeling like a complete bitch as dp has told me he has been dreading today for weeks as it is the first mothers day without his mum.

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twinsetandpearls · 02/03/2008 15:21

Now feeling like a complete bitch as dp has told me he has been dreading today for weeks as it is the first mothers day without his mum.

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