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.

[twinsetandpearls]

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!

my dp is currently down the pub with his mate and is expecting me to have cooked a roast dinner for him and his dad for his return. i have been up since the crack with the baby and dd woke at 7am - while dp snored throughout. i asked where my card was and was told mothers day was old hat nowadays!! dd made me a card at school which was nice but it would have been great to have a couple of hours without one or both of my kids up my arsehole.

Well I got to lie in

then with ds stomping about it was not worth trying to get back to sleep so i got up.

No sign of breakfast in bed then

came downstairs

dp went out to car and came back in with card to get dd to write it.

He went out to get some essentials as I have no car atm and no local shops. (Roll on next week when insurances and then tax are sorted so I'm mobile again)

then he went out to work

ds dad came by 30 mins ago with flowers, his parents are florists so that's handy

Don't expect dp home till after I'm in bed so will have to make tea myself

and I have no coca cola

I knew I wouldn't be alone! Well, I was a big baby today and cried about the lack of attention! In my defence I am 30 weeks pg! So now it has been arranged that next week we are all going out to lunch, including MIL who as usual had her flowers and card bought by me [sigh]

Can't believe the number of women who buy the stuff for their MsIL. It's his mother, DH buys whatever. And if he forgets, as he has done today, then he bears the consequences. If I take on that job it becomes my fault if it ever goes wrong, so there's no way I'm going down that road.

BTW, home-made cards from the kids, up at 7am to cook lunch for 12, DH hadn't remembered it was mother's day. However, I'm not cross because this is his busiest and most stressful work day, and because he does spoil me when he does remember.

I bought MiL's presents yesterday when I popped into Sainsburys, but I think present buying can be one of those jobs that as a couple you don't both do, I know what MiL likes so it's easy enough for me to grab it, same with FiL. BiL isn;t quite so simple and BiL's girlfriend is the easiest of all.
Some people just aren't good present buyers, DP is one of them so when a present is needed I'll be the one that picks it up.
I don't think it really matters who buys it tbh, and I know MiL would've much preferred the wine and chocs I bought her than some silly kitten-type card and a bunch of almost dead flowers that DP would've probably got if left up to him!

IKWYM, VS. Actually in lots of ways DH is as good (or bad) a present buyer as me, so I do understand that lots of people just wouldn't know what would work. And with my MIL to get it wrong is a Very Bad Thing so I guess I just don't want to risk it - would rather DH bore the pain on that one.

I buy MIL's present even though she is a cow to me a lot of the time, mainly because I only have sons so am hoping for some good karma from my DILs in the future if my ds's inherit their Dad's thoughtlessness!

sorry thought twinset
we KNOW oyur dh loves oy.
so no sypmpathy here.

All the more reason to get up and do something as a family if you ask me. (is that too harsh)

my dp sent my dad (they were working together on sat) to get me some flowers from dd's as he knew my dad would get a discount as he knows the florist.
I know its the though that counts, but tight even on mother's day- I'm going to look in the reduced items for father's day just to get my own back!!

fathers day doesnt count in our house

Thanks Cod [hmmm]

Not harsh at all, beckystaffs that was exactly what we did.

DH got completely bollocked by email this morning from MIL for only phoning, and not senidng flowers, taking her out, etc, etc ... Not sure whether I should feel glad this was A Lesson To Him or guilty that I didn't bail him out.

I did get taken out to lunch today though as a late MD celebration.