Mother's Day card... signed by both of you?

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Just wondering, if writing your retrospective Mother's a card.. do you sign yours and your partners name or just put yours to your own parent?

I put just from me to my Mum but then my Husband put both our names in MIL card but I don't actually feel that's necessary? She's never really been a Mother figure to me.

Both

Just me! I send my mother a card, she is not my husbands mother.

I only put my name. She’s not my dh’s mother! He only puts his name on his mother’s card. His sister writes the whole family’s names in.

We always put the whole family on - DH, me and kids. I know MiL is not my mum, she knows that too - but we all appreciate her.

No we each do our own, my DH’s mother isn’t my mum. Even though I get on well!
They get the same on Mother’s Day, cards, flowers/plant, choc, wine, CD, jewellery - not all of that just bits and pieces. They aren’t really bothered to be honest, the bit they love is both coming for lunch and games. They get on well.

Both.
She does so much for us as a family that I like to have it acknowledged that I'm appreciative too.

Yeah both names and the dog 😂 I love my mother in law which I know is weird on mumsnet and I also buy the card and present don't make my husband do it because she is great and I always want her to have something nice 🥰

I always sign just from myself. As an aside, my darling late husband bought me a card from DD when she was little, it said "To Someone Who's Like A Mother To Me" He couldn't understand why I found it funny. God, I miss him.

Both!

I address it 'to our special Mam and Mother-in-Law', I get the DC a Grandma card for her too.

Lol Same us us! Only we write the cat's name. 😂Yes, it's nice to show that we love them and appreciate them. They also write "from mam and dad" on gift tags/cards etc. I don't mind it. I admit that I actually like it! 😁💖

Only me! She's not his mum and his isn't mine. Nor do we need to waste money on Grandma cards for Mother's Day.

I put both in my mum's. She's a mother to both of us in different ways. She's very fond of my husband so I think it means something to her. She says he's the son she never had and never wanted, it's their running joke.

I'm pretty sure my husband puts both our names in his to his mum as well. She thinks of me as a daughter, so it's nice to recognise that.

My kids send a card to both grandmothers as well, even though they're now grown up. They like to do it and they're always well received, so I don't think of it as buying into a con or wasting money.

Just me and dd

I think it's a completely personal thing; there's no right or wrong way. My parents always signed their cards to their mums as being from both of them. DP and I just sign ours individually - we're both very fond of each other's mums though!

We usually put both names in both mothers' cards.
There's no right or wrong way though. I don't think either of our mums notice when we sign from all of us or just their own child.

Just my name.

From both. She mothers him more than she does me 😂

Used to put both but my parents were very weird about it.

I think it depends on the relationship you have with your MIL - I have known mine all my life and I adore her, and DH has known my mum all his life and he adores tolerates her, so we both put our names on their cards, as they are mums to both of us

I usually provide the card or prompt DH to buy one sooner than the Saturday before. MIL usually lets us know if she’s away and won’t want us to send anything like flowers. I don’t sign it though.

Just me to mine and him to his. Anything else is weird.

oh I wouldn't dream of adding my name to my MIL's card, or vice versa for my partner. Your DH probably should have asked you first.

Why is it weird?
Surely it is dependant on the relationship you have with your MiL.
My mum died years ago and my Mil really looks out for me and treats me like a daughter.

We always write from both us but it depends on what the relationships are like I guess.

I love my MIL, she's fantastic. But she's isn't my mum so I wouldn't ever send her a card saying she was.

Maybe I take a more literal interpretation of the day than others.

So it's weird to me.