Too many mum things all at once!

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I love my mum dearly. But I love the calendar a lot less! Mothers Day today obvs , and it was her birthday two weeks ago and my parents’ anniversary two weeks before that. Often the three things are even closer than they are this year.

I feel like I’ve barely taken the Christmas tree down as well! I really don’t overdo any of these things individually, but all together the numbers of gifts, meals, cards! Bloody cards, trying to think of something new to say on yet another bloody card. Argh! Flowers flowers everywhere. She’s running out of vases from the last time!

Only a silly rant obviously, and of course I am aware of my privilege in having a lovely mum who’s alive and nearby. But god why couldn’t she have been born in July?? Or got married in July like a normal person and been born in October?

Nothing for 9 months after today though. So I can breathe…

You didn't get a valentine card?
I'm with you.
Christmas cards will be out after Easter and father's day

What a bizarre post

I have never understood why other people should celebrate my and h's wedding anniversary, unless perhaps it's an important anniversary. I tend to forget my own and wouldn't expect cards and flowers, they'd annoy me. Next time, send them an e-card if need be.

loads of people of my parents’ generation got married in March as the could claim back a full year’s “married man’s tax allowance”. I’m not sure when that ended so depending on your parents’ ages that could explain the March wedding!

(My parents and their friends were marrying in the 1960s)

I got married in December and I'm still a normal person?

i get you. My mums birthday is early March and I always struggle to think what to get anyway and then Mother’s Day feels so soon after. She gets flowers for that though, keeps it simple.
As someone said, I also find it odd to celebrate someone else’s anniversary, unless it’s a big one. My parents golden one came up last year and we had to drive back early from a festival we were at seeing an artist that meant the world to us to get there for it. We managed to do both things so felt like a pretty good result all round but normally we wouldn’t acknowledge it.

I'm in similar boat and I am the dm. My dc and I agree to stagger the lovely events so will do birthday in October or mother's day in august. Works for me