I can’t bring myself to buy a ‘world’s best mum’ Mother’s Day card

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I just wondered if anyone is in the same boat, every year I go to buy a Mother’s Day card and find myself unable to pick up anything that says ‘greatest mum’ or ‘best mum’, I usually just end up with a Happy Mothers Day one, although it seems silly, my mums fine, she’s hasn’t done anything wrong, she wasn’t abusive or horrible, and there are much worse mums out there, but I just can’t bring myself to send a card saying she’s the greatest when it feels like a lie. She’s quite selfish and was very controlling when I was younger and made some choices that now as a parent myself I look back on and don’t understand. She’d be very hurt if she knew I felt this way.

There's too much hype around mothers day and a lot of it's marketing rather than reality. No such thing as a Best Mum. Some are better than others, many are doing their best, all of them make mistakes sometimes . Most mothers love their children and vice versa. We could just celebrate that.

Same here. Happy mothers' day will suffice, same with fathers' day. I am not a fan of either day, they just cause a lot of upset and disappointment.

Mil is NC with one BIL and LC with the other (or they are with her). She is therefore not very happy with our efforts as it is 1/3 of the minimum she would expect.