AIBU to have to tell DH that very modest treats are appropriate on Mother's Day?

[MamaHobgoblin]

Ok, am being spoilt brat because I did get a card, 'signed' by DS, who is one, so it's my first Mothering Sunday (missed last year's by one day!) but DH expressed surprise when I said 'ok, where's me breakfast then?' and further surprise when I asserted that First Time Mother's Day mothers of our acquaintence were being taken out for lunch, flowers, etc. I then 'told' DS that I had a tummy like the Somme, intermitent incontinence and some decorative embroidery on my fanjo that was mine to keep forever, and that it was A Special Day. /shameless.

Am being a cow, aren't I? Still, flowers would've been nice. Or scrub that, just an acknowledgement that it's not entirely unheard of for Fuss to be made of mummies on Mother's Day. Feel ashamed that I had to beg for some breakfast that wasn't just cereal that I could pour for myself.

mama, I've made my own breakfast (have started a thread about my great night out....not), don't worry, you're not the only one moaning today!

your not a cow either

hey...you got a card and a lie in, i read on the other thread!!

no sympathy!!! yabu

lol at decorative fanjo

I made my own breakfast. Noone has even said Happy Mother's Day to me.

We are in Switzerland and they are not celebrating Mother's Day today. My German DH is in Germany this weekend and did not know. DCs are too young to organise something themselves (and I draw the line at helping them make me a card)

Make a big fuss this year about not getting flowers, you need to set precedent. If you accept it then you will never get the whole "lets spoil mummy" day that you want.

I know. My dh didn't do anything my first Mother's Day and I felt really sad.

It's my first Mother's Day of two kids today and no card, flowers etc etc. Well, dd made a card at playgroup! But dh is at least making me tea and brekkie and sort of looking after the kids... but he is fab the rest of the year so I can't really complain...

but YANBU to be a bit miffed, really.

Yeah, DS slept from 8.30 to 6.30, we should be celebrating!

Oh, it's ok, but DH is a bit like this - thinks flowers are a bit of a waste of money (to be fair, I filled the house with cut-price daffs the other day so it looks festive anyway) and it simply wouldn't occur to him to take me out for a meal because it was Mother's Day. We're going out to lunch in a way in any case, to a christening appropriately enough, so I am being silly really.

Just remember I used to love making a fuss of my mum - would creep out at crack of dawn (ahem, 8am) and buy her flowers from the newsagent, pick primroses from the garden for her breakfast tray, make a card etc. Oh well. DH is of course massively talented but it'll be a while yet before he's handcrafting my card!

Umlellala, TWO babies and first Mother's Day?? You need double the fuss!

That's true, MamaHobgoblin (I was celebrating a 6am start too ) - it'll be lovely when the dc are doing it themselves...

DH is actually good at buying flowers, I am sure if he were here he would take the DC over to the farmers' market in France to buy me some. Last time they did that they did that they brought home 3 bunches of flowers as they could not decide which ones to get

I would actually resent receiving flowers on mothers day, or valentines day - because i am tight and resent that they are double their normal price at this time of year.

Im just off to the garden centre to buy my mother some overpriced plant

I'm not big on flowers either, and DH knows it. DH "helped" our 2yo with a card and gift for me. I don't worry too much over Mother's Day. I think if you got a card and a lie-in, you're probably well ahead of the game, at least in the eyes of those who didn't get that. We keep it very low key here. It's really just another day.