Did you call your mother today? (siblings, holiday, relatives, grandmother)

[randomparent]

Of course I called my mother on Mother's Day!

[jbgusa]

Hard to call a tombstone.

[Georgianbelle]

Visited and had a huge family dinner.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by Emigrations

Yes I did. I generally talk to my mother every day or nearly every day.

What do you have to talk about with her every day? I rarely have anything to say to my mom, calling once/month. Unless I have some kind of news, I don't call. Life just isn't that eventful, lol.

[DragonflyMom]

I called my mother, and my three daughters all got in touch with me. It's nice to be remembered.

[CSD610]

I texted my Mother, no need to call because she wasn't feeling well and in bed most of the day.
She saw the text at some point when she was up for one reason or another.
She texted me back several hours later then went back to bed.

[O.C. Ogilvy]

Originally Posted by veuvegirl

I called my mom to wish her a Happy Mother's Day. Funny thing, she didn't say it to me. Why does it bother me? Because this woman would have a hissy fit if her card did not arrive BEFORE the holiday (birthday, valentine's day, mother's day etc). I mean absolute fit. Would yell at me, make me feel horrible.

One time I had the kids make her drawings, put in the card and sent it out. It was returned for improper postage, I threw a couple more stamps and sent it out. It was a day late. Instead of her saying "thank you for the thoughtful drawings" I received an earful for being so stupid and not putting enough stamps on.

So I expect my mom to treat me the way she expects to be treated.

I sent my mother her gift today, Monday, and told her when I talked to her on Sunday. She said that "it is the thought that counts". I am sorry that your mother doesn't feel the same.

[Utopian Slums]

Of course I did not call my mother! She is not a good person (to say the least) and not worthy of praise merely because she didn't have an abortion.

[monumentus]

Nice value judgement attached to the "No" vote. So now anyone who wishes to click the "No" has to subscribe to the value judgement appended to it.

Originally Posted by dlking58

I called my mother, and my three daughters all got in touch with me. It's nice to be remembered.

I wonder however are you being remembered - or are they being reminded? I think the best times in life to have someone think of you is when there is no apparent reason for them doing so. They simply remembered you and thought about you. And that is nice. Thinking of someone on a day specifically designed to make you think of them I fear cheapens it somewhat - and all seems a little contrived.

Nothing particularly against it myself having said that - but it does make one wonder a little.

[NYC2RDU]

So many cynical people in the world, it's sobering.

I call my mother on Mother's Day and I make sure my boys and I honor my wife as well. Of course I also call my mother regularly throughout the year and make sure my boys respect and appreciate their mother year-round as well. I don't need Hallmark to remind me about what's important and resent having to go nuts one day each year to prove that the mother's in my life are worthy of the attention.

And not every mother is deserving of a day either. I've had the misfortune of knowing a very few women who should have had their children taken away as babies to protect them from verbal, emotional and sometimes even physical abuse. So when I encounter people who overtly shun their mothers, it's they who receive my sympathies, not their mothers, because it takes years of neglect and abuse to push a child so far that they no longer want their mother's in their lives.