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My stepson didn't do anything or get anything for me. I don't really care b/c i'm not his 'real' mother so it's fine
Your stepson is a teenager, right? Did your husband do anything?
I was a stepmom before I was a biological mom and my husband always made a big deal of the holiday when my skids were little(we had physical custody of them for 10 years). They made me something at school as well, since they both had a lot of academic concerns and I was the one talking to the teachers all the time.
Now they're adults. I did not hear from them yesterday, nor did I expect to. But I had a lovely day with my husband and son.
Your stepson is a teenager, right? Did your husband do anything?
I was a stepmom before I was a biological mom and my husband always made a big deal of the holiday when my skids were little(we had physical custody of them for 10 years). They made me something at school as well, since they both had a lot of academic concerns and I was the one talking to the teachers all the time.
Now they're adults. I did not hear from them yesterday, nor did I expect to. But I had a lovely day with my husband and son.
He didn't, but it's fine. My husband is not a gift person. He didn't even get his own mother. It's just not something his family does. He siblings didn't either. They also don't give gifts for birthdays. It's odd but could also be cultural.
I don't need materialistic things anyway. I spent time with them, so it's enough.
We don't celebrate the Hallmark holidays in my family. However, I don't think my son has ever missed calling and saying "Happy Mother's Day".
No cards, gifts, or flowers, though, and that certainly doesn't ruin my life. I can't imagine getting hurt feelings over such a thing as not getting a gift on a manufactured holiday. A waste of time and emotion.
We don't celebrate the Hallmark holidays in my family. However, I don't think my son has ever missed calling and saying "Happy Mother's Day".
No cards, gifts, or flowers, though, and that certainly doesn't ruin my life. I can't imagine getting hurt feelings over such a thing as not getting a gift on a manufactured holiday. A waste of time and emotion.
I got hurt by my eldest. He woke up and immediately started complaining about what I didn't get him at the store. He is a loving and wonderful person, but clueless as a brick sometimes. I told them, jeez you know before you **** all over me, maybe Happy Mother's Day? We kissed and made up.
My youngest wrote me a very nice letter. In it she wrote that when he is older and rich, she will give me presents. I told her I never want any presents for Mother's Day. Just an I love you is all I want.
Yeah. I've done in myself and had it done to me. Circumstances have caused forgetfulness sometimes. It doesn't matter to me, it's just one day out of 365 days and I've never been a slave to the calendar. I have a good relationship with my mom and my adult children so it's no big deal. If it IS a big deal to anyone they should make sure people know it and know what's expected of them and maybe even make plans for it themselves. My eldest does this for her own BD every year and it's always a hit.
I'm not a mother, so I don't get anything out of this
Well - some years i did get flowers from my fur babies. This year some cookies.
anyway - we would always do something for our mom - she raised 11 kids after all. But i don't see the same being done for the females in my family that decided to reproduce.
One of my sisters, who knew I was going to the brunch with my mother, another sister, our daughters, and others, texted me to "tell Mom I said Happy Mother's Day". I texted back, "No, you call her later and talk to her yourself."
No way was I going to pass along second-hand Mother's Day wishes. C'mon. Our mother is 90. You can't give her a five-minute phone call? I know it's a pain to call my mother because she can't hear and pretends she can and so the phone conversations don't make sense half the time, but so what. It's Mother's Day. Just call her.
At least one of them forgets or is mad at me every year. I think I might start to wonder if it was the same kid every year but it’s not.
I remember when I was 16 & I didn’t get my dad a birthday present one year & my mom really laid on the guilt trip thick. I mean I was sort of impervious back then & she had me feeling so bad, I had him something by dinner time! It’s part of growing up. Can’t get away with those glued pieces of macaroni on a sheet of construction paper forever ...
At least one of them forgets or is mad at me every year. I think I might start to wonder if it was the same kid every year but it’s not.
I remember when I was 16 & I didn’t get my dad a birthday present one year & my mom really laid on the guilt trip thick. I mean I was sort of impervious back then & she had me feeling so bad, I had him something by dinner time! It’s part of growing up. Can’t get away with those glued pieces of macaroni on a sheet of construction paper forever ...
If my 18yo gave me glued macaroni, I would be over the moon! So damned funny!
We don't celebrate the Hallmark holidays in my family. However, I don't think my son has ever missed calling and saying "Happy Mother's Day".
No cards, gifts, or flowers, though, and that certainly doesn't ruin my life. I can't imagine getting hurt feelings over such a thing as not getting a gift on a manufactured holiday. A waste of time and emotion.
I laughed at that, because I was pretty sure Mother's Day began before Hallmark was a company. (It did, two years before the company was formed.) But interestingly, the founder of Mother's Day herself became appalled at the commercialization of the holiday and tried to have it rescinded.
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