Mother's Day and new extended families!

Oops crossed posts jingl

The ECM syndrome seems to be catching!

No. You're not are you? . Why did I address that to you? #goinggaga

Yawn. When DS2 younger it always coincided with his birthday hangover. Now both are abroad where it is celebrated on a different date they only occasionally remember. I think it is quite a nice thing for hard working mums of young kids and the rest of us should get over it.

Ariadne I feel that sadness too, although my mother was always adamant that we weren't to spend any money on her.for Mothering Sunday. She was happy with a cup of tea in bed!
I've maintained the tradition in my own family

jingl we're not 'going out'. The men will stay at home (mine) and will cook and childmind while us 'ladies' go to pub for pre-prandial drink and natter. We wil return to eat their probably burnt or inderdone offerings.

Don't get me started...........

anno they do sound very similar!

anya If we all went out to eat the younger one would only eat the meat, and the older one would only eat his Yorkshire pudding- and mine and gran dad's too. It's easier to feed them at home, although we do do it sometimes. It involves a lot of surreptitious swopping of different foods to different plates.

Thanks

Galen even if only virtual, and to all mums who need some x

Nothing here

Haven't really thought about it, though when I see all the cards etc in the shops, I remember with a sudden jolt that I no longer have a mother. Her name was Iris, so we always looked for cards with irises on.

The two DS live some distance away, but will send a card, because my DDiLs will remind them! DD lives nearby, so we may have a drink together. (Nothing new there!) Seeing her so often is still a treat enough for me, after years living a long way away.

My daughters will probably give me flowers or a book and cards and one will pay a flying visit , the other lives with us I'll probably get a visit from Interflora with something from my 'lives abroad' son and his little family... I will probably just do a normal lunch for OH and myself... I'd be quite happy with a text or phone call if I'm honest... its no big deal in our house.

Spending it with family. Men will do the cooking and childminding while DD, DiL and myself go out for a glass of wine at the local hostelry and return to a three course dinner.

Very altruistic of you when but not being a religious person myself I don't suffer from ECM syndrome

Nothing planned, but expect I'll get a call from DS and DD.
I think it's overhyped and it makes me so cross when prices of flowers, plants etc are put up for Mother's Day, Easter et al.

Chinese take-away for all of us so no-one has to do the work and, as DH pays, not too expensive either.

As DS1 always does the cooking, I won't have to stir from the sofa! Unless I am required to peel the spuds!

Hyped up out of all recognition! I don't view it as Mothering Sunday as I'm not religious and if it's going to be a special day, I'd rather it focused on the mums with young children. A bunch of daffs, home-made card - all fine with me, but please, no chocs, smellies, jewellery etc. My little grandsons have planned a surprise treat for DD (with a little help) at the pizza place and a few of us will be joining them. Same as what we did last Sunday, really.

To the best of my recollection I have cooked on every Mothering Sunday but one and that coincided with DH's 65th birthday and we spent that in Antigua. Some years I cooked one lunch with M and one dinner for DC.
My 65th? cooked as usual.

Mothers Day this year will involve me doing lunch for 2x daughters and their families. I'm looking forward to seeing them all round the table! But, the following week DH is taking me for a posh Sunday lunch!

My take on it is that my daughters are mothers now, very busy and could do with a rest! And, I get a few hours with them, their partners and the dgc!

1DS has no children and is going to stay with a similarly childless friend and DS 2 will be with his in laws! DD1 is going for a long walk with a pub lunch at the end of it!

Cook? On Mothers' Day. I'd soon eat my slippers.

Do your GSs know mine, jingl? Mine are always off to Beavers/Cubs camps and kayaking or cycling with Dad!

Oh yes! the parties! And now it's the Cub camp weekends. Or kayaking with Dad.

Oh God! I hope my lot don't see it as a "royal command"! (If it was just us, we could go to the pub)

I just happened to arrange a visit to DS1 and family before I realised it was Mother's Day that weekend. Hoped to get other family to come over for a get-together, but wouldn't you know it, the DSs have a party to attend. They're at the age when there seems to be a party for one or other or both every weekend.