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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 593789" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>I'm not terribly fond of Mother's Day, and it's a good thing because I would be crushed every year if I were.</p><p></p><p>husband is the sweetest man alive. Truly, he is. But his take on Mother's Day is, "You're not my mother." I can understand his point, but I AM the Mother. Of. His. Children. </p><p>For years, we hosted a big Mother's Day Celebration. At our house, or sometimes at mother in law's. For which I cooked and baked and decorated. And not once received a single "Happy Mother's Day". Because a) "You're not my mother", b) brother in law and sister in law have no children of their own, and they're a bit self-focused, so it never occurred to them that there was any mother in the room beyond their own. And because husband doesn't lead the charge, most of my children forget too. (easy child, little angel that he is, always laboured over some construction-paper-school glue-and-sparkles craft, which he presented with pride.)</p><p></p><p>I used to get a bit resentful, not that I wanted a party, or flowers, or even a card. Just the simple recognition that I am indeed the mother of a gaggle of children. But over the years, for whatever reason, that has lost its sting. Perhaps around the same time I stopped catering to sister in law, brother in law and their nonsense. </p><p></p><p>This year, since mother in law's passing, I am the only mother in the gang. Until this thread arrived, I had forgotten the existence of Mother's Day. I guess my attitude adjustment is now complete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 593789, member: 3907"] I'm not terribly fond of Mother's Day, and it's a good thing because I would be crushed every year if I were. husband is the sweetest man alive. Truly, he is. But his take on Mother's Day is, "You're not my mother." I can understand his point, but I AM the Mother. Of. His. Children. For years, we hosted a big Mother's Day Celebration. At our house, or sometimes at mother in law's. For which I cooked and baked and decorated. And not once received a single "Happy Mother's Day". Because a) "You're not my mother", b) brother in law and sister in law have no children of their own, and they're a bit self-focused, so it never occurred to them that there was any mother in the room beyond their own. And because husband doesn't lead the charge, most of my children forget too. (easy child, little angel that he is, always laboured over some construction-paper-school glue-and-sparkles craft, which he presented with pride.) I used to get a bit resentful, not that I wanted a party, or flowers, or even a card. Just the simple recognition that I am indeed the mother of a gaggle of children. But over the years, for whatever reason, that has lost its sting. Perhaps around the same time I stopped catering to sister in law, brother in law and their nonsense. This year, since mother in law's passing, I am the only mother in the gang. Until this thread arrived, I had forgotten the existence of Mother's Day. I guess my attitude adjustment is now complete. [/QUOTE]
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