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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 531402" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>I've set it up so my Mom, Dad and mother in law can come over & we will grill hamburgers and hot dogs on the deck. I've made the hamburger patties, bought corn on the cob and will prepare it to be grilled... I'll make the potato salad... I'll clean the kitchen. Why? because I want it to be nice for MY MOM. She deserves it. mother in law is nuts, but she DID give the world my husband. Who I adore even if he WON'T remember MD.</p><p></p><p>I got the cards and had everyone sign them. I might get one from mother in law and my own Mom and Dad, but it will be a super shock if I get one from husband and the kids. husband randomly remembers MD - in 2006 I got a locket with the kids' pics inside, in 2010 I got a heating pad (3 days late, but hey). When Jett was in grade school, I always got something - though he expected me to share with bio. THAT, I rather resented. In 5th grade he did 2 things, one for me, one for her - and the one for her "mysteriously" vanished (Onyxx hadn't done anything for bio, and that was that - she was "the favorite" and meant to stay such.) Onyxx acknowledged me for MD once, when she was refusing to speak to bio (so... 2010 probably). Now I know I'm not their mother and never will be, but how about "you know, for a stepmother you're not so bad"?</p><p></p><p>You'd think husband would do something this year... But he doesn't think he can afford it. I suggested a handmade card and some time spent with me, maybe some chores. I cleaned (CLEANED) the laundry room yesterday - put away all his tools from him trying to make new ductwork, scrubbed the dried glycerin-and-mud flakes from the utility sink, swept, scrubbed the washer and dryer... Fixed the drop ceiling tiles because they all got moved around a year and a half ago when they installed the fridge's water line, and they were covering the lights. It's now bright and clean in there. Hardly perfect, but I am not afraid to walk in there barefoot now.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to do my DARNDEST to teach Bean otherwise. I always make a HUGE deal out of Fathers' Day because he's had some pretty rotten ones thanks to history. But darn it, what about me? I bust my 4$$ for 2 kids that technically aren't even MINE! (And I do it cause I love them... SIGH...)</p><p></p><p>on the other hand, I do enjoy having the fam over for dinner. Now if mother in law will just keep her negative comments to herself...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 531402, member: 6705"] I've set it up so my Mom, Dad and mother in law can come over & we will grill hamburgers and hot dogs on the deck. I've made the hamburger patties, bought corn on the cob and will prepare it to be grilled... I'll make the potato salad... I'll clean the kitchen. Why? because I want it to be nice for MY MOM. She deserves it. mother in law is nuts, but she DID give the world my husband. Who I adore even if he WON'T remember MD. I got the cards and had everyone sign them. I might get one from mother in law and my own Mom and Dad, but it will be a super shock if I get one from husband and the kids. husband randomly remembers MD - in 2006 I got a locket with the kids' pics inside, in 2010 I got a heating pad (3 days late, but hey). When Jett was in grade school, I always got something - though he expected me to share with bio. THAT, I rather resented. In 5th grade he did 2 things, one for me, one for her - and the one for her "mysteriously" vanished (Onyxx hadn't done anything for bio, and that was that - she was "the favorite" and meant to stay such.) Onyxx acknowledged me for MD once, when she was refusing to speak to bio (so... 2010 probably). Now I know I'm not their mother and never will be, but how about "you know, for a stepmother you're not so bad"? You'd think husband would do something this year... But he doesn't think he can afford it. I suggested a handmade card and some time spent with me, maybe some chores. I cleaned (CLEANED) the laundry room yesterday - put away all his tools from him trying to make new ductwork, scrubbed the dried glycerin-and-mud flakes from the utility sink, swept, scrubbed the washer and dryer... Fixed the drop ceiling tiles because they all got moved around a year and a half ago when they installed the fridge's water line, and they were covering the lights. It's now bright and clean in there. Hardly perfect, but I am not afraid to walk in there barefoot now. I'm going to do my DARNDEST to teach Bean otherwise. I always make a HUGE deal out of Fathers' Day because he's had some pretty rotten ones thanks to history. But darn it, what about me? I bust my 4$$ for 2 kids that technically aren't even MINE! (And I do it cause I love them... SIGH...) on the other hand, I do enjoy having the fam over for dinner. Now if mother in law will just keep her negative comments to herself... [/QUOTE]
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