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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 271263" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>It's not that their hearts are in the right place and their pocketbooks are not. Their hearts <em>are</em> in the right place, so far as they can see what <em>they</em> think Mother's Day should be. It's that they couldn't be bothered to think about one single thing that they could do for me that <em>I</em> might enjoy. For example, they all know that I would happiest working in the yard, clearing weeds and planting flowers. It's what I have asked for in the past when they asked "what are you doing on Mother's day?" They came hours late and gave a minimal amount of effort, and very little got done. It was made clear to me in no uncertain terms that it wasn't what <em>they</em> felt was an appropriate mother's day gift. It's been raining cats and dogs here for weeks and is supposed to be nice this weekend. Instead of doing something I enjoy <em>and </em>would be helpful to me, after which I would gladly cook everyone dinner, it's not what <em>they</em> think I <em>should</em> want. So, I guess <em>they</em> don't like my idea of what being a Mother means, (ie: spending time together and helping each other out) either.</p><p></p><p>But, I won't burden the board with it any further. It seems that everyone thinks I am ungrateful and I just don't care to defend myself anymore. Have a great Mother's Day, everyone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 271263, member: 99"] It's not that their hearts are in the right place and their pocketbooks are not. Their hearts [I]are[/I] in the right place, so far as they can see what [I]they[/I] think Mother's Day should be. It's that they couldn't be bothered to think about one single thing that they could do for me that [I]I[/I] might enjoy. For example, they all know that I would happiest working in the yard, clearing weeds and planting flowers. It's what I have asked for in the past when they asked "what are you doing on Mother's day?" They came hours late and gave a minimal amount of effort, and very little got done. It was made clear to me in no uncertain terms that it wasn't what [I]they[/I] felt was an appropriate mother's day gift. It's been raining cats and dogs here for weeks and is supposed to be nice this weekend. Instead of doing something I enjoy [I]and [/I]would be helpful to me, after which I would gladly cook everyone dinner, it's not what [I]they[/I] think I [I]should[/I] want. So, I guess [I]they[/I] don't like my idea of what being a Mother means, (ie: spending time together and helping each other out) either. But, I won't burden the board with it any further. It seems that everyone thinks I am ungrateful and I just don't care to defend myself anymore. Have a great Mother's Day, everyone. [/QUOTE]
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