Top 5 Ways To Ruin Mother’s Day
Mother’s day is less than 2 weeks away and this year Mother’s day also happens to fall on my birthday. Yay me. Every year I give my hubby plenty of advanced warning that this national holiday combo is approaching, oddly enough it happens about this time every single year. Weird.
Every now and then he scores big points by pulling things together. Take this year for instance. I was informed that he has a little “trip” planned for me with the caveat that due to the fact that this year my birthday and Mother’s day are the same day I would not be allowed to be away from the kids as I usually do for at least my birthday. So for now, all I know is that we are all leaving on Friday and will be gone for the weekend. Hmmmm, sounds promising.
However, it wasn’t always like this. The poor guy failed more times than he’s succeeded and so I’ve compiled a list of my Top 5 Ways To Ruin Mother’s Day.
1. Include her mother-in-law! – Don’t get me wrong, I love my mother-in-law (in fact, she might be reading this right now, Hi Margie) but when it comes to Mother’s day, I want my kids and my husband to put 100% of their focus on me. She got 35ish years of being the #1 MOM in my husbands life so now that we have our own children that top spot belongs to me. Of course, this does not mean that she can’t share in the glory by getting a beautiful card or flowers but let the main focus of the day be on the Mom of the house. And don’t forget to celebrate what an amazing Grandma she is on National Grandparent’s Day on September 8, 2013.
2. Plan it last minute! – It seems to be a Y chromosome thing to leave things to the last minute when planning something important. There’s a reason why the malls are filled with men on Christmas Eve. A woman sees this last minute scramble as a sign that Mother’s day (or her Christmas present) just wasn’t a priority. I’ll let you in on a little secret, 50% of your present is in how much thought you’ve put into it. It’s true what they say, it’s the thought that counts!
3. Ask her for help! – If you listen carefully, she will drop hints but don’t ask her to plan it herself. I know that the most indulgent day for me is a day where someone else handles all the small details from what we’re going to eat, to where we’re going, to what the kids will be doing. Let her turn her brain off!
4. Do nothing! – Consider moving into the guest room now, that will be gift enough. Nuff said.
5. Be a cliche! – Think outside the box. Ok, I know that’s a cliche thing for me to say but really, try to do something special and unusual. Instead of flowers and breakfast in bed try sending her to a bed and breakfast or even a fancy hotel downtown for the night. Don’t copy what everyone else does, make her feel truly special.
Feel free to share this list with your spouse or partner. It could save your marriage!
Happy Mother’s Day!
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Excellent advice. I think this year he might be covered. But no more said. I will pass along!
Sister I hear you. I so wish my man would read your list. Somehow the message never gets through.
I wrote this from past experience and I’m happy to say, he’s much better now.
LOVE THIS, girl. I am going to share it on my FB page 🙂
Thanks Kyla! I’m all about the sharing love!
In India we worship our mothers, i wish if someone could write i blog on Indian Mothers. Hope you will think on it.
second name of love is mother. Nice post.
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Mother’s Day is the only day more fraught with expectations and disappointment than New Year’s Eve. In attempt to be polite to your spouse, you’ve left a few off the list. Might I add:
6) Forget
7) Believe me when I said, “Don’t do anything special.”
8) Say, “I thought we weren’t doing gifts this year.”
9) Allow me to sleep in,but also allow the kids to come in every 3-4 seconds to scream in my ear, “ARE YOU DONE RESTING YET?”
Thanks for the funny read.
xo
Great post….Happy Mothers day to all mothers around the world.
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Great post….Happy Mothers day to all mothers around the world !
I agree with all items except one. My man has managed to completely ruin every single mother’s day for me. So I would settle for cliche at this point. Twice he’s said “happy mother’s day, I didn’t have time to get anything.”