EXACTLY !!!!! GMTA.......sm

• My mother's day - chopped liver
  • Mothers day - sme
  • I think it is enough if you kids at least acknowledge the day - sm - Laura E.
  • To chopped liver, read all of the thread, - mthanded
  • I think you have to define Mother's Day for yourself... - Jillian
  • I didn't have a great one either. - I am sorry!!
  • Both of my children told me Happy Mother's - Wannie
  • Mother's Day - MTqueenB
    • Kind of ashamed to admit I threw daughter's card away - chopped liver
      • I think that grandparents who babysit for free are just making their kids dependent on them - and they seldom appreciate it, they grow to expect
  • i know that hurts but here are a few thoughts.... - kat
  • Mother's Day is not a Hallmark holiday (sm) - chopped liver
    • Yep, but MT week IS. and i bet people complain if they arent recognized. :( - nm
  • Lucky Ones - IC
    • I had a fabulous weekend starting with dinner on Friday night..sm - Very lucky also
    • I also know how you feel! sm - Deb
  • I'd give the kids the same treatment on their birthday....sm - Just me
    • That's unfair. Everyone has a B-Day, but Mother's Day is made up. Ditto for Valentine's Day - R
  • I would be hurt too (sm) - anony
  • Great M's Day -- no kids, no husband (sm) - adh
  • i know how you feel - tc
  • Yep - I agree - your kids should know better... - Maybe you didn't push enough guilt over time..
    • I think you sound self absorbed to feel you deserve gifts. Being a mother is selfless. nm - R
      • don't attack her re self absorbed....sm - kids understand DEALS AND CONTRACTS
      • I'm not self-absorbed at all - chopped liver
        • You say you're at the bottom of the totem pole - QA
          • Dr. Phil??? Grolier book publishers....sm - put those books out 25+ years ago.....
          • You are right. Thank you. - chopped liver
            • BTW, just FYI, my kids are a tad older...sm - put those books out 25+ years ago.....
            • Might I add that I speak from the heart, - QA
    • oops should've have read "older children"...n/m - Maybe you didn't push enough guilt over time..
  • I don't celebrate Hallmark holidays. If they forget...(nt) - ...your birthday then you should complain.
    • Glad I'm not the only anti-Hallmark holiday (sm) - adh
    • They don't acknowledge that either - chopped liver
      • Again, if you make yourself a slave to them they will never respect you. - Tell her to pay for a babysitter
      • No, YOU ARE NOT A BAD MOM.....sm - Maybe you didn't push enough guilt over time..
  • What I'm doing is making sure that come Fathers Day, I forget to get him something! sm - Anudder mudder
    • You show people how to treat you. We don't - me
      • I make a big deal out of them too and still dont get squat. sm - nm
  • Me too.... - Disgruntled mother...
    • They're ignorant - some hubbies...sm - Maybe you didn't push enough guilt over time..
  • I feel for you, your kids should know better. sm - ml
    • EXACTLY !!!!! GMTA.......sm - Maybe you didn't push enough guilt over time..

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