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Mother’s Day is the most stressful day of the year

Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:23 pm
Posted by lesgeaux
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:23 pm
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Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
21774 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:24 pm to
Enlightening perspective
Posted by LNCHBOX
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:26 pm to
It's actually really easy IMO. Took my mom out for lunch today. Sunday I'll deal with the kids and cook a nice meal and hang out at home with the wife. Bought a couple things for her she's mentioned over the last few months, and done.
Posted by TheGeauxt9
South Louisiana
Member since May 2021
1090 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:28 pm to
Be thankful/grateful/blessed you still have a Mother baw
Posted by WhiteMandingo
Member since Jan 2016
7943 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:30 pm to
No
For the wife
Make breakfast plans buy her flowers
Let each kid pick out a gift
Help them make a card if they cant
Buy her a gift card to get her nails done or a spa day

Your mother and mother in law
Card, flowers,

And I Boil crawfish and shrimp for all


This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 2:43 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
105309 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:33 pm to
My mother died two years ago. I wish I could have another Mother's day with her.
Posted by YeastExtract
Member since Jul 2021
457 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:35 pm to
Went to Noon mass today to say a prayer for my deceased mother. I’d give everything I have to spend Sunday with her and see her hang out with the grandkid she never got to meet.
Posted by Sugarbaker
Peachtree
Member since Jun 2023
626 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:35 pm to
Not this one!

My toes will be in the sand. Mom and MIL all given gifts already and told adieu! My kids asked what I wanted…a bottle of wine, a beach chair and waves. I asked my mom to come with us but she, too, said — nope, peace and quiet suits me fine!
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 2:37 pm
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
14308 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:39 pm to
This will be my 7th without my mother. It gets a little easier each year but is still tough.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
108041 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:45 pm to
It'll be the 5th without my Mom. Really been harder this year with the wedding planning without her.

I'll go visit with the future MIL.

For OP, get her a nice spa day or brunch out of the house where she doesn't have to deal with the kids and gets some quiet time.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
23790 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:46 pm to
Guess some of you really hate your moms.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
105309 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:48 pm to
Lost my mom and SO within months of each other. Now my dad is declining. I keep waiting for it to get better. I didn't buy a ticket for this ride and I want off.
Posted by glassman
Next to the beer taps at Finn's
Member since Oct 2008
118278 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

My mother died two years ago. I wish I could have another Mother's day with her.


This will be my first Mother's Day without mine. Passed three weeks ago.
This post was edited on 5/8/26 at 2:53 pm
Posted by ThreeYYYz
Member since Feb 2025
252 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:53 pm to
quote:

Bought a couple things for her she's mentioned over the last few months


THEY LOVE THAT shite
Posted by LSU Tiger Eyes
Key Biscayne, FL
Member since Sep 2003
3909 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:55 pm to
Make your mother feel extra special this Mother’s Day, because many of us would give anything to have that chance again. So don't label it as "stressful."
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74271 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 2:57 pm to
It's easy. But flowers take out to brunch. Buy a gift. Buy your mom flowers take out to dinner.
Posted by PocketLab
Thib
Member since Sep 2018
247 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 3:00 pm to
My ninth without her. Ol boy needs some perspective. Hope he gets it before it's too late.
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
477056 posts
Posted on 5/8/26 at 3:01 pm to
Having a birthday that always falls on Mother's Day helps a great deal.
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