Mother's Day plans?
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Comments (31)FD, They are only including me in their plans to the extent that includes babysitting the grandkids. The real deal I now know is that the mothers day that this is being engineered for is their grandmother, BMs mother and BM. There is yet another gathering of "the family" this time at their grandmothers vs aunt. I can truthfully say that not only do I not have a problem with this but that is the right thing to do as BMs mother, Skids grandmother, is well in to her 90's and every day is a gift. They should rally around her and celebrate her and even I can step back for that to happen. Just don't push me down to do it. I am going to the social club brunch for Mother's Day. DS7 may come with me or may have some other plans. I think them wanting to celebrate their elderly grandmother is right, I think them riding roughshod over me is wrong. I won't bore you with how I was to be used to facilitate the gathering at grandma's for Mother's Day. To make those plans happen, they need babysitting and a chauffer service to drive the stepgrandkids home. Here's the usual kicker, SS30 won't even be there! This is his elderly grandmother too! He is taking this as a personal weekend, no wife (working), no kids shipped to SD36 and me, everyone wrapped in Mother's Day so he going to the casino with his buddies. Meanwhile, SD text messaged me to heat the swimming pool "for the kids." The noive!...See MoreMothers Day
Comments (22)sunnygardenerme, I truly, truly understand how you feel in regards to your DH's children. I am really sorry for what you have to put up with and contrary to many post I've read where we can read that : " some day they will realize what you have brought to their lives...", I don't really believe in that. After 18 years as a SM, it doesn't matter what I do, what I've done or what I would do for DH's oldest daughter, she would not appreciate it and she would not thank me for it! I know, I've been doing it for 18 years. But about a month ago, I said : that's it! Had enough. I've completely disengage from this person and I am so proud of myself for it. It always hurt me that she never called me on Mother's Day, on my birthday, at Christmas, etc. etc. People used to tell me she will one day. Ya right. She will be 27 yrs. old in a couple of days and I haven't seen that happening yet so I am not holding my breath. sunneygardenerme, in order to really not let your stepchildren ingnorance bother you on Mother's Day, you do something special just for yourself on that day. Buy yourself some flowers and place them where everybody can see them and if anybody ask why you got these flowers tell them : '' you are never better served but served by yourself" and on this day you are celebrating what every other woman in the world who has children in her life, whether they are stepchildren or not, is doing! Go sunneygardenerme! Keep posting. From one stepmom to another, I will be sending you warm, warm wishes on Mother's Day....See MoreDo You Have Mother's Day Plans?
Comments (26)I am THE planner of the family. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Birthdays, etc., all planned and hosted by me. I made a firm decision a few years ago though, one supported by my own mom, I have NOTHING to do with the mothers day plans. That is the one and only day that I simply pass the buck. I arrived at this decision on my second mothers day of being a mom. My family and I showed up at my parents house on Mother's day. Mom had spent all morning making a nice lunch for us, I had spent the better part of the day before making a nice dessert. My older brother had to be rushed to the ER due to a ruptured gallbladder. As we sat around eating dinner and waiting for updates from the ER I looked at my mom and said, "isn't this mothers day?!?!? Why did WE do all the planning and preparation?!?" So, to answer your question, I truly have no idea. It might be a Sunday like any other or we might be surprised with a gourmet meal....I just don't know. The only thing I know is, it is one of the only holiday get togethers that I DON'T (correction...WON'T) have to plan for or worry about. It will either be an awesome day planned entirely by my husband, dad and brother or it will be like any other Sunday....See MoreWeek 104 - The best Mother's Day surprise or gift
Comments (23)My son surprised me with tickets to see Aladdin on Broadway yesterday. :) Never mind he's almost 28 years old. He figured we loved the movie when he was a kid, so would enjoy the show and he was right! We did. Afterwards we headed back to the island for dinner in a local restaurant. All in all a perfect day. The only thing missing was my Mom who passed away almost two years ago. I miss her every single day. :) Oh and my memory was jogged about a peach tree we bought the first year we moved into our house when my kids were 2 and 6 years old. Every year we took a picture of the kids in front of the tree until our marriage fell apart. Worst memory? In I should have known at the time? LOL. My son was about 20 months and had quite a vocabulary already. My ex didn't get me anything for mothers day. Not a card with my son's name on it, nothing. I was so mad I confronted him and suggested that the least he could have done was tell our son to say Happy Mother's day to me. He insisted that would be too hard to teach our son. I turned to my son and said, J, please say "Happy Mother's Day." J then said, "Happu Muddah's Day Mommy." For father's day that year, I taught my Son to say, "Happy Father's Day" and found a picture of our son and I snuggling, put it in a cheap frame, wrapped it up, gave it to our son and had our son give it to his father and say, "Happy Father's Day." Needless to say, his father never forgot mother's day again. Too bad it took me another 14 years to see the writing on the wall....See Moreseagrass_gw Cape Cod
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