First Mother’s Day Drama

I spent my first Mothers Day with my 11 month old and Husband. All week leading up to Mother’s Day I worked 40+ hours…I then saw my mum after work Friday and again Saturday. I rang her first thing Mother’s Day and tried arranging a time for her to come and collect her flowers and card as she was driving this way to collect something in town. She said she couldn’t tell me a time, I had lunch plans with my husband and daughter so we left at about 2/3pm as we waited around all morning and didn’t want to miss out. I messaged mum a few times but no answer. I finally got hold of her she says she’s already been, I then ask if she was free for me to go round-No answer. I woke up this morning to a text from my dad that said this: ‘It's a bit poor you couldn't give your mum a card for mother's day. Your brother made a big effort. You could have as well.’ I thought I made the effort by choosing to have brunch with her and spend all of Saturday with her after not being with my daughter for 40+ hours this week. I tried organising giving her the card and flowers but she didn’t want to organise a time with me. I just wanted to spend the day with my daughter I make an effort every year for mothers and Father’s Day for my parents and my first one has been made all about my mum and her emotions. I messaged my dad back explaining all of my side to him and I explained to mum that had we communicated better we wouldn’t have missed each other and that it literally is just one day. As long as we appreciate each other we don’t need one day to validate those feelings but I’m being ignored.
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Leave it. If your mum can’t accept that you’re a mum now and the day is just as much about you as it is about her then it’s really not worth it. She’s acting like a child.

Let’s just make a promise to ourselves - not to behave like our mums with our daughters

Seems like a lot of people’s mums have forgotten that their daughters are also mums not and most first Mother’s Day- shame they can’t want you to have a day to enjoy yourself

@Neha absolutely!!🤍

Gabby and Jessica it’s so sad isn’t and very selfish behaviour…I have heard it’s not just me that experienced this on Sunday I’ve heard the same from other mums x

I feel like as a new mum you’re much more in the thick of it, in the mothering trenches, than a mum whose kids have moved out and grown up. She’s had years of celebrations, does she think the whole day is just hers? What a diva! Honestly she just seems ungrateful for the gestures you have made. This would just make me stop making any effort tbh. If you’re going to do all that you have with her and then she’s going to tell you it’s nothing then why would you do anything next year?

I’m Annoyed on your behalf 🤣🤣

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