I was wondering how long it would take for someone to say that 
It’s a good thing I’m ambidextrous 
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to say that
It’s a good thing I’m ambidextrous
Is that what the kids are calling it these days.
Im going to sound like an arsehole, but Mothers Day. Nothing grinds my gears more than having to do our yearly plan for Mother’s Day. We worked out with my brother that we’re essentially trying to coordinate 6 direct families and if you extend it out, up to 10 families. In the direct one, there’s my family, brother’s, family, two sets of in-laws and then SIL. All of them have different requirements.
Each set of older parents don’t really get along with each so a giant one together won’t work, not to mention it would mean 20+ people. But then you get into the nitty-gritty. My wife wanted one event on the Sunday and maybe one on Saturday to space it out. My mum wanted dinner and has to be on a Sunday. My brother’s mother in law just went ahead and booked dinner before we could even discuss. My mother in law wants lunch, but was happy to do on a Saturday, but didn’t want to do last Saturday as it was raining. My sister-in-law doesn’t want to do breakfast but also had dinner booked with her parents. My father-in-law decided he wanted to plan out what he wanted to do, without checking, so he booked a table at the Polish Club Bankstown at 8pm for us… My dad will only do European food with the exception of Sushi. My wife can’t do restaurants that cook with cream etc (lactose intolerant).
It’s honestly impossible to even sit down and plan things out and then find a restaurant that can fit everyone that’s also kid friendly. Especially as my mum and SIL won’t want to do a pub or anything like that…
For me, if it’s not my wife or my mum, it’s not relevant to my plans.
Lucky for me, UK Mothers Day is different to AU Mothers Day. Wife takes care of her mum stuff.
I did forget to mention that my wife got shitty because I didn’t organise something for her mum…
For me it’s the fact that I’ve got my brother and his side of the family as well. I just find that fathers day is just easier to organise. None of us really care what we do, we’re happy with anything and there’s no requirements. In saying that I do understand that there’s at least a fall back option of doing it at home which generally doesn’t work for mother’s day.
Why the fuck didn’t SHE organise something for her mum?
Yes that question did go through my head… I also imagined the reaction and I thought it was better off to just not reply…
Mothers/Fathers Day are basically the same as Valentines Day.
A waste of money.
My wife and I don’t buy each other. We’ll make nice breakfast with her family and then spend the day as we normally would.
Mothers (and I guess Fathers) Day can enact some pretty weird and toxic behaviour. The best one was when someone told me off for not wishing her happy Mothers Day despite her not actually being a mother.
Not every woman can give birth to a child, and not every person has a living mother, so the day can be, at best, bittersweet for some. I personally stay clear of the hype surrounding the days and usually it is not too bad, but it doesn’t mean some of these days are not difficult.
Yeah - I worry about my wife and that is it. If she organises something with her mum I will go if invited otherwise it is for my wife as the mother to our children and that is it.
But I honestly stopped worrying about all these ‘social contracts’ a while ago. All these ‘hallmark’ days are all just modern constructs of western capitalism with usually very shallow meanings.
My family has never really done anything for mothers or fathers day. It’s trite for sure but I do buy into the idea that they should be appreciated through the year rather than one token day.
We just do a family breakfast/dinner and spend some time together.
If my wife wants a massage or a spa day, she’ll let me know, and I’ll book it in advance before or after the day.
You shouldn’t need to go all out to express your love/gratitude to your SO when there’s 664 other days to do it in.
You on Mars already brother?
Does Endone count?
My missus has one batshit sister-in-law, she kicked off the first few years in a row after she had her first child that the entire family didn’t do anything for her. Like WTF, it ain’t your birthday, it’s up to your husband (the missus’ brother) to get you something from him and on behalf of your child. The rest of the family don’t owe you shit, the same as we don’t get him anything for Father’s Day you bellend.
I called my mum.
Normally she calls me on Sunday. but I called her because it’s Mothers Day.
Of course she didn’t answer the phone and called me back later.
A burger chain just spammed me to offer me a feed the whole family deal - 4 burgers, 4 chips and 4 drinks - ONLY $69.00 - this is the world we now live in…
or am I just cheap?
Depends on the burger joint…
It was Grill’d - which in my experience aint that great.
I think in store that would be 80-90 bucks. So probably a discount but still not worth it.