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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 24, 2018 19:05:07 GMT
I was in ulta the other day and heard a woman say to her no , “Let me show you the hair straightener you can get me for Mother’s Day.” I was surprised by that and wondered how common it is for mothers to buy gifts for their daughters on Mother’s Day. What is your experience with this?
My mom has never gotten me a Mother’s Day gift but she has sent me a card. I don’t believe that my grandmothers bought my mom or stepmom gifts on Mother’s Day, either.
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Post by tiffanyr on Apr 24, 2018 19:06:47 GMT
My Mom gives me a card sometimes. But my Dad will give me a gift card to somewhere fun.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Apr 24, 2018 19:06:51 GMT
Are you sure it wasn't the mother telling the dd? what she wanted? No. My Mom does not buy me gifts.
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Post by ginacivey on Apr 24, 2018 19:07:05 GMT
no
but i think she usually sends me a card
i plan to do the same for my daughter/daughter in law
a card and maybe i'll bake them something
for me it's a holiday that 'rolls downhill'
i have a card (left from last year) for my MIL
if she isn't a raging bitch this year she might get it
gina
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 24, 2018 19:08:26 GMT
No, but she also doesn’t buy me a gift for anything else.
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Post by quinlove on Apr 24, 2018 19:12:19 GMT
Yes, she used to. I would get a card with a check in it, she lives in another state. But she is 92 now and things like that are, understandably, hard for her to do.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 24, 2018 19:14:24 GMT
Are you sure it wasn't the mother telling the dd? what she wanted? No. My Mom does not buy me gifts. No, it was definitely the DD that said it. |
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Post by nnnsmom on Apr 24, 2018 19:15:39 GMT
No, because I’m not her mom. 😉 (DH tries that same line with me every year and it doesn’t work!)
I do think she (or maybe my MIL or both) got me a card my first year as a mom. It was a special time because for many years it looked like I wouldn’t be a mom.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Apr 24, 2018 19:17:20 GMT
My mom never did, but that was partly because she was 82 years old with advanced Alzheimer’s when I had my kid. My BFF’s mom, who I called my adopted mom, always sent me a card and got me a fun gift for Mother’s Day after I had my DD. I always sent her flowers and a pretty card. ETA: I still have the card she sent me for Mother’s Day last year up on my mantel. She passed away in September and I miss her so much.  |
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 24, 2018 19:19:14 GMT
Nope.. I think she sent me a card a time or two.. but no gifts, at least from what I can remember....
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Post by myshelly on Apr 24, 2018 19:21:24 GMT
My mother and my grandmother always bought me Mother’s Day presents when they were alive. Now my dad gets me a mother’s day gift.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 19:22:37 GMT
No, my daughters buy me a card not the other way round. I buy my mother a card, she doesn't buy me one. I'm not her mother. Never heard of anyone doing that.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Apr 24, 2018 19:25:50 GMT
No, my daughters buy me a card not the other way round. I buy my mother a card, she doesn't buy me one. I'm not her mother. Never heard of anyone doing that. This is my thought as well. I was taken aback that the daughter would be telling her mother what to buy her for a holiday that she should be buying her mother a gift, not the other way around. I didn’t say it in the OP, but the daughter appeared to be in her 30’s so I assume that she is a mother as well, and that she was expecting her mom to buy her a gift because she is a mother, not because she is so lucky to be the daughter of the mother. Lol. Hope that makes sense. |
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Post by jeremysgirl on Apr 24, 2018 19:26:52 GMT
No my mother doesn't. But the first year after my divorce my mom did take my kids shopping to pick out a gift from them. It was nice.
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Post by deekaye on Apr 24, 2018 19:29:50 GMT
No my mom doesn't but occasionally she will send a card (kind of hit and miss, no big deal).
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Post by PrettyInPeank on Apr 24, 2018 19:31:24 GMT
My mom does sometimes. But she loves gift-giving, so it's just an excuse to send stuff lol. Edit: I don't expect anything, and would never ask for anything.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 19:35:47 GMT
No, my daughters buy me a card not the other way round. I buy my mother a card, she doesn't buy me one. I'm not her mother. Never heard of anyone doing that. This is my thought as well. I was taken aback that the daughter would be telling her mother what to buy her for a holiday that she should be buying her mother a gift, not the other way around. I didn’t say it in the OP, but the daughter appeared to be in her 30’s so I assume that she is a mother as well, and that she was expecting her mom to buy her a gift because she is a mother, not because she is so lucky to be the daughter of the mother. Lol. Hope that makes sense. Do you think she might be a single mum and the kids are too young to get her something so her mum buys it for them to give her maybe ? Same as a hubby would until the children are old enough to get their own. I don't know I'm just guessing  |
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Post by Marina on Apr 24, 2018 20:06:11 GMT
My mom died before I had my child but my step-mom sends me a card and gift every year. I’m always surprised by it but she likes to celebrate my being “such a great mom”. Can I say I love her so much! My dad died early and she was the best inheritance.
ETA: When my son marries and has children I plan to do the same for my DIL.
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Post by alexa11 on Apr 24, 2018 20:07:43 GMT
She used to when my girls were little. Now I buy for my 2 DDs.
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Post by dawnnikol on Apr 24, 2018 20:09:46 GMT
My Mom buys me a new plant for the yard (peony bush or rose bush) and helps my 3 kids plant it each year as my gift. I love it.
I wouldn't have thought to tell my Mom to buy me something, I've never thought of it as a "buy every Mom you know a gift" or something... just a gift from the child to their parent.
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Post by ginacivey on Apr 24, 2018 20:15:18 GMT
Can I say I love her so much! My dad died early and she was the best inheritance. this is just lovely i'm glad you have each other gina |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2018 20:18:02 GMT
Yes, mine used to. She loves gift giving for anything and everything. I have told her for years she didn't need to, so it's been just a card for a few years, especially since she can't afford it.
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Post by Linda on Apr 24, 2018 20:20:40 GMT
my mum does (and yes, I send her something also) - she also sends DH something for Father's Day
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Post by gar on Apr 24, 2018 20:22:52 GMT
No, my daughters buy me a card not the other way round. I buy my mother a card, she doesn't buy me one. I'm not her mother. Never heard of anyone doing that. That. |
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Post by melanell on Apr 24, 2018 20:26:02 GMT
Only on my first Mother's Day. And that was likely because I was only home with my son a few days before Mother's Day. I wound up getting gifts from a few people that year. I think they all thought DH might be a little busy being a first-time parent to be thinking about Mother's Day gifts. |
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Post by suzastampin on Apr 24, 2018 20:26:10 GMT
My daughter and the grandkids always get me two huge hanging baskets of flowers. I get my daughter a few little things that I think she’ll like, or I make her something.
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Post by Country Ham on Apr 24, 2018 20:39:55 GMT
Once I became a mom myself my mother recognized my role as a mother with some small token. I think technically it's more of a day to recognize moms in general.
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 24, 2018 20:45:32 GMT
No. I take my mother to lunch and get her a gift.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Apr 24, 2018 20:48:02 GMT
My mother always gave me a mother's day gift. We were gift-giving people though. We celebrate every holiday under the sun. I think we have even had Hallowe'en presents at one time.
Mother's Day is not a day I want to celebrate any longer. I will go to the cemetery to see her and take her some flowers, but I don't want to celebrate it. My son doesn't know this and I am hoping he will just forget that it's a holiday and won't do anything.
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Post by newlywoods03 on Apr 24, 2018 20:49:47 GMT
Not my mother, but mother in love gets me a card and a small gift. Usually a pretty flowering plant.
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