Husbands, do you buy your wife a Mother's Day present?

[Buzz]

a card, some See's or a bunch of Costco flowers (not both), no "gift" gift, but usually a nice brunch or dinner.
that is all.


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[rz]

No. I won't even be in town on Mother's Day. I'll be up north visiting family. And paying a visit to my Mom's gravesite.

[Michael]

Yep. Always get her a gift to thank her for being the mother to our kid.

[OWC Jamie]

Usually go out to eat.
Sometimes both moms.
Sometimes if I'm really lucky I don't even have to go.

[deckeda]

Does mulch count? My wife wants mulch this year as "a Mother's Day gift," for an outdoor project.

And yes, I know I'm a lucky man.

[rgG]

deckeda wrote:
Does mulch count? My wife wants mulch this year as "a Mother's Day gift," for an outdoor project.

And yes, I know I'm a lucky man.

I would LOVE to get pine straw for Mother's Day.

[davester]

I facilitate (and sometimes nudge) my children's celebration of their mother's day. I help things along, take the kids shopping, perhaps lend them money, perhaps make reservations, etc, but I feel strongly that it would take away from the kids' gift and favor giving if I amped up things on mother's day. I really don't understand guys who try to compete with their kids on this day but I've observed it many times.

[sekker]

davester wrote:
I facilitate (and sometimes nudge) my children's celebration of their mother's day. I help things along, take the kids shopping, perhaps lend them money, perhaps make reservations, etc, but I feel strongly that it would take away from the kids' gift and favor giving if I amped up things on mother's day. I really don't understand guys who try to compete with their kids on this day but I've observed it many times.

Exactly!

[DRR]

I acknowledge but no, she's my wife, not my mother. There are plenty of other opportunities to celebrate her, and our relationship, that there doesn't need to be yet another. Is Valentine's Day, Birthday, Anniversary, Xmas not enough?

[deckeda]

rgG wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
Does mulch count? My wife wants mulch this year as "a Mother's Day gift," for an outdoor project.

And yes, I know I'm a lucky man.

I would LOVE to get pine straw for Mother's Day.
I've known for a long time you and my wife would be along. How would feel if you got tools for a birthday?

My wife has a good friend who told her husband, "Don't ever give me a gift that plugs in." It was her anti-appliance, anti-practical gift edict. At one birthday party for my wife, I gave her a tape measure. I lost a few points that day in her friend's eye but I gained major points at home.