Consider yourself warned!
A guide for those who think they want children.
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Mother’s Day! One of the best holidays ever, if you’re a mom! I love Mother’s Day because that’s the one day of the year where I may just get an obligatory gift, and the kids actually make an effort to get along with each other. But, of course, that all depends on your child.
When the kids were little, I looked forward to the school made gifts I would receive (a big thank you to all the creative teachers out there). You should have seen my kids’ little beaming faces. They were always so excited to give me their handmade works of art. They were just too precious! I don’t know where all that art work is now, but I still have a pencil holder my son made me and the mug and bowls my daughter hand painted. Now that the kids are teenagers, the quality of the gifts has change, that is, if I get a gift. First of all, they are no longer handmade. Now it’s a store bought gift or a gift card. Sometimes, I would just prefer the gift card. At least then I know I’ll get what I want. After all, what I want, and what they want me to have can be two completely different things. Last year, my daughter bought me really expensive perfume even though I told her not to spend a lot of money. She asked the sales lady at Sephora to help her pick it out. If I remember correctly, she framed the question somewhat like this, “What type of perfume would you buy a middle aged lady?” She actually told me that is what she asked the sales lady. I was trying to figure out when I became middle aged. Anyway, what the sales lady thought THIS middle aged lady would like was not something that I would have chosen for myself. But I have to say though, I’ve been using this perfume and it has now grown on me. I guess the sales lady actually knew a thing or two. My son, got me nothing for Mother’s Day last year, and he spared no expense when he got me the same thing again this year. This year, my daughter decided that instead of buying me a gift, she would make me breakfast and other fattening treats instead. God blessed me with a daughter who likes to experiment in the kitchen. Her experiments don’t always work out, but every now and again she gets it right. Luckily for me, they mostly turned out pretty good this Mother’s Day. My son, I made him clean the kitchen. Do you see a trend here? I don’t understand how I got stuck with the cheap son, but somehow I did. The sad thing is that this kid didn’t even remember that it was Mother’s Day weekend! Saturday night, he’s talking about playing basketball with his friend on Sunday. I looked at him and asked, “Isn’t your friend going to spend Mother’s Day with his mother?” His reply, “Tomorrow’s Mother’s Day?” To which I incredulously replied, “Excuse me?” I wish you could have heard the attitude in my voice. His response, “Oh, I guess it is.” Then he offered to give his sister Thirty Dollars towards whatever she got me. She refused to take it from him and told him to get his own gift. I told her that she should take the money. But wait a minute, now that I think of it, I’m the one who paid for the food my daughter cooked. Maybe he should pay me the Thirty Dollars! I hope those of you who have children have at least one child who took the time to get you a gift or to do something special for you on Mother’s Day. For those of you who haven’t experienced this yet … Consider Yourself Warned! Mothers, what kinds of gifts did you receive for Mother’s Day?
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SassyGirlTye lives with her two wonderful teenagers in Brooklyn, New York. No matter what she says in her posts, she truly loves her children with all her heart.
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