Dads, take note: it isn’t just the little ones who are expected to come up with the goods this Mother’s Day.
Women have taken to parenting forum Mumsnet to discuss whether their partners should be providing gifts with many complaining that they won’t get anything, despite their children being too young to go shopping.
Others, however, said they had made sure to put in their demands early.
One woman even admitted that her ex-husband, who she separated from 15 years ago, still sends her a card and gift every year to thank her for being a good mother to their child.
The hotly-debated topic was kicked off by a user who revealed it was her first Mother’s Day, but her partner had brushed off her request for a card, flowers and a lie in, arguing that she is ‘not his mother’.
‘I do 99 per cent of the childcare alone as he works away and I think I’ve made it clear to him that it’s important to me and I’m hoping he will do something,’ she explained. ‘Is this unreasonable?’
She even admitted she’s planning to give him money and making him go out and get her something.
Mothers have taken to parenting forum Mumsnet to discuss whether their partners should buy them presents for Mother’s Day
And other mums soon flocked to the site to express their sympathy and outrage for her.
‘It’s not a lot to ask for. It’s about him recognising your role as the mother of his child and helping the child to celebrate you’, one woman wrote.
Others added that husband should give gifts on behalf of the children until they’re old enough to sort out their own presents.
‘My husband always has done, and does a little something on his own behalf for me even now our children are old enough to sort themselves out, because he loves me and appreciates what I do for our children.’
Many complained that their partners did not get them anything despite their children being too young to buy them anything themselves, others admitted they put in their demands early
And many mothers revealed that all they wanted was some flowers and a cup of tea in bed as a gesture of appreciation for their hard work as a parent.
However, her solution was met by criticism from other users, who argued that if he wasn’t getting her something of his own accord, he shouldn’t bother.
And other mothers argued that their partners made the effort every other day, so they didn’t mind not receiving anything on Mother’s Day.
One posted: ‘I doubt DH will do anything but it doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
‘He’s great with birthdays, and he’s doing his fair share with the house and kids and he’s kind and generous to me (most of the time!) throughout the year. That’s important to me. But we don’t really “do” any other special days.’
One woman even revealed that her ex-husband, who she had split up with 15 years ago and had since remarried, still sent her a card and gift every year to thank her for being a good mother to their child
‘My DH cooks a roast dinner for us all every Sunday anyway, but when the kids were little he’d organise the making of cards and gifts,’ one woman wrote
The hotly-debated topic was kicked off by a new mother going by the name of ‘The Real Cinderella’, who revealed it was her first Mother’s Day but her partner was refusing to get her a present, arguing that she was ‘not his mother’
Many mothers were of the opinion that if they didn’t receive anything, nor would their partner on Father’s Day
A widow told the touching story of how her neighbours and friends rallied together in the years following his death to give her gifts