‘They had a mega surprise for Mother’s Day’
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The bar is set high when the Mother’s Day gift is announced weeks in advance with great aplomb. Then try to say that it is disappointing, to those beaming faces.
Eva (45), mother of Dionne (16), Jet (14) and Liv (9):
“Two years ago my husband Hugo had a mega surprise for Mother’s Day, he announced weeks before. “A rib out of his body, but I was worth it,” he revealed. On the day in question, I was welcomed with a decorated table and three beaming heads who were going to spoil their mother. They each had a box in their hand.
Thank you darling
When I opened it I immediately saw that it was not something that would make me run through the streets cheering. They were three fairly solid gold bracelets, each with a daughter’s name and date of birth engraved and set with stones.
Normally I appreciate gestures, but I found this very ugly; way too gaudy and I hate anything with names on it. You would think that your husband would know that after 25 years of marriage, but Hugo was very proud of his purchase.
“’Don’t you like them, mom?’ she asked”
I faked an enthusiastic thank you, but our youngest still saw something about me. “Don’t you like them, Mom?” she asked, looking at me intently. I quickly said that I was a little overwhelmed by the expensive gifts. Now I wear them occasionally when the kids are around, but at work they go straight into a box in my drawer.”
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Happy Mother’s day
Ilona (38), mother of Jasper (7), Lisa-Marie (4) and David (5 months):
“My very first ‘Mother’s Day gift’ will be told to our son Jasper for the rest of his life. Our son was less than a week old on Mother’s Day. He was born by caesarean section and I had nowhere to go. My husband was just about to change it when he had to go to the toilet himself. He put the baby in his romper on my stomach.
“Now he also gives nicer gifts”
Jasper apparently had to poop and it sprayed the diaper on all sides, all over me. That very soft baby poop, not the most pleasant gift. I could barely move and laughed out loud. Even though laughing hurt so bad at the time, I couldn’t stop laughing. Now Jasper himself always has to chuckle a little when I tell him, somewhat embarrassed, that is. He now also gives nicer gifts, such as a poem or a painted coffee cup.”
A joke surely?
Yvonne (43), mother of Minka (15), Helena (13), Floris (9) and Mitch (5):
“When I think of Mother’s Day, I don’t see presents, drawings or crafts, but my husband’s teasing. Every year he takes a kind of strange pleasure in giving me the most dull and useless kitchen appliances.
“My husband has the greatest fun in it”
A popcorn machine. A self-turning spaghetti fork – no joke. A mini ice cream maker. A kitchen scale. A pineapple slicer. My husband enjoys giving me what he considers to be stereotypical gifts for real mothers. Especially since I never cook at home. In any case, it has been a surprise every time for fifteen years now what nonsensical things he has found.”
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