Posted on 05/07/2008 9:54:47 AM PDT by PercivalWalks
Not to excuse the mother in this but how could the father not know that this was not typed by a four year old? What four year old uses the word "exhausted" and can spell it?
He wasn’t fooled. Four year olds can’t count to 143, and theyrarely use terms like exhausted. It reminds me of Lucy Van Pelt trying to get Schroeder to give her a present for Beethoven’s Birthday.
What a bunch of selfish be-yotches! “Honey, I know you’re only four but Mummy thinks your clay hand print plaque is lame. Go hit Daddy up for $700 so I can get me some Christian Louboutins!”
And the men are stupid enough to give them the money! Hell, they were stupid enough to lie with these harpies in the first place.
Gosh, who wouldn’t dump these women? The one who expects her child’s father to send HER a present on the child’s birthday is a real piece of work.
I don’t need a thing for Mother’s Day, but I’d better remind my husband to get cards in the mail for his mother and step-mother.
Sorry to bother the Mom list with this, but I am absolutely appalled and thought I would pass it along.
Good thing she remembered to capitalize “Mother’s Day” and the apostrophe was a nice touch too.
It’s protection money. If the gifts stop coming, these women will make those mens’ lives a living hell in court. They’re running a protection racket on their husbands. Tony Soprano would be proud.
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They have been divorced for 3 years and she still expects my friend to act like her husband in every way except she can go party whenever she wants.
I think she is insane.
Sounds insane to me. But then, expecting a present on your child’s birthday seems insane, even if you’re married to the child’s father.
I really don’t get the obsession with gifts. If I want something beyond the basics - groceries, gas, Wal-mart clothes - I ask my husband, “Can I get myself Item X?” and he says either, “Sure!” or “Wait until payday.”
It’s important for kids to learn to give, and to honor their parents even if their parents don’t deserve it.
That said, my ex lives with her parents and they can give their grandkids money for my ex.
This type of attitude shows how selfish people are. I thought homemade cards made lovingly by your child were great gifts. As a dad I would rather get that from my kids than something bought at the store.
I agree. It's creepy. If one is going to observe Mother's Day, the point is that it's a recognition to a mother from her children. If your child is 3, that means you get a page he colored and a flower he picked out of the neighbor's landscaping, and you tell him that it's wonderful and he's wonderful.
I thought all mothers knew this stuff.
I have a bit of throw-up in my mouth.
Your husband sounds like mine!!!!
I remember my first Mother’s day. I hadn’t even given it a thought at the time because back then May was a really hectic time for me with work (and the baby). Wednesday before Mother’s Day, a particularly hellacious day, he asked me what I wanted for Mother’s Day and I flippantly said “no responsibility, no phone, no cooking, nothing.”
Mothr’s Day came, he packed a picnic basket, our fishing gear, a cooler, the chairs and we spent the day on the beach surf fishing and he had bought me a new book just for the occassion!
This will be the first Mother’s Day weekend we won’t have our fishing picnic. Since both of our mother’s are passed away, we’re filling in at the Moose Lodge so the other gals who usually work weekends that are mothers and still have moms can be with them.
That’s very sweet. I’ve never heard of this custom, but if it’s your family’s observance, then great.
My husband recently went through a stack of homemade Father’s Day cards and birthday artwork given to him by our sons. Those provide lasting memories of the love we have in our home...he had tears in his eyes.
So did I. It’s like dads always getting a screwdriver set for Christmas.
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