If you think your mother's day is bad.....
If you think your Mother's Day is bad, gather in. Let me tell you about mine so far.
Two weeks ago, my husband asked me what I wanted for Mother's Day. Simply put, I wanted the grass cut, the yard weedeated, and my flower beds cleaned up.
He said, "Oh no, that is normal work. What do I want?" He then cut the grass, didn't weed eat, and tore up my flower beds for me to put back together. Thanks, I guess.
On Friday evening. We fed the kids' dinner, and then my husband was adamant about taking our son on a golf cart ride. He left st 7 pm. He came back drunk at 10:30 and threw up all over our toilet. Which I cleaned. I then asked him to watch our 2 year old while I made bottles. I came into his room, and my two year old was sprawled on the recliner, curled into a little ball, but my husband wasn't in there. He was passed out in our bed.
I had planned on asking my husband to take me to the stone place in town the next morning to pick out a statue. That plan went up in smoke because of the level in which my trust was broken. My husband knew I came from a home that was ridden with drug and alcohol abuse, and he was drinking and putting my son's life at risk by being that inebriated while caring for him.
I spent all day fighting with him yesterday. Honestly, looking at him absolutely disgusts me. He did, in the minimum, take the two year old to get a haircut at my request. While there, he went into the nail salon next door and got me a gift card. It isn't the place I use. When he presented it to me, I told him so. Honestly, it felt like a last-minute gift.
So today, Mother's Day, I woke up with low expectations. Thank goodness at that. No lunch planned execpt his Mom picking up fried chicken. I don't eat fried chicken. My daughter doesn't eat fried chicken. It was decided this morning that we would pick up BBQ takeout to have at his Mom's house instead. His Mom, who he bought a gift for, and I got flowers, cake, and a card for. Otherwise, she wouldn't have a full present.
On his way over, he called to say we are giving the nail salon card to his Aunt, who will be there and isn't even a mother. He said he would just give me cash. In his mind, I can just pay for my nails at the salon i want, even though that isn't what I want. I want a thoughtful gift or gesture. I was also told I am holding "one small mistake over his head" and am ungrateful about my gift. Because I should have told him what I wanted.
So there, I had to give my gift up, because this isn't the nail salon I use equates to I hate my gift.
Happy Mother's Day. I hope all of yours was better.
Next year, I am booking a spa weekend and leaving my kids at a friend's or his mother's house. All of my mother's days have been crappy, but this one was top notch 💩.