Mothers’ expectations for Mother’s Day & Weekend - why do some do this to yourselves?
Been married 15yrs, have 3 under 15yr old kids. Both my friends’ wives and my own put Mother’s Day (MD) on a pedestal- not just the day, but the entire weekend, which many know is somewhat common. This creates a lot of expectations on a “perfect” weekend and behavior from the children.
If your children aren’t already behaving most the time, this weekend won’t be any different, no matter how much you mention or hint at it, or make comments about it.
It pains me to see my amazing wife and others, who then fall apart on this weekend when things are essentially normal with kids bickering or not listening at times, etc.
Kids are kids. They love their mom but they are still going to act the fool like a usual weekend and seeing your wife take it badly - personally even - is truly heartbreaking. I do my best and we’ve done activities and everything else, which she is thankful for. But inside, she’s hurting and it stinks no matter how you slice it.
I wish more could try to separate the MD holiday from some of the behavior and like any weekend as a parent, we just do our best.
Love to all the moms out there ! Toughest job in the world 💪🏻
EDIT / UPDATE : this is solely regarding children’s behavior, not related to inter marriage or relationship issues with the spouse ***