How to Celebrate Mother's Day with Your Mother-In-Law - Nicely

Celebrating Mother's Day should be celebrated by ALL mothers. Here's a few tips on how to celebrate with your mother-in-law when you are a mother yourself.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. The first part of the day should be all about you. That's right, tell your children and/or your husband that you want to wake up celebrating your day and will gladly celebrate with your mother-in-law later in the day when you are finished doing what ever it is you wish to do.

2. Consider having dinner with your M.I.L. or a late lunch.

3. Be sure to bring her a gift and cards from the grandchildren. Homemade gifts are typically appreciated.

4. Your husband should hand pick a card for his mother and flowers or whatever he wants to give her. You should BOTH sign the card.

5. Be respectful of her day. You had your half, now let her have half. She knows your a mother too and will appreciate that you have not taken her son and grandchildren away from her for the day.

Tips & Warnings

• Remember to be respectful no matter what!
• When you teach your children by example to be respectful of in-laws and family, you will reap the rewards when they have their wives and children.
• If you have a troublesome mother-in-law, do your best to put your feelings aside for a few hours. You don't have to spend the entire day with her but a few hours would be very nice. If you don't, you WILL cause even more ill feelings between you and set a very bad example for your children about respect.

[LuLu12]

on 7/2/2008 No, LuLu is a massively angry woman, not just "one angry". Massively angry.

The Mother bird comment? Let's go ahead and do what the Eskimo's do....let's put the old ones out on an iceburg to freeze to death. You go first.

[GreenMomma]

on 7/2/2008 Thank you luvmyman. Life is about compromise. Its not all about anyone and this goes for moms, grandmothers, children, fathers, grandfathers alike. We all have to learn to share the ones we love.

[luvmyman]

on 7/2/2008 LuLu12 is an incredibly angry woman, you said to spend half of the day on yourself and half the day on her. That is certainly not being selfish this is the perfect example of a woman scorned. I think these are incredibly good suggestions.

[LuLu12]

on 6/30/2008 This is so unbelievable and this is just exactly what perpetuates this whole "I am the most important person on the planet" myth.

"troublesome Mother in law"!! MY GOD~!! Is she in prison at the State Pen or something?

Oh yes, you are the most important, aren't you? You can bet you are right about your children watching you. Hats off to you for seeing that.

Be forewarned,...the time will come, if you have a son that Mother's day will hit you in the heart like a knife because he will only see you when his selfish, fried brained, control freak wife will allow it.

Good luck....your heartache will never end.

But, on the other hand, cheer up, you might have Daughters and if you do, guess what? You will be included in HER DAY.

There will be no question about being remembered on Mother's Day...hell, you'll be sitting there in the thick of it.