Hold the breakfast in bed!
Not all mums love Mothers’ Day! Yes, really. In fact, some mums would rather their (well meaning) husband and kids keep their soggy cereal to themselves and instead just allow them a bit of peace and quiet! So, what do Mums really want?
Breakfast in bed is okay, as long as Gordon Ramsay prepares it and delivers it silently at around 10.20am with his top off. Even better would be a champagne brunch out somewhere very posh with other Mums. With women who agree that Mothers’ Day exists to say, ‘Thanks Mum for all your hard work, now have the day off!’
OK, let’s be honest. There is no need for celebrity appearances and to spend heaps of cash on Mums to make us truly happy. Simple is best.
Listen up husbands and kids. This is what we really, really want on Mothers’ Day:
- We want to sleep in.
- When we wake up, we’d like a massive cuddle from the beautiful fruit of our loins. We don’t really mind if they’re wearing rainbow leggings with a tartan tunic, but it’d be great if they were fed, dressed, clean and happy.
- A homemade card with a hilarious drawing and misspelt message.
- We want to be taken out to brunch. No breakfast in bed!
- We would like thoughtful gifts from spas. No kitchen appliances.
- We want to go the toilet alone, for as long as we like.
- We want to drink a cup of tea while it’s still hot.
- We’d like to scroll lazily through emails on our phone without someone asking, ‘Can I play on your phone?’
- We’d like to sit on the sun lounge with a trashy mag and no lifeguard duty.
- We want to have a shower without sharing and without conversation.
- We want no shouting for a day. None from the kids and none from us.
- We want to end this perfect day with takeaway eaten straight out of the box.
- We want to be in bed with a good book and the father of our children (optional) by 10pm.
We will thoroughly enjoy all of this in the knowledge that our own mum is also relishing her spa treatment, with a side of vindication – finally they get it!