# Do You Get Your Significant Other A Mother's Day/Father's Day Present? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885 "2018-05-09T23:13:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885/21 "2018-05-10T18:20:02Z")
Son just turned 4, so it’s up to me or else she goes without a gift. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885/22 "2018-05-10T18:41:07Z")
My kids are 11 and 13. I need to remind them when Mother’s day is, but they sort out the card / gift. I don’t get her anything and never had because that’s pretty creepy IMO. Thankfully she feels the same. In fact, now that I think about it, we aren’t big on gift-giving at all. Our kids get a gift or two on their birthday and a couple on Christmas, but not much else and my wife and I usually don’t give each other gifts for birthdays or Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885/23 "2018-05-10T20:43:10Z")
Another vote for yep, because it’s not “Just My Mother’s/Father’s Day” - it’s Mother’s/Father’s Day, and we consider it a celebration of those roles in general. I may even pick up something for my daughter, because she is a wonderful mother to my grandkids. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885/24 "2018-05-10T22:50:45Z")
Honestly, it never occurred to me that wishing someone other than MY parent a Happy Mother’s/Father’s day is considered creepy. That’s kind of sad. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885/25 "2018-05-11T00:36:12Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Though I end up picking up the tab for the Mother’s day brunch that my daughter who lives nearby wants to take her mom out to on that day. :rolleyes: This is me, too, but it’s sons… ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885/26 "2018-05-11T10:23:07Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > Our kid is 4, so I’m still at the stage of buying gifts for mum on his behalf. But they are from him, not me. Once he’s old enough to do it himself, I won’t be doing anything separately. > > Good to see you back on the boards, and what an escape for BWFC! /hijack Cheers. Was a very emotional end to the game! /hijack [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-get-your-significant-other-a-mothers-day-fathers-day-present/813885.md?page=1)