# Doper Moms: Did you get breakfast in bed on Mother's Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990 "2010-05-11T02:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/21 "2010-05-12T15:25:44Z")
No breakfast in bed, but my husband did make the breakfast I requested. And actually remembered to brew the coffee for once! ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/22 "2010-05-12T15:38:09Z")
I have never gotten breakfast in bed for the last 21 years that I have been a mother. It’s something I’ve always wished for, but if you ask for it it’s just not the same as someone doing it spontaneously. Apparently no one ever thought that I’d want it. This Mother’s Day I spent sitting in airports. I was supposed to be home midnight Saturday, but high winds and cancellations delayed my arrival until 1am Monday. My daughter cooked dinner and the family was together on Tuesday, though, so it’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/23 "2010-05-12T15:42:47Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > Pfft. Mini-Marli was sick and pukey and while I hinted around (read: said outright) to my husband that a clean house would be a very nice Mother’s Day present Heh. You hint like I do! My husband’s idea of ‘subtlety’ is wrapping the anvil I hit him with in tissue paper first! 😃 I’d love if he bought me flowers on a regular basis, and have told him as much. But he just doesn’t do it. So when I see flowers I like in the supermarket or whatever, I will buy them, bring them home, arrange them; then when he comes home, I’ll say “Look at what beautiful flowers you bought me! Thank you! I love them!” 😉 He’ll reply with something like “See how good I am to you?” 😉 Now, to his credit, when he’s in the supermarket with me, sometimes the flowers will catch his eye, and he’ll say something like “Hey, you wanna go help me pick out what flowers I want to buy for you?” All in all, he’s a pretty good guy. In the words of my MIL (talking about my FIL, they’ve been married for 55 years): “I have never in my life thought about divorcing him. Oh, I wanted to _kill_ him a time or two, but I’ve never wanted a divorce!” > [@Avarie537](#): > > No breakfast in bed, but my husband did make the breakfast I requested. And actually remembered to brew the coffee for once! As I’ve mentioned, 10YO **mudgirl** is the only other one in the house who knows how to use the coffee maker. My hubby couldn’t make coffee with step-by-step instructions! (He does, however, know that I like it with half and half and Splenda!) ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/24 "2010-05-12T20:06:26Z")
> [@Walkabout](#): > > I have never gotten breakfast in bed for the last 21 years that I have been a mother. It’s something I’ve always wished for, but if you ask for it it’s just not the same as someone doing it spontaneously. Apparently no one ever thought that I’d want it. > > This Mother’s Day I spent sitting in airports. I was supposed to be home midnight Saturday, but high winds and cancellations delayed my arrival until 1am Monday. My daughter cooked dinner and the family was together on Tuesday, though, so it’s all good. Wow. Sucks that your plane had a delay!☹ It’s nice that you got dinner and time with your family, though! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/25 "2010-05-12T20:08:06Z")
I worked at 7am, and the littlest Simpson was spending the weekend at my mother’s. The SO woke me at 6:15 with a cup of coffee in one hand and an invitation to eat breakfast. Ummm, it was interesting. Scrambled eggs with Macedonia mix frozen veggies, cut up balogna, and strawberries. With oregano in it. Yes. Umm gee thanks honey, I am not hungry yet, I will just bring it to work and have it on my morning break. Monday, the SO and the littlest Simpson made a bacon and scrambled eggs breakfast for me with toast and hashbrowns. No strawberries were harmed during the making of that breakfast. Much better. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/26 "2010-05-12T21:45:57Z")
No, but my husband got up and fed the cats at 6 o’something, and brought out the flowers he’d been sneakily hiding since Friday. We went to my in-laws’ for dinner, where we celebrated Mother’s Day and my mother-in-law’s birthday. I knew I was getting a blueberry bush for Mother’s Day, but my husband surprised me with a second one (that means they’ll cross-pollinate and we’ll get more blueberries! Yay!)! Oh, and my husband helped our son (2.5 years old) sign my card, which was cute. And the kiddo helped pick out the card and the flowers, which was really sweet. So, a good day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/27 "2010-05-13T01:06:30Z")
> [@stargazer](#): > > No, but my husband got up and fed the cats at 6 o’something, and brought out the flowers he’d been sneakily hiding since Friday. We went to my in-laws’ for dinner, where we celebrated Mother’s Day and my mother-in-law’s birthday. I knew I was getting a blueberry bush for Mother’s Day, but my husband surprised me with a second one (that means they’ll cross-pollinate and we’ll get more blueberries! Yay!)! > > Oh, and my husband helped our son (2.5 years old) sign my card, which was cute. And the kiddo helped pick out the card and the flowers, which was really sweet. > > So, a good day. 🙂 So, by the time your son is old enough to actually _cook_, he’ll have no excuse for not bringing you blueberry pancakes in bed on Mother’s Day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/28 "2010-05-13T12:20:08Z")
I got eggs, gluten free pancakes and coffee. Not sure how much helping my husband did - but some because the kitchen was clean too! My kids have been able to make coffee since they were six. They both drink it so making coffee was like a first level skill for them. We saw Iron Man 2, went to the Mill City Museum and had a lovely dinner out. I got a Wordle poster from my daughter, a bookthong from my son, and a bracelet from both of them (via my husband, via me saying “this.”) In the past their Mother’s Day gift for me was a day by myself. But they are older now and more likely to give me a day by myself once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/29 "2010-05-15T11:42:46Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > My kids have been able to make coffee since they were six. They both drink it so making coffee was like a first level skill for them. With a standard coffee-maker, I would agree. BUT. . .my hubby bought me this Cuisinart Grind ‘n’ Brew at a flea market for $10.00. The first time I tried to use it, I thought ‘Oh, come on, it’s a _coffee maker_; how hard could it be?’ After a few minutes I had to give up and get the instruction booklet out! 😉 But **mudgirl** is a GIT (Geek In Training) and likes stuff with buttons. The more buttons the better! So some months ago, even though she herself has no use for coffee, she asked me to teach her to use the coffee maker. I showed her once, she’s used it solo ever since! The nice thing about geeks is they are as easy to figure out as square roots!😉 ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/30 "2010-05-15T12:24:50Z")
I would not want breakfast in bed! I am not ill, nor am I unable to get up and eat at a table. I would say thank you for the gesture but I would rather fix my own as long as I am able to do so. I lived 80 years without it and hope to live at least 20 years more by getting up and fixing my own food,if I am able to do that,it is a good gift for me. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/31 "2010-05-15T12:58:57Z")
> [@Marlitharn](#): > > Pfft. Mini-Marli was sick and pukey and while I hinted around (read: said outright) to my husband that a clean house would be a very nice Mother’s Day present that would have cut into his busy schedule of playing World of Warcraft so it didn’t get done. My son did text “Happy Mother’s Day” to me, so that’s something, I guess. The second year my daughter was in college she sent an e-mail to her father, which included the line" “oh, and tell mom I said Happy Mother’s Day”. We printed out the e-mail, cut out this line, and taped it to the pantry door! 😛 We aren’t too big on holidays around here. Speaking of blueberries, I got three red raspberry plants for M-Day some years ago and today they are higher than my head and sending out shoots 4 feet from the main plants, taking over the yard. All plants, few berries, though - I’m hoping to get more than a handful of berries this year. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/32 "2010-05-15T16:56:44Z")
I’m jealous. I got nothing all day, and then, just before bedtime, my husband reminded my son what day it was, so I got a “oh yeah. Happy Mother’s Day. Goodnight!” ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/33 "2010-05-15T17:07:11Z")
My kids told me Happy Mother’s Day…while I was washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen. Oh well, I don’t really need my own day anyway 😉 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/34 "2010-05-16T00:36:56Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > I’m jealous. I got nothing all day, and then, just before bedtime, my husband reminded my son what day it was, so I got a “oh yeah. Happy Mother’s Day. Goodnight!” Well, he’s that age, isn’t he? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990/35 "2010-05-16T02:39:49Z")
Yeah, I suppose he is. _le sigh_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-moms-did-you-get-breakfast-in-bed-on-mothers-day/538990.md?page=1)