# What did you get your mom for Mother's Day? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751 "2010-05-08T16:30:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/21 "2010-05-08T23:18:05Z")
Half a dozen mason jar tealight lamps (if you have a Christmas Tree Shop, check them out, these things are cute and dirt cheap), a DVD of a **1001 Classic Commericals** and the supermarket version of **Eat This, Not That**. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/22 "2010-05-08T23:24:50Z")
She asked for a ticket to Paris to visit a relative there. So she got a ticket to Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/23 "2010-05-09T00:22:53Z")
I asked for book recommendations in this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562060). Mom got [Eat, Pray, Love](http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Pray-Love-Everything-Indonesia/dp/0670034711) by Elizabeth Gilbert and [Devotion](http://www.amazon.com/Devotion-Memoir-Dani-Shapiro/dp/0061628344) by Dani Shapiro. Thanks to **Kolga** for the tip. All the suggestions in the thread were good, but \*\*Devotion \*\*was more her style than anything else. At least I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/24 "2010-05-09T00:56:31Z")
I’m going to visit Riverview Cemetery in Portland, photograph all of the two family plots worth of tombstones (including my mother’s) and upload them to the [Find A Grave](http://www.findagrave.com) website. I urge all of you to do the same, as this website is an extremely valuable tool for genealogists. You can enter bio data, birth/death dates, spouse names, etc. Best of all it’s free to register and to use. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/25 "2010-05-09T01:15:10Z")
I did get the picture printed and framed in time for the surprise-to-me day early celebration - Mom liked the food storage, but she cried over the picture. 🙂 Score. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/26 "2010-05-09T01:24:25Z")
So far, just the ingredients for tomorrow night’s fabulous dinner (mangoes for mango/coconut sorbet, shrimp and a nice crusty baguette for [this appetizer](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Garlic-Shrimp-309), monkfish for [this fabulously aromatic Moroccan dish](http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Fish-Chermoula-12485), and a bottle of wine). I tried to buy flowers, but the selection was so picked-over I decided not to bother. I’ll probably go out tomorrow looking for other ideas. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/27 "2010-05-09T01:24:54Z")
Forgot it again, so I’ll give her a call. I’ve got all day. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/28 "2010-05-09T01:38:16Z")
Mom’s getting kind of feeble, so - old lady presents. Cheapie cotton nightgown, bottle of Wind Song, and Dearfoam slippers. Slippers are very important to the elderly, they have to feel and fit just right. I bought three pairs for trying on and she picked the good ones. We celebrated The Big Day today. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/29 "2010-05-09T02:02:03Z")
Gift cert for Lowes (a home improvement store) with the suggestion she buy something for her yard. They have a pretty big selection of flowers, trees and shrubs etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/30 "2010-05-09T02:38:12Z")
I am not getting a gift for my mom this year on the basis she didn’t even use the gift I got her last year. ---
**Author:** ![ladysorrowfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@ladysorrowfree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladysorrowfree)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/31 "2010-05-09T04:03:13Z")
I upgraded her computer to Windows XP. Oh. Also two dozen pink roses and a card. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/32 "2010-05-09T07:25:38Z")
I’m still living in her house, so she has my awesome presence every day here to comfort her. (Which, being an only child, is actually appreciated, but I’m moving out in 3 months.) I got her a card, and since I’m working tomorrow, we’ll go to dinner somewhere in the following week. We’re very lax on holidays as a family. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/33 "2010-05-09T07:43:50Z")
A short-notice visit and dinner at a lovely little Italian restaurant tonight. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/34 "2010-05-09T08:18:15Z")
Nothing, as she is currently in her second home in Portugal. But I got her an early birthday present two months ago, as I took her along with my to [TEFAF,](http://www.tefaf.com/) the fanciest art exhibition of the Netherlands. She wanted to go, but didn’t want to cought up the ticket costs. As this is my first mothers day where I’m a mom, I was kinda hoping for some special attention. Nope. \ ---
**Author:** ![Rala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@Rala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rala)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/35 "2010-05-09T09:12:43Z")
I got her a book about a wildlife reserve in Africa and took her to the Mother’s Day concert my orchestra put on. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/36 "2010-05-09T11:07:14Z")
Mother’s day and my sister’s b-day coincide. My daughter and I will be joining my sibs at Mom’s house - we’re all bringing food. My husband was up sick last night, so he’s staying home, probably phoning his mother later in the day. My daughter won’t give me anything because I don’t like people making a big deal about me, whether it’s my birthday, my anniversary, or Mother’s day. But she and I will have several hours together in the car to talk and stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/37 "2010-05-09T12:33:15Z")
They don’t sell cyanide where I live. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/38 "2010-05-09T15:28:50Z")
She asked for an Eastern Redbud tree, so I’ll be trying to find a decent one today. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/39 "2010-05-09T15:57:46Z")
My mom has been gone 16 years so instead I’ll share what I got from my baby girl,\*\* BloodyL\*\*. She gave me a laughing Buddha statue, my favorite because it reminds me of me. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751/40 "2010-05-09T21:23:24Z")
My mom just bought a place in Brooklyn last August. I know space is a top priority, so I don’t generally get her stuff that will just clutter it up. This year she got 15 tulips (her favorite) and a half-dozen chocolate covered strawberries. Last year she got the Mother’s Day collection of ice creams from [Jeni’s](http://www.jenisicecreams.com), the best ice cream in the world. They actually sell Jeni’s at a place in Brooklyn now, so I didn’t repeat the gift, even though my stepfather LOVED the plastic containers it came in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-you-get-your-mom-for-mothers-day/538751.md?page=3)