Unwritten Her

09/05/2025

It’s Mother’s Day this weekend and I’ve just come from a Mother’s Day breakfast at Sindy’s school. It was reasonably pleasant. I ate a sausage roll and doughnut. Despite declaring she hates doughnuts, Sindy also ate one.

Some of the mums discussed their plans for the weekend. One mum said they don’t really make a big deal of the day. Another said it was nice to be thought of. I think we all agreed that it wasn’t so much the children (because they’re all young) but that really, we wanted our partners to recognise as for being good mothers. Noone said that but that’s what it felt like.

Meanwhile, the children’s dad will have arranged to buy something for me. We both do mother’s day and father’s day (for the children) and we’re pretty good at birthdays etc. For some reason, I felt annoyed at my current partner for not having the consideration to do something with the kids (for me). Maybe I’m asking too much or being unreasonable. Am I? I know on Father’s Day, we do something for him given he’s a ‘father figure’.

I’ve also started reading a lot on Threads about mums of dogs also wanting to celebrate Mother’s Day. There is a lot of uproar about it because human mums say you can’t compare children with dogs (which I agree with). BUT – does it really matter if a dog mum wants to celebrate mothers day? I’m a dog mum too. If anything, I should be celebrated doubly. And my loveable dog Norman is particularly dim, so if anything, takes more work than a regular dog. (I’ve just worked out how to add photos so you can see what Norman looks like. They’re not his best work and I clearly have some progress to make with photography).