Mother’s Day Conflict

Posted on May 11, 2008 in Relationship by little mochi

Last year, it was the health spa for 3 hours. This year, it was a facial at Charlie’s Skin Care in La Mirada, CA. My mom and mother in law enjoyed it. The shoulder/arm/neck/head massage was so relaxing that they fell asleep. And they absolutely loved the hot mask.

I wish I had joined them. Afterall, it is my first mother’s day! But I didn’t. With only a few hundred bucks left in our bank account, I thought I could wait on mine.

That was yesterday. I chose to celebrate Mother’s Day on Saturday. Not because every place on Earth would be busy, but because there was going to be a conflict. We decided to celebrate my mom’s birthday on Sunday.

Everything was fine and dandy until I get an email from my brother in law. He wants to have a BBQ in his parent’s backyard with his mom, my mom, AND his girlfriend’s mom on Sunday. Strange set up, but what the heck. Conflict.

If you had to pick one, which is more important: Celebrating mother’s day, or celebrating your mom’s birthday?

This is just one of the few occasions where we have conflicting events. Another big one is our anniversary and my mother in law’s birthday. Or my father’s birthday and father’s day.

What would you do with all these conflicting events?

The best answer I can come up with is to sit down with hubby and decide which holidays to spend where. For example, we can agree to spend mother’s day with his mom on the even years and mother’s day with my mom on the odd years. I think that as long as you both agree, and stick to the schedule, things will work out ok.
The only problem is, where do we find time to be with just hubby and child?



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