10 Things Mom Wanted for Mother’s Day and What She Really Got
What Moms want and what they actually get is one of life's great ironies. And no more so than on the holiday in their honor, Mother’s Day. While there are countless stories of botched Mother’s Day plans, here are ten of our favorites.
What to do and what not to do for Mother's Day
She wanted a Mother's Day Card.
She got her dining room table refinished with finger paint and good intentions.
She wanted breakfast-in-bed.
She got an overloaded dishwasher full of off-the-floor French toast and charred things scramble.
She wanted someone to do the laundry.
She got a broken dryer and clothes hangers.
She wanted a quiet night in front of the TV.
She got to watch the kids act out every scene of her favorite show in front of the TV.
She wanted flowers.
She got all her rose bushes pruned when the kids got her those flowers.
She wanted a new refrigerator.
She got a new cooler to hold all the food from the old refrigerator after her husband decided to "fix" it.
She wanted a Mother's Day gift basket.
She got last year’s Easter basket.
She wanted a simple Mother’s Day text.
She got a bill for in-app purchases from her son.
She wanted a Mother's Day poem.
She got a crayon limerick on the living room wall.
She wanted the finest household appliances.
She got gently used discount appliances.
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