I had a wonderful Mother’s Day

Hi guys 👋 I had a wonderful Mother’s Day.
My husband loaned our neighbor his trailer and then promptly left to go get some gourmet bakery breakfast for us and our LO to share. We are until we bled cream filling and I watched him and our daughter take a nap while I binged a few episodes of a show my therapist recommended me. Afterwards he kept insisting he wanted to take me shopping (I was a little hesitant as there was just a mass shooting in my town and many of our local events were closed. However, I conceded to the idea that I would be happier going out and giving him the chance to treat me as specially as he wanted instead of sitting inside and letting my fear consume what is still a day he specifically asked off, as he works almost every day/ weekend) and we had loads of fun. We went thrifting, we shopped at some local markets and we had dinner at my favorite restaurant. All in all it wasn’t anything toooo different than what we would have otherwise done on a day off, the shift was just more on me rather than all of us, but just having my husband home with me and our daughter made my heart warm.

I also can’t help but add, I’m on here and I’m seeing all of these posts from people who had a crummy Mother’s Day or didn’t feel seen or appreciated by their partners and (I’m so sorry it was so ugly) then see alllllll these people responding that the woman just needs to leave. … like… ?????? What???? I am gobsmacked. Aren’t we just as much partners to our husbands and our husbands are partners to us? Where’s the conflict management? Where’s the unconditional love? How entitled are we?? I suggest the workbook “Anger Management for Women” by Julie Castalano. The book pissed me off for the first bit because a lot of the issues I didn’t relate to however it helped LOADS with how my husband and I manage arguments. His faults are still there and I assure you he’s not lacking in them, but I’m a firm believer that you teach people how to treat you and this book has equipped me with healthy ways to approach conflict so that my partner and I can work on the issues together instead of it otherwise being “me vs him”