Georgina Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Mother's Day 18th March in England. Nearly missed this last year. I know it's different here but I don't think our mothers would appreciate waiting for the French version. Interflora charging mega bucks, I think it might be cheaper to get the boat for the day.[blink]For our American friends 13th March by the way!Is it June in France?Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 As most florists now take cards its probably cheapest to use www.Yell.com to locate a florist local to your mother and phone them.John Lewis, Waitrose (Ocado) and Tesco all offer on line services too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 [quote user="Georgina"]Is it June in France?Georgina[/quote]No, still March.Johnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 [quote user="Iceni"][quote user="Georgina"]Is it June in France?Georgina[/quote]No, still March.Johnnot[/quote]Mai 1950: la loi du 24 mai 1950 institue la fête des mères, signée parle président de la République Vincent Auriol. « La fête des mères estfixée au dernier dimanche de mai, lorsque cette date coïncide aveccelle de Pentecôte, la fête des mères a lieu le premier dimanche dejuin ». De ce fait, la fête des mères fait partie des fêtes mobilesdont la date change chaque année (2006: 28 mai; 2007: 3 juin; 2008: 25mai; 2009 7 juin; 2010: 30 mai...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 [quote user="Georgina"]Mother's Day 18th March in England. [/quote]My Mum will get the best present of all this year. Me![;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulcrum Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Thanks for reminding me Tresco. My mum is very old now and will appreciate a bunch of flowers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppy Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 [quote user="Tresco"][quote user="Georgina"]Mother's Day 18th March in England. [/quote]My Mum will get the best present of all this year. Me![;-)][/quote]Tresco that is soooooo lovely [:D]Your post made me cry [:'(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 My mum is in Spain and their Mother's day is yet a different date so I have three chances of remembering to send something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 [quote user="Poppy"]Tresco that is soooooo lovely [:D] Your post made me cry [:'(][/quote]Oh Poppy, are you missing your mum too? [:(] I feel so lucky to be going as it wasn't really planned in advance much.Last year my son went up to spend a few hours with her on Mothers Day. That touched me nearly as much as the Mothers Day card he Faxed to me one year.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 I don't 'do' mother's day. My thought is that I and everyone else can be nice all the year round and don't need to be told what day to be nice or buy a loved one something special or do something special with them.My friend here says it is a good excuse for a fête, but I never need an excuse anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 [quote user="Teamedup"]I don't 'do' mother's day. [/quote]Me neither. Neither does my mum, really. I don't know where my son gets his sentimental streak from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 That's OK if he feels like that. And I know that it is very important to some mothers. It just isn't for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry Knickers Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 You are all so lucky to have your mothers this mothers day! on me mammy's last mothers day (we did not know it was to be her last) I got her a huge dovecote she was mad about for weeks, after seeing it in a garden centre in the Cotswolds. The dovecote lay in her garden for months. Every time I visited her, she would ask me "will you ever put up me little bird house" Of course, I never found the time to do it! Untill that day in november that she was sat in her garden, and she said "will I ever see me little bird house full of grand doves" I went and got the materials I needed, and I put up her beloved dovecote at long last! You should have seen the delight in her beautiful face! She never got to see the birds that made their home in the dovecote, as she went to see her little son that had passed away when a few days old. She had been telling me about "her little Angel in Heaven" only a few weeks before they were together again. I shall never forget the happiness I saw in her face looking at that dovecote. "for though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see" (Paul McArtney) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 Nixxy, you're just as soft as a prosthetic rubber ear sometimes.[kiss]A dovecote! [:)] My Laddio took my mum a couple of cans of Barley Wine, and much appreciated they were. The rest of the family had earlier kept her away from her preferred tipple. That sort of behaviour makes 'Mothers Day' more like 'Adult Children be Bossy and Controlling Day' in her eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I love Mother's Day - I always make sure that somebody visits the grave, takes a large hammer and gives the stake a couple of good whacks to make sure the old witch doesn't rise from her grave to haunt the family again.However MIL who is in a nursing home with severe dementia and doesn't understand one day from the next gets flowers from J and I just in case she has a better and more lucid period and remembers what Mother's Day may be about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceni Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I do not support these modern inventions, bring back Mothering Sunday.Johnnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 You can call it what you like, its the same day in the UK http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/mothers.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 I take back what I said about Interflora being expensive, it was worth every penny.[:)]Even my dad was happy.Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monika Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 I was quite moved by Furry Knickers' story and while I still had tears in my eyes I was forced to laugh out loud when I read Tony F Dordognes irreverent post! But can somebody explain the difference to me between Mothering Sunday and Mother's day (I was told off by my neighbour for calling it Mother's day!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 According to the link I posted its the same day, Mothering Sunday = Mothers Day in the UK at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monika Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Thank you Russethouse, I will try and print it out for my neighbour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 I'm one of those who prefers to stick to "Mothering Sunday" - just because that is the traditional name. It is on the fourth Sunday in Lent. Mother's Day is an idea which started in the USA at the beginning of the 20th century and is on the second Sunday in May.I've had complaints from my own kids for a few years now because they are finding it increasingly difficult to find a card that says Mothering Sunday that doesn't appear to be designed for a 150 year old romantic cretin. I think Monika's neighbour and I are fighting a losing battle.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgina Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 [quote user="Monika"]I................I was forced to laugh out loud when I read Tony F Dordognes irreverent post! ..............!)[/quote]I think he should see a psychiatrist. Can't be healthy all that anger.Georgina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monika Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 To me these two postings showed how two people coped with their mothers' death: Tony with the typical weird sense of English humour and stiff upper lip, Furry Knickers with the poignant, moving story of the dove cote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 The older I get the more I realize that while many people profess to love their parents not all them actually like their parents as people.My own mother could be awkward for England ! Luckily my sister and I can laugh about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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