Who do you buy mother's day gifts for?

[LuckySam]

My DH always gets a mother's day gift for his sister who is a mom. I thought you just bought a gift for your mom or if you're a husband you'd buy a gift for your wife who is the mother of your children. It's a very nice gesture but it seems odd to me. Am I the weirdo for thinking this? Does anyone else give gifts to their siblings on mother's and father's day? He gives his brother-in-law a gift on Father's Day too.

[junkinmytrunk]

I buy for:
- my mom
- my sister who's a mom
- my MIL/Gramma
- my SIL who's a mom
They all deserve a token of my appreciation for what they do for their families. Just my two cents.

[jajacobsen]

My mom. That's all.

[ManteoChik]

All of my mother's day family lives away from me so I send cards to:

-My mom
-My aunt
-My grandmother (maternal)

My dad/stepmom live in the same town so I usually get my stepmom a card and gift - since we see them several times a week and usually get together on mothers day with my dad's family. My parents usually take care of getting a "family gift" for my paternal grandmother.

BF sends flower to:

-His mom
-His aunt*
-His old boss's wife**

*Its actually pretty sweet. His aunt (mom's sister) was married and he was really close with his uncle. They got divorced and his "uncle" got remarried, we're super close with them and don't see or speak to his actual aunt. We even lived with them for a few months when we moved back to our home state - now we live down the street.

**This sounds really weird but at his last job his boss was a husband/wife team and we're super close with them. They are like family, and he always gets Amy flowers for mothers day. It also helps that his job isn't like a regular 9-5 office job so your boss really is like family.

[NotDesperate]

I think it is kinda weird to give a card/present to your sister who is a mom or anyone who is not your mom or grandmom or MIL, just because they are a mom. That's not how mother's day works! lol. It is a nice gesture though. I just give gifts to my mom and a card to my grandmom. MIL gets what she deserves: nothing :D

[Adaya]

Just my mom.

[LeslieR]

In my family, just my mom and grandma. I also buy a card for DS' godmother.

In DH's family, everyone who is a mom gets a card and gift. GMIL, MIL, and SIL. We also bought for our other SIL who is not yet a mom but will be DS2's godmother.

[j*east]

I think it's up to each person. Generally I just do my mom and MIL, but sometimes I've sent my sister or other moms a card or give them a call. I think it's like Valentine's Day--some people celebrate just with a significant other, others recognize parents, friends, etc., and some don't celebrate at all.

[LuckySam]

It does look like people buy for a variety of women in their lives. When my grandma was alive I always bought her gifts as well. If my sister ever has kids I don't know that I will give her a big gift. Maybe a card and some flowers. It will turn into Christmas if I buy for everyone. HA!

[Cocotte]

Just my Mom.

[bookworm]

Just my mom (and for the past few years, it has been a gift of doing something together--museums, plays, etc, rather than something I have to wrap). When my grandmothers were alive I'd get them cards and flowers.

I receive a card from my goddaughter, which I think is very nice but isn't something I ever did for my godmother!

[PinkMartini]

We don't live anywhere near any family so we don't buy gifts. We send my mother, my grandmother and DH's mother a card.

If we lived near family we'd probably take them out to dinner or buy flowers or something like that....

[Kopper]

My mom, MIL and GMIL

[WisWis]

I got a card for my mom and DH did the same for his. That's it.

[Belm]

I send a card and some sort of gift to my mom and MIL. I also usually send a card to my cousin and a close friend.

[Dally]

Gifts: mom and stepmom
Flowers: sister, who is pregnant with her first (both of my siblings usually give me flowers or a card, too)

[Ali]

My mother when she was alive.

Now, just my one remaining grandmother.

This was my sister's first Mother's Day and I got the impression that she expected us (the family) to make a big deal out of it for her. Uh, no.

I let SO handle his family. He took his mother (and father) out for a nice meal and will be sending her a gift in the mail at some point. I went along, of course. I just don't plan, pay for, or send things to his family. I consider that his responsibility.

[Walton]

I buy a gift for just my mom. I send cards to her, grandmothers, sister who is a mom, MIL, and grandmothers-in-law. This year I also sent a card to a close friend who just had a baby in November so it's her first Mother's Day.

[TX Sweetheart]

We don't buy gifts for our moms for Mother's Day anymore... but when I was a kid, I gave my mom and grandmothers gifts and sent my aunts cards. Not sure if DH did the same for his mom/grandmothers/aunts or not when he was a kid. Now I call my mom and usually DH & I take his mom out for lunch (or FIL does and invites us and BIL).

[Ericka_Jarett]

I just give my mom a card with pictures of my kids, she loved that today, along with our surprise visit to see her today.

DH got his mom a card and sent pictures in it as well.

My grandmothers are passed now, but I use to give a card to them. My step grandmother I saw the other day, but nothing thought of getting her a card ever.

DH didn't send his grandmothers cards

I got a card from DH and he got me one from the kids (traced their hand prints inside) and my mom called me (while we were on our way to her house)

[Ellyn]

My mom and my MIL. That's it.

This year we gave them both a card, I made lunch for all of us (yet, somehow, I think DH should have been the one cooking, since I am also a mother ;) ) and I recorded DS singing nursery rhymes and burned it on a CD for them.

[msnicolea]

Moms and grandmothers--and first time moms (1st MD) if they are close friends or family, too.

[salysaturn]

we buy cards for my mom, his mom, and call everyone else who is a mother.

[laura]

My mom and MIL get gifts, GMIL gets a card. This year I sent small gifts to my 2 BFFs b/c one of them is pg (her first) and one just had a baby (her 2nd).

[Kimberland30]

Myself. :D

Our mom's live out of town, so we usually call them, we don't even send them a card.

DH buys me something for Mother's Day, although my kids aren't his. I tell him it isn't necessary, but he still does it. Yesterday he got me a GC for The Loft at the mall. I can't wait to spend it.

[snapdragon]

I don't live in the same city as my mom so I just called her to wish her a happy Mother's Day.

[Yvangeline]

I got my mom a card (actually two - one from me and my dog and one from her dogs. We're dog people; don't ask ;) ) and I took her to lunch.

My mom always used to try to get me to buy Mother's Day cards for my grandmothers, but I figured that was their kids' job.

[Natasha]

Cards for our moms and grandmothers, gifts for our moms. This year, we made dinner for my mom, I got her perfume, the kids got her a framed picture of them. We took his mom, dad, and sister out to lunch and got his mom an orchid. My s-mom lives out of town, so we sent her cards and flowers with chocolates.

My mom, kids, the dog and my husband all got me gifts and cards. My son's father did not, and never does. My sister got me a card. A lot of my friends sent me Happy Mother's Day text messages (I am the only mom in our group of friends). :D

[Sarah]

Mother, MIL, and DH buys a gift for me. Dh calls his Gmothers.