Article by: Megan Stremick
of 8th Continent Soymilk
One night last week I was folding laundry as my husband was watching TV (he was in a really helpful mood obviously) and a preview for Fast and the Furious 5 came on—to my husbands’ ultimate delight. We are currently doing some renovations to our family room so the only TV we have to watch at the moment is the one in our bedroom. This means that I have to painstaking watch at least a half hour of some ridiculous action movie being replayed over and over throughout the month before I can convince him to turn it to something I want to watch—like Modern Family or Real Housewives.
“I can’t wait till Sunday” he says with boyish enthusiasm
“Oh really, why’s that” I say with a smirk—anticipating that the response is going to be something cute having to do with his plans of pampering me on mother’s day.
“Jason and I are going to see Fast and the Furious Five”
“Oh.” I said, feeling totally deflated. “Ummm…what time were you planning on going”, my tone has turned sour.
“Early afternoon since I figured it’s Mother’s Day and we would be going to your parents for dinner to celebrate for your mom” he says confidently as if he really put a lot of considerate thought into the timing.
It’s even worse than I thought—he didn’t forget that it was Mother’s Day, he completely dismissed me as a MOM! I stood there between him and the TV, blocking the view of some Steven Segal disaster clenching my sons freshly washed jammies in my hands. My eyes narrow as I try to figure out how to quickly shoot bolts of fire from them, aiming right at his chest.
“What’s wrong” he asks, confused that I’m not applauding his forethought in planning.
“Well, I’m a mom too ya know”!!! I say as my face softens into disappointment showing my hurt feelings.
“Oh my god!! I can’t believe I…oh my god I’m so sorry”! He stammered. But his face said it all—he felt like a fool and was so embarrassed that he had completely neglected to recognize the woman who is the not only the mother of his two year old child but who is currently six and a half months pregnant with his second child.
He continued to apologize for the rest of the evening while we watched a recorded episode of Oprah together and he rubbed my feet.
Needless to say when Mother’s Day arrived my boys treated me to a delicious brunch then shopping at my favorite boutiques and we spent the rest of the morning enjoying gorgeous weather while riding our bikes by the beach. I took a nap that afternoon while the hubby tidied up the house then we went to dinner at my parents house and doted over my mom. It was wonderful!
I hope all of you amazing moms enjoyed your Mother’s Day and you were treated like the queens that you are. Share your stories with me. Or if you have a similar “my husband was a moron for a moment” scenario like mine I’d love to hear it. Tell me about it on our Facebook Wall or on our Twitter.