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    Despite my former spouse recently denying me access on my scheduled weekend (Easter) sending me a text message that she asked our 7 year old daughter who she wanted to spend Easter weekend with (burdening a 7 year old child to pick sides) and refusing to allow me a make-up weekend , I reached out to her and offered to give her the mother’s day weekend (in full) even though it was my regular weekend. I was initially going to be offering her the Sunday only (especially in lite of her very recent unilateral decision to reduce the status quo in face of an order appointing the OCL) but figured it would make more sense to give her the entire weekend. I simply told our daughter I would not be with her this coming weekend - that it was mother's day weekend and that I wanted her to enjoy it with mom - that I would see her on the following Wednesday.

    There has been years where I did not get to see our daughter on father’s day (or receive any phone call ) but no matter what happens and what goes on between us dads and mothers, at the end of the day, the children love both of us.

    Happy mother’s day to all of the mom’s out there.

    Last edited by trinton; 05-13-2017, 09:49 PM.

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    Kudos to you Trinton for initiating a thread appreciating mothers. Wonder if certain posters will stop by to show appreciation for your post. I bet not. lol

    I spent the day making sure I had everything perfect for mothers day.

    I dont know where i would be without my mother.

    I spent quite a bit and just finished mopping, sweeping, yard maintenance, dishes, vacuuming, etc so that my g/f can wake up to a beautiful and relaxing day. My g/f and my mom are the glue to the family and I appreciate EVERYTHING they do.

    I also wanted to mention .. I went out and got a heart chain with an "I love you mom" slogan for D5 to give to my ex. I also had D5 make a gorgeous card and she placed the locket in it. You heard it right...for my ex. I think this is extremely important to bury the hatchet and show that you're mature and care about your child enough to do this. I know D5 appreciates that I did this also.

    Happy Mother's Day mom's .... Thank you for being awesome every day!!
    Last edited by LovingFather32; 05-13-2017, 11:14 PM.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by LovingFather32 View Post
      Kudos to you Trinton for initiating a thread appreciating mothers. Wonder if certain posters will stop by to show appreciation for your post. I bet not. lol

      I spent the day making sure I had everything perfect for mothers day.

      I dont know where i would be without my mother.

      I spent quite a bit and just finished mopping, sweeping, yard maintenance, dishes, vacuuming, etc so that my g/f can wake up to a beautiful and relaxing day. My g/f and my mom are the glue to the family and I appreciate EVERYTHING they do.

      I also wanted to mention .. I went out and got a heart chain with an "I love you mom" slogan for D5 to give to my ex. I also had D5 make a gorgeous card and she placed the locket in it. You heard it right...for my ex. I think this is extremely important to bury the hatchet and show that you're mature and care about your child enough to do this. I know D5 appreciates that I did this also.

      Happy Mother's Day mom's .... Thank you for being awesome every day!!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Soiled View Post
        You came here to roll your eyes? Let me guess. You don't believe I did any of that? WOW! You're more messed up than I thought.

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        • #5
          More likely he believes that you did.

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          • #6
            I think the problem is that this isn't an altruistic post. Trinton bashes his ex and LF brags about his own actions. HE spent a lot of money. HE cleaned the house. HE made the day perfect. HE bought a present for the ex. Yes , LF it is all about how awesome you are for Mother's Day. Yes Trinton, your ex is awful.

            Couldn't either of you simply said Happy Mother's Day to the moms on the forum without the bragging or the bitching? You are proving Soiled's point about the whining. Just say HMD without all the baggage. We are not your ex and your issues are showing

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            • #7
              A typically quiet member here, but I just have to say that this has missed the mark. There is no sincerity and is not about wishing us mother's having a Happy​ day. This is about how awesome you two are for being better than your ex's. Trinton & LF32, I cannot even begin to understand and know what you have been through. It's horrifying. But the time has come to stop projecting your feelings regarding one particular female on to the rest of us.

              This is a rather offensive Mother's Day greeting.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by SadAndTired View Post
                I think the problem is that this isn't an altruistic post. Trinton bashes his ex and LF brags about his own actions. HE spent a lot of money. HE cleaned the house. HE made the day perfect. HE bought a present for the ex. Yes , LF it is all about how awesome you are for Mother's Day. Yes Trinton, your ex is awful.

                Couldn't either of you simply said Happy Mother's Day to the moms on the forum without the bragging or the bitching? You are proving Soiled's point about the whining. Just say HMD without all the baggage. We are not your ex and your issues are showing
                I'll just not respond to that 'cuz it's mothers day. Happy Mother's day

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by trinton View Post
                  Happy Mother's day
                  That's all you ever needed to say. Less is more.

                  Enjoy the day.

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                  • #10
                    I would like to think Trinton and LF had good intentions with their Mothers Day effort but If I was their ex I would roll my eyes as well. Honestly it seems you are saying we are " perfect" so we graciously salute Mom ( she needs all the help she can get)

                    But if you were so perfect why did your ex's leave you. No one is that perfect and it takes 2 to create the environment where a relationship will breakup

                    Too much effort to celebrate ex's Mothers Day is just a little freaky and presumtuious on your part. Did she really need you to do all that so she could feel good about being a Mom

                    I think not; but I bet it made you feel good about yourselves!
                    Last edited by Beachnana; 05-14-2017, 12:06 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Beachnana View Post
                      I would like to think Trinton and LF had good intentions with their Mothers Day effort but If I was their ex I would roll my eyes as well. Honestly it seems you are saying we are " perfect" so we graciously salute Mom ( she needs all the help she can get)

                      But if you were so perfect why did your ex's leave you. No one is that perfect and it takes 2 to create the environment where a relationship will breakup

                      Too much effort to celebrate ex's Mothers Day is just a little freaky and presumtuious on your part. Did she really need you to do all that so she could feel good about being a Mom

                      I think. It but I bet it made you feel good about yourselves!
                      We love our children more than we hate our ex. Happy Mother's day. Be Happy. I want you to laugh for a total minimum of 6 hours today.

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                      • #12
                        I laugh everyday"

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by motherbear4 View Post
                          A typically quiet member here, but I just have to say that this has missed the mark. There is no sincerity and is not about wishing us mother's having a Happy​ day. This is about how awesome you two are for being better than your ex's. Trinton & LF32, I cannot even begin to understand and know what you have been through. It's horrifying. But the time has come to stop projecting your feelings regarding one particular female on to the rest of us.

                          This is a rather offensive Mother's Day greeting.

                          Happy mother's day and thank you for all that you do each and every single day.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Beachnana View Post
                            I laugh everyday"
                            laugh even more today.

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                              Mother's Day History

                              Contrary to popular belief, Mother's Day was not conceived and fine-tuned in the boardroom of Hallmark. The earliest tributes to mothers date back to the annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to Rhea, the mother of many deities, and to the offerings ancient Romans made to their Great Mother of Gods, Cybele. Christians celebrated this festival on the fourth Sunday in Lent in honor of Mary, mother of Christ. In England this holiday was expanded to include all mothers and was called Mothering Sunday.

                              In the United States, Mother's Day started nearly 150 years ago, when Anna Jarvis, an Appalachian homemaker, organized a day to raise awareness of poor health conditions in her community, a cause she believed would be best advocated by mothers. She called it "Mother's Work Day."

                              Fifteen years later, Julia Ward Howe, a Boston poet, pacifist, suffragist, and author of the lyrics to the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," organized a day encouraging mothers to rally for peace, since she believed they bore the loss of human life more harshly than anyone else.

                              In 1905 when Anna Jarvis died, her daughter, also named Anna, began a campaign to memorialize the life work of her mother. Legend has it that young Anna remembered a Sunday school lesson that her mother gave in which she said, "I hope and pray that someone, sometime, will found a memorial mother's day. There are many days for men, but none for mothers."

                              Anna began to lobby prominent businessmen like John Wannamaker, and politicians including Presidents Taft and Roosevelt to support her campaign to create a special day to honor mothers. At one of the first services organized to celebrate Anna's mother in 1908, at her church in West Virginia, Anna handed out her mother's favorite flower, the white carnation. Five years later, the House of Representatives adopted a resolution calling for officials of the federal government to wear white carnations on Mother's Day. In 1914 Anna's hard work paid off when Woodrow Wilson signed a bill recognizing Mother's Day as a national holiday.

                              At first, people observed Mother's Day by attending church, writing letters to their mothers, and eventually, by sending cards, presents, and flowers. With the increasing gift-giving activity associated with Mother's Day, Anna Jarvis became enraged. She believed that the day's sentiment was being sacrificed at the expense of greed and profit. In 1923 she filed a lawsuit to stop a Mother's Day festival, and was even arrested for disturbing the peace at a convention selling carnations for a war mother's group. Before her death in 1948, Jarvis is said to have confessed that she regretted ever starting the mother's day tradition.

                              Despite Jarvis's misgivings, Mother's Day has flourished in the United States. In fact, the second Sunday of May has become the most popular day of the year to dine out, and telephone lines record their highest traffic, as sons and daughters everywhere take advantage of this day to honor and to express appreciation of their mothers

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