I hate Mother’s Day. Always have. Always will. My three older kids from my first marriage haven’t seen me in years because their dad hates me. My husband is failing epically on making today special. I asked for breakfast in bed and he just fucked that off and is now getting an attitude towards me because I’m asking. I’m just done. I’m done not feeling important. I hate this fucking family.
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Umph sorry to hear you’re having a bad day.
I don’t have kids so can’t comment on Mother’s Day disappointment, but I know what you mean about holidays in general. There’s all this expectation around what they should be like and it can be really hard when your situation doesn’t match up to that.
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Maybe give your husband some slack this year. He just lost his brother. Expecting someone to put their grieving process on hold for a day is unrealistic IMO. Why not just enjoy the day with your daughter?
My husband told me years ago, he’s not my mom and don’t expect anything. My daughter is not capable of doing anything on her own so we make the day about the 2 of us. We spend quality time together. Usually we’d go to lunch or the park but not this year. Instead, we’ll watch a movie and order food to be delivered.
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From a woman who suffers from infertility, I get the resentment towards today. I also know that what I do have, I am extremely grateful for. Your husband isn’t “failing”, you came into today with your mind made up that it’s all going to be crap. Maybe take a good hard look around at what you do have and try being a little more grateful for such. If you still don’t appreciate your surroundings, maybe you are no longer where you belong.
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I’m sorry to hear that your day hasn’t turned out how you thought it would. I think social media sucks for this because we compare our lives to everyone else’s and they just aren’t the same. Sometimes I need to take a step back and just be grateful for where I am, who I am with, and what I have in this moment.
My kids didn’t make me breakfast in bed or bake me a cake. No one cleaned the house for me or did the laundry. My husband waited until the last minute to order me a gift “from my kids” so I didn’t get anything from him today. But I’m choosing to be grateful. I AM GRATEFUL. I have kids. I have my kids with me. I even have my stepdaughter with me this year. I have a husband who doesn’t need to get me anything because I am not his mom. I have a husband. I ate breakfast with my family even if I made it, who cares. I have my own mother to call and wish a Happy Mother’s Day to. I have a mother in law to call also. I have a TON to be grateful for. It sounds like you have a lot to be grateful for too.
It’s all about perspective. You can feel bad for yourself and have a pity party all day or you can choose to be grateful and turn your day around. Fake it until you make it. There’s so much for you to be thankful for today. You just have to look for it.
Good luck. Hope your day turns around.
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Well I am going to wish you a belated Happy Mothers Day, I know it wasnt the day that you deserved, hell I relapsed yesterday 
, but we are parents and we deserve to feel loved or at least appreciation on that day.
Go treat yourself this week 
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While I understand where you’re coming from the world doesn’t revolve around him or his loss. Life needs to move on. So if you’re going to keep commenting on my posts please keep your thoughts about my husband to yourself. 
Lol the opinions of strangers are so far from accurate.
Yeah ok next time you have an issue in life I hope someone tells you to stop feeling sorry for your self. Thanks for such a great response!! 
Your inability to accept that others may not feel the need to throw sympathy your way, it’s astonishing. Word of advice; don’t post if you don’t expect others to respond with honest feedback. 
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You stayed sober today? If yes, you’re a success.
Everyone has days of feeling unappreciated/under appreciated, I know I sure do. The only thing I control in this world is how I feel about it… that’s my burden to bare alone. Some days I’m terrible, some days I’m great at it.
Keep your head up, grinders get where they’re going by taking all the hard steps.
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The world doesn’t revolve around you either.
Your have posted about wanting to leave your husband before and that he is also dealing with loosing his brother yet your making it all about you?
If you don’t like the responses you get maybe you shouldn’t post about hating your family and expecting people to show you compassion, this is a sobriety forum not Facebook.
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I don’t think a sobriety forum is an unreasonable place to show compassion. I know I have received a lot of it here and it has helped me enormously.
We’re all in different places and we all need support 
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We can of course give our honest opinions but let’s keep it civil and respectful, in line with the guidelines.
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I’m all for showing compassion but when someone is so blatantly rude to those who take the time to respond them it makes me 
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I know some people really find the gratitude practice helps them, I personally find it hit and miss. It can make me feel guilty about feeling bad, rather than making me focus on the positives, it just depends where my head is at.
I have recently found that writing has been helping me get some perspective, unjumble my thoughts a bit. Do you do any journalling or anything like that?
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Being respectful and civil applies on all sides 
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That goes both ways, if you don’t want us commenting about your husband then you shouldn’t be posting about him either.
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Well guess what. I’ve got another astonishing fact for your ignorance. My gramma just died. AND NO ONES FEELING SORRY OR ACTING DIFFERENT FOR ME. Lmao now I am entitled to the same treatment so doesn’t that make you eat your words
My comment was response to the idea that someone shouldn’t post stuff that could be perceived as nasty, maybe not sobriety related, and expect compassion. Maybe that’s when we need it more than ever. Agreed that compassion can take different forms and also that being challenged can be good for us.
However, there are honest responses and there is a tipping point where it becomes confrontational and unhelpful. We all have to make our own judgement on where that line is.