Holly Wainwright

And then hopefully I can do things about the cute things my kids bought me.

And there's a lot of pressure in all of that.

And the thing is, is that when you're a mum and you've got a mum around, you have to do both ends.

I was looking at this, right, and the stats about how many mothers buy themselves Mother's Day cards and presents.

Aww.

It's not huge, but it's significant.

Particularly, of course, single moms.

45% of single moms buy themselves something because no one else is celebrating them because very often in partnerships, it'll be the other person going, get your mother something, plan your mother something.

But 20% of women have to organize their own present anyway.

That's bad.

So it's a lot of, I think like it's a great day, but do you feel like it's getting too big?

Is there a debate about that?

Yes.

Oh, the internet's annoying.

Well, I'm noticing, though, a trend to turn Mother's Day into Mother's Day weekend, which some smart people I know, they go, right, Saturday is about me and my family, and then Sunday is about the in-laws, my mum, and then it's going to spread.

Before we know it, it'll be Mother's Day week.

Now, I'm all for celebrating motherhood because, like, you know, in all its forms, it's always been underrated, undervalued in so many ways, right?

But then it goes without saying that it can also be a really difficult time for a lot of people if you've lost your mum, if you want to be a mum.

And that now also has to come into a lot of the declarations is that we're celebrating this, but we also recognise that that's not for everybody, so it becomes complicated.

But the thing about it getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and we're finally recognising this enormous job, is that is there ever really enough ways