Deja Vu: My Mom Thinks I'm Four Also

[LazKat]

I wasn't going to hijack the other thread but it seemed like a good lead-in for my rant.  I've seen this here before so it's nothing new.  Today's my birthday and in yesterday's mail was a card from Mom.  That's good.  The card started off with "You're Growing Into Such a Fine Young Man".  Ohhh... that's bad.  I'm 47 today.  All that was missing from the card was a picture of a puppy chasing a baseball.      On the up side, there was a note saying that I could expect a Savings Bond to arrive soon... in my new daughter's name.  That's good, but I'm still annoyed by the card in general although I won't say anything to her about it.

[IndianInlaw]

Happy Birthday!!!!

As for the card...

[Twik]

C'mon, Lazkat, I'm 47 and I'd LOVE to get a card suggesting I was on the verge of becoming a "fine young person". 

Just be glad she's not offering to bring the loot bags to your party.

[Tabris]

Is there any chance she was trying to be funny?

I recently found a birthday card to my husband fromhis college roommate & college roommate's wife, which my husband had saved for over a decade. It said "YOU ARE 3!" only they'd changed it to "YOU ARE 23!" and modified the rest of the card similarly. The whole thing was hilarious.

[LazKat]

I'd like to be able to attribute it as a joke, but Mom has absolutely no sense of humor at all.  My maternal grandparents raised me and Thank God I inheritied "Dad's" sense of humor and view of life.

As for the loot bags, if she could, she would.  Up until a year or two ago, my wife and I would visit Mom for the holidays.  On Christmas morning, she'd broing out Christmas stockings for us to go through.  Mine always had a 'book of Life Savers' like that which my favorite uncle had gotten me when I was small.  Fine when I'm 7, not so when I'm over 40.  Similarly on Easter morning, she'd want us to search around the house for hidden Easter baskets, then got upset when I wouldn't play along. <sigh> Mom's a whacko!

[fklwmn]

Oh, Mom's not a whacko. Lot's of families still do that stuff, even after the kids are all grown. I personally still look forward to my stocking from "Santa" every year!!

Okay, maybe she IS a whacko.. or maybe she just thinks you should enjoy the nostalgia of these things as much as she does. Apparently you don't, but what does it hurt to indulge her on occasion?

[Xanthia, Maker of fine Tin-foil hats since 2007]

OK, confession time, me and my friends usually find the most INAPPROPRIATE cards to send to our other friends and some family on pourpose.  A few months ago, I gave a very dear, very macho make friend a "To a sweet little princess on her 2nd B-day" card.  He almost fell out of his chair laughing.  My nephew does the same thing to me as I do for him, he gave me an Arbor Day card for my B-day last year...I did not even know they made Arbor Day Cards.

As for the Easter egg hunts and the lifesaver books.  Yeah, it may be annoying, but if it is not hurting you, and it makes her happy, I say go ahead and do it, one day you may be sitting back and missing those times when your wacky mom made you hunt Easter eggs at age 47, 52, 60, 80... and the memory will make you smile, and you would do almost anything if you could only do it again.

[Denise]

Happy Birthday!! 

[Esther_bunny]

As for the loot bags, if she could, she would.  Up until a year or two ago, my wife and I would visit Mom for the holidays.  On Christmas morning, she'd broing out Christmas stockings for us to go through.  Mine always had a 'book of Life Savers' like that which my favorite uncle had gotten me when I was small.  Fine when I'm 7, not so when I'm over 40.  Similarly on Easter morning, she'd want us to search around the house for hidden Easter baskets, then got upset when I wouldn't play along.

My BF and I still get stockings (we're in our early 30s) and we love it. It's not all candy though, we also get batteries, pocket sized tools, etc. I'm sure all that will change once there are grandchildren in the picture and we won't get stockings anymore.
Last Easter BF's dad made us do an Easter egg hunt but instead of eggs we hunted for those little airplane sized bottles of liquor!

However my mom still treats me like I'm 4 on things like getting a new job....she'll congratulate me by saying "Good girl!" Or she will remind me to "dress cute" if we're going somewhere together.....grrr

[MsEva]

Last Easter BF's dad made us do an Easter egg hunt but instead of eggs we hunted for those little airplane sized bottles of liquor!

Now that sounds like a fun guy 

[NYGirl100]

OK, confession time, me and my friends usually find the most INAPPROPRIATE cards to send to our other friends and some family on pourpose.  A few months ago, I gave a very dear, very macho make friend a "To a sweet little princess on her 2nd B-day" card.  He almost fell out of his chair laughing.  My nephew does the same thing to me as I do for him, he gave me an Arbor Day card for my B-day last year...I did not even know they made Arbor Day Cards.

Hee-hee.  My friends and I do this, too.  We go out of our way to find inappropriate card for occassions.  I got a Happy Bar-Mitvah card for our wedding, for example.  As for what you said about Arbor Day cards - they make cards for EVERYTHING nowadays.  It boggles the mind.

[baconsmom]

I wasn't going to hijack the other thread but it seemed like a good lead-in for my rant.  I've seen this here before so it's nothing new.  Today's my birthday and in yesterday's mail was a card from Mom.  That's good.  The card started off with "You're Growing Into Such a Fine Young Man".  Ohhh... that's bad.  I'm 47 today.  All that was missing from the card was a picture of a puppy chasing a baseball.      On the up side, there was a note saying that I could expect a Savings Bond to arrive soon... in my new daughter's name.  That's good, but I'm still annoyed by the card in general although I won't say anything to her about it.

Did she mean it as a joke, perhaps? My brothers are all adults, but I get them cards like "Now You're 3!" for every holiday. It's a "thing" in our family.

[CreteGirl]

OK, confession time, me and my friends usually find the most INAPPROPRIATE cards to send to our other friends and some family on pourpose.A

Ok, now THAT'S funny.  Hope you don't mind, but I'm going to steal your idea and start doing that! 

To the OP, maybe she still sees you as her little boy.  I always tell my son that no matter how old he gets, he will always be my baby.  Soon your subscription to the AARP magazine will be in the mail, so enjoy the "young man" card!

[emeraldsage85]

I guess you could take it as a compliment that you still look young!  My dad and I both like to get people stupid cards. It's so much fun picking them out, especially for my younger brother (if it insults him in some way he thinks its hilarious).

[vTenebrae]

Hrm.. I should get a card for my daughter like that.  She'll be turning 14.. she'll LOVE it.  *evil grin*