Mother's Day don'ts: dish gloves, Cougar shirts

Mother's Day don'ts: dish gloves, Cougar shirts What were they thinking? Through plastic smiles or gritted teeth, moms have to suck it up sometimes when Mother's Day means a gifted toilet, unsolicited wash tub or anti-aging cream. In potentially difficult news for any eager gift-giver now scratching the chainsaw off his list, the surveyed moms also agreed they'd rather not need to be in on buying their own Mother's Day gift. Judith Schmelzinger in Hamburg, N. A rabbit might be better than what a good chunk of moms surveyed in March by the website Cafemom received last year - absolutely nothing. So do unrequested sex toys, guys. Other, er, unusual items to make the worst-gift list at Cafemom: a Cuban cigar and stale candy left over from Easter. She accepted a toilet in 2010, when there was no money for romantic extras for her first Mother's Day. "That's what we needed at the time," she said grimly. J. Glenna Tooman's uh-oh moment was when her now-grown son, Bill, was 10 or 11. , and her jaw dropped a few years ago when her husband presented her with a long, nicely wrapped cardboard box that screamed long-stem roses. "He spent his allowance money on it. We had him for years. Said her mom, Bev Cundle, in Leeds: "What can I say? How does a mother smile through gritted teeth. 22-caliber rifle, "perfect for packing around on my four-wheeler to help rid our ranch of pesky critters," she said. Big boxes aside, moms surveyed by the site PlumDistrict said they'd choose handmade gifts over store-bought ones. How do you make it disappear?". Dave Hochman learned the hard way last year when he presented his five-years-older wife with a "Cougar" T-shirt, a freebie from a client, no less. "I tried to hide my disappointment as I slowly undid the ribbon and wrapping paper, trying to figure out how, after almost twenty years of marriage to my rancher husband, he still didn't know I wasn't big on flowers," Jackson said. "My husband had been wanting it so he kept telling his family about it, but they thought it was me (who wanted it) and Mother's Day was just around the corner," she said. She was only 28. "I just hugged him and thanked him for the wonderful gift," she said, "and he just beamed. "That was the only present I ever received from him for Mother's Day," said Largent, in Gaffney, S. , might be the exception to that rule. "After that I told him that I didn't want anything. Mother's Day don'ts: dish gloves, Cougar shirts Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 10/05/2012