Fishing opener and Mothers Day?

Any good ideas for dealing with this this year? As usual wont be home to take her out for diner. Telling her “your not my mother” doesnt go over real well. Might have to come up with something new this year.

Give her project disguised as a gift, buy a pre-fab garden bed and buy everything to put in it; dirt, flowers, veggies, etc.

I built the boxes last year, kept my Gal and the Grandmas busy all day on Saturday and Sunday.

Then call her when your fishing and tell her you can’t wait to see how good it looks.

I finished the rest a couple weeks later.

Can leaf bags and gas for the mower count as gifts?

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Can leaf bags and gas for the mower count as gifts?

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Those sound more like funeral announcements.

Great question Mike.

Being new parents this is actually my first year facing this dilemma. Kellie has given me the OK to stay the whole weekend, but I’m trying to decide if since it’s her first official Mother’s Day should suprise her by coming home or would that just be setting a bad precidence for the future?

2 words – Dozen Roses.

-J.

four words “get used to it”

I cant imagine all the fights and heartache this has caused over the years. What a shame.

Just let her know every day is mothers day and walleye opener is only 1 weekend a year. Then book her massage, leave the credit card and run before she hits you…

My wife and kids and I fish together every opener. My daughter called from Scheels in Fargo today to get some advice on tackle. I’m very proud of their angling prowess. Glad I don’t have to deal with it!

well trained belletaine!!!

Mark

Luckily my wife knows not to mess with the opener,fall full moon and the rut……only things I write on the calendar. Everything else is negotiable

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four words “get used to it”

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six words. “and that’s when the fight started”

my wife actually likes it when I leave, I do have to explain to her the great lengths one has to go through to bring home fresh fish. I get her a gift, pay the kids to take her out for dinner. This is the first Mothers day in 26 years where I’ll be home. When we were dating, I went out on Opener with my dad and brothers and said “get used to it” My brothers and I do send the ladies out on a “payback trip”. They get to spend a week in Florida on us.

Living within 20 minutes of some great walleye lakes helps. When we had the cabin on Milly I would drive home early sunday morning.
DT

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Great question Mike.
Being new parents this is actually my first year facing this dilemma. Kellie has given me the OK to stay the whole weekend, but I’m trying to decide if since it’s her first official Mother’s Day should suprise her by coming home or would that just be setting a bad precidence for the future?

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This situation is fraught with danger.

Don’t worry though. The worst that can happen is that you decide wrong and we hear that you died in an unfortunate accident after you somehow backed over yourself with your own boat trailer.

Grouse

Skipping one opener every 3 years is about all she expects, and about all I can handle.

Blasphemy maybe, but opener doesn’t seem to pull the weight it use to. Wait a week and let the guys who didnt run their motors get the kinks worked out.

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Blasphemy maybe, but opener doesn’t seem to pull the weight it use to. Wait a week and let the guys who didn’t run their motors get the kinks worked out.

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With a young family, I am fine hanging home this weekend and keeping momma happy.