First of all, the X is the X. He's not going to be too interested in making my Mother's Day special. And I'm SO not expecting it. And if he did, it would creep me out. There is a time and place for that and it's inside a loving, caring, committed relationship. Too little, too late. AND, I would never go out to dinner with him. Save that for my boyfriend or someone special.

Let him honor his own mother. I'm not her.

The best thing he could do is go shopping with my son for a card or something simple. The card/gift should be from my son, not the X.

"And if you believe that being together would have made you happy, is this because YOU had been hoping for a reconciliation?"

NO

"And if you did NOT want reconciliation and he wanted to be together with you on Mother's day, would you have appreciatated it or been put out by it?"

YUCK, JUST YUCK!!