{"id":8795,"date":"2017-03-20T09:59:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T09:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/distinctive-test.smith.co.uk\/en-gb\/third-sons-daughters-expected-skip-mothers-day-year\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T18:01:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:01:20","slug":"third-sons-daughters-expected-skip-mothers-day-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/distinctivechesterfields.com\/en-gb\/third-sons-daughters-expected-skip-mothers-day-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A third of sons and daughters expected to skip Mother\u2019s Day this year"},"content":{"rendered":"
Many UK mums are set to be lonely this Mother\u2019s Day, after a third of Brits admitted that they won\u2019t be seeing their mum on March 26th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n To make matters worse, two fifths of mothers won\u2019t even receive a card from their kids, but despite that, Brits are expected to spend a staggering \u00a3435 million their mums this Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n The average Brits will fork out \u00a324.38 on their mums this year, with flowers being the most popular gift of choice.<\/p>\n Florists should be expecting a hectic period, with half of Brits planning on getting their mother flowers ahead of the weekend. Flowers were followed by chocolates (27%) and perfume (8%) as the most popular Mother\u2019s Day gifts chosen by Brits.<\/p>\n A tenth of Brits however, are prepared to stray away from the norm in regards to gift buying, by purchasing a variation of things including gardening accessories and a two week stay in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n There won\u2019t be a special family meal for many this Mother\u2019s Day, with a quarter of visiting children expecting their mum to do the cooking for them on their \u2018special day\u2019.<\/p>\n A quarter of respondents in our latest survey admitted to only seeing their parents once every three months, but for other parents our results make even sadder reading, with 5% of respondents admitting to seeing their parents less than once a year!<\/p>\n Mums in Worcester won\u2019t be feeling lonely, with four fifths of respondents from the city saying that they meet up with their mum at least once a week.<\/p>\n Respondents in Wolverhampton however don\u2019t share the same commitment when it comes to meeting up with their family, as a tenth of those surveyed admitted to NEVER visiting their family.<\/p>\n On the plus side for UK parents, just over two third of Brits do keep in touch with their mum, by calling at least once a week.<\/p>\n Daughters were revealed to spend the most time with their mums, seeing them for a full hour longer than sons are prepared too. This is despite the fact that daughters are more likely than men, to favour their father over their mother.<\/p>\n Many UK mums are set to be lonely this Mother\u2019s Day, after a third of Brits admitted that they won\u2019t be seeing their mum on March 26th. To make matters worse, two fifths of mothers won\u2019t even receive a card from their kids, but despite that, Brits are expected to spend a staggering \u00a3435 million … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[390],"tags":[413,412,1083,1084,1085],"class_list":["post-8795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-distinctive-chesterfields","tag-leather-sofas","tag-mothers-day","tag-mothers-day-survey","tag-sofas-in-huddersfield"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/p>\n
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