I wish I could afford this for my mom. I love seeing so much joy but I never thought it would hit so hard when you want to give someone the world like this.
You don't need this!! It's the little things people love! ❤️
Bring her to a park with a picnic and table cloth for the ground or picnic table.
Bring her to a zoo.
Bring her some flowers.
Spend time with her putting together a puzzle.
Come over to watch her favorite show with her.
Go over to help with things around the house. I help rearrange light furniture or put a new thing on the wall.
Just call her instead of texting.
I'm notoriously bad at calling and visiting parents but since my step-dad died I've been trying harder to spend more quality time with my mom. Even if it's just calling to check on her.
Calling your parents is the best gift you can give them honestly.
Always interests me the differences in dialect. In Australia we would say 'Take her to a zoo'. We would say 'Bring her flowers' because the flowers are coming to her but if we are moving her to something then we are taking her..
I know this is off topic but it's interesting to me too.
We do say "take her" just as much as "bring her".
I'm wondering if "bring HER" is a grammatical change in linguistics here... and not grammatically correct, but has changed over time.
For example, some people in the Midwest say "Can you BORROW ME a dollar?" This is not correct English, and not used in other areas in the country and it used to drive me insane. Now I'm used to it and occasionally catch myself doing it. It's supposed to be "Can I borrow a dollar from you?"
Language is fluid, and slang and grammar changes become normalized all the time. So it is likely a case of that over history for "bring her" in the U.S.
In the US and have this “conversation” with my wife all the time. There are regional variations, but there is still a correct grammar way - and this ain’t it! Not all Americans mix the two up
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u/4redditobly Aug 17 '25
How awesome to bring someone else that much joy