Forget the Flowers, Here’s What Mom Really Wants

“Just to be with you,” spoken to the children (with or without a slight sarcastic note), is the all-purpose, cross-cultural response from the average American mom when asked what she really would like for Mother’s Day. You know that, and we know that.

Some mothers, though, have more peculiar daydreams--unique wishes of the humorous, fetching or touching sort.

For a sample of these dream gift ideas from our readers, please see E2.