Mother's Day for Mother-in-Law: What's the Right Approach? 57.0% are "Happy to Receive," but 35.5% "Don't Expect" Anything.

System Research Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture), which operates "Creative Works Mall Alulu" (hereinafter, Alulu Mall), conducted a survey on "Daughter-in-Law and Mother's Day" targeting women aged 50-60 nationwide whose sons are married.

The results showed that 57.0% of respondents answered "happy" when receiving a Mother's Day gift. However, the most common honest answer was "don't particularly expect anything" at 35.5%.

This seemingly contradictory sentiment of "happy, but don't expect" suggests a consideration to "not want to make the other person feel obligated."

Furthermore, 42.0% of respondents answered that they "receive gifts every year" from their daughters-in-law on Mother's Day.

"Occasionally" accounted for 22.0%, meaning a total of 64.0% have received gifts, while

36.0% answered "never received." This indicates that Mother's Day interactions are not uniform.

Survey Results

"Happy" but "Don't Expect" is the Most Common Sentiment

57.0% of respondents answered "happy" when receiving a gift from their daughter-in-law (or son and his wife) on Mother's Day.

On the other hand, the most common honest answer was "don't particularly expect anything" (35.5%), and gifts (1...