Would You Buy Your Girlfriend a Gift for Mother's Day?

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Recap: I've been dating this girl Nicole off-and-on for about three years now. We've been "off" for every Mother's Day.

Our mutual friend Julia asked me today what I'm getting Nicole for Mother's Day.

I said, "Nothing."

Julia: "Why not?"

My reply: "Because she's never had a child."

Now, this isn't going to be some bad beat story where she had a kid and the child died OR that she had a miscarriage. Neither of these situations is the case. I even asked if Julia thought she was currently pregnant. Emphatic no.

This is simply a situation where Nicole was wondering to Julia what I was getting her for Mother's Day and Julia being smart enough to tell me, knowing there was no way in hell I would've gotten her anything otherwise.

It's already ridiculous that I'm expected to get Mother's Day gifts for mothers in my life that aren't my mother (and I'm not talking my relatives, but random other people, like my buddies' mothers).

Isn't there a principle here of too much gift-giving being ridiculous? Hell, I'll buy her something the day before and the day after, but it just seems positively insane to me that she wants a Mother's Day gift.

Is this in any way standard? Has anyone else on the planet had a girlfriend or wife that expected a Mother's Day gift when they've never been even pregnant, let alone had a child?