--- description: Proof that you love your mother more than your girlfriend title: Mother's Day Beats Valentine's Day In Google Searches For Flowers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27edaca45915b1ce/69868e70e8524b3da5602c79/80489733.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Proof People Love Their Mothers More Than Their Girlfriends by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2014 12:00 PM CUT  Flowers and mothers day card Flowers and mothers day cardGetty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2014 12:00 PM CUT We’re not saying American consumers have an Oedipal complex, but the data shows that when it comes to flowers, Mother’s Day is bigger than Valentine’s Day. Over the last 10 years, more people searched for “flowers” on Google around Mother’s Day than did for Valentine’s Day, according to recent [Pew research](http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/05/06/mothers-day-beats-valentines-day-in-google-flowers-search/ "undefined").  PEW Those search habits just might translate to purchasing habits. While the National Retail Federation said consumers were keeping their[ budgets “in check” for Valentine’s Day,](http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp%5Fid=1759 "undefined") the organization described families as planning to [“shower mom with gifts” for Mother’s Day.](https://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp%5Fid=1813 "undefined") Americans spent a total of $17.3 billion on Valentine’s Day this year, according to the NRF, with 37% of participating consumers buying flowers. The group forecasts that on on Mother’s Day this year, Americans will spend a total of $19.9 billion, and that approximately two-thirds of those celebrating will buy their mothers flowers. Moms will always have the trump card. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92484/mothers-day-flowers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92484/mothers-day-flowers/"},"headline":"Here's Proof People Love Their Mothers More Than Their Girlfriends","datePublished":"2014-05-11T12:00:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:48:40.804Z","description":"People search for flowers more on Mother's Day than they do on Valentine's Day","url":"https://time.com/92484/mothers-day-flowers/","keywords":["Living","Newsfeed","Google","Family","Valentine's Day","Flowers","Pew","Mother's Day"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27edaca45915b1ce/69868e70e8524b3da5602c79/80489733.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt27edaca45915b1ce/69868e70e8524b3da5602c79/80489733.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"flower","caption":"80489733","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/92484/mothers-day-flowers/","name":"Here's Proof People Love Their Mothers More Than Their Girlfriends"}}]}] ```