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It's a made up holiday invented to drum up sales during a slow period. Everyday is mother's day or father's day. It could be me that was in the emergency room with the newly diagnosed cancer (me, kid, wife, anyone) or the plethora of other major issues real people have everyday.
Getting all boo hoo over a card or not nice enough gift or whatever is pretty ridiculous. Try and not just be a sheep. If you're unhappy with how you're treated part of that is on you, one day of over priced card isn't going to change that.
Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar.
Or father's day for that matter? I"m asking b/c my dd did it again--she didn't even bother to say MD, much less get a card or a little gift or anything. I might have been ok with it if she hadn't needed a ride to the mall yesterday to get her dad a belated something--since yesterday was the only day all week that he had time for her. Of course I'm the custodial parent and he's the one who left. I told her my feelings and she's turning it around to something that I just want material goods but I told her I would have been happy with a homemade card--something that showed a little bit of thought.
If people are thoughtful throughout the year, it's not a big deal.
No one must expect him to do that. Or taught him to do that.
I think you're on to something...I sent my sister in law a bathrobe after the first baby, never received a thank you. She received it, because I called and asked. Five children later, not one has sent me a thank you card for gifts over the years.
I don't know. I guess so she would say "happy mother's day!" to me.
Yeah, I figured.
My dad used to do that. The minute I would open my bedroom door, he'd be like, "It's your mom's birthday. Be sure to tell her happy birthday," before I'd even had a chance to say it WITHOUT prompting. It used to tick me off so much.
My dad used to do that. The minute I would open my bedroom door, he'd be like, "It's your mom's birthday. Be sure to tell her happy birthday," before I'd even had a chance to say it WITHOUT prompting. It used to tick me off so much.
Not cool.
I bet anything that in the past, HE'D forgotten once, and was merely trying to protect you from the consequences!
I bet anything that in the past, HE'D forgotten once, and was merely trying to protect you from the consequences!
My parents are super-weird about holiday acknowledgement. If I don't call them by 8 or 9 am on the holiday or a birthday, they get all pouty. It's horrible.
Nowadays, he is on Facebook, and I noticed that he tells US happy birthday there they day BEFORE our birthdays. Like it's a contest! LOL
So ... happy freakin' birthday!!
I love 'em though.
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I told her my feelings and she's turning it around to something that I just want material goods but I told her I would have been happy with a homemade card--something that showed a little bit of thought.
