Just thought I'd break the taboo to say that Mother's Day is a very unhappy day for me. Every year when it comes around I feel stress and it dredges up difficult feelings. I'll be glad when it's over.





dredges not drudges up edit...or maybe I was getting it confused with grudge?
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I'm not all excited about the day either...

Honestly, I'm not thrilled about it, either.
Don't get me wrong- I just got off the phone with my Mom after an hour and a half. Both my Grandmothers are alive- one is 93, the other 96. I am thankful for all 3 of them.
I've struggled with not being able to have children of my own for the past few years.



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No worries... my Mom can get the gas face...

really happy that my wife's a great Mom though...

I thank the Lord for my mom every day I wake up! The best thing about Mother's Day though is she can RELAX.

Don't get me wrong, I love my mother and Nana, but to me Mother's Day is a lot like Thanksgiving in some ways. If you need to set aside a specific day to be thankful, how thankful are you really?

RenHoek said:

Timmy84 said:

I think you found your way onto the wrong thread.

Don't get me wrong but...

you can feel free to get me wrong...

heartbeatocean said:

Well I can kinda get where this thread was going but I wanted to add a positive buzz to it. Sorry if otherwise.
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Timmy84 said:

I wouldn't mind except there are very very few spaces to diss Mother's Day, so this endangered environment must be preserved!

heartbeatocean said:

lol I gotcha.

Oddly enough today I was watching Chris Rock's "Bigger and Blacker" special and he was going off on how mothers are appreciated yet daddies aren't.

well you can also come crack yo mama jokes on my thread....
http://prince.org/msg/100/335992
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It's Mother's Day in the US?

It's all I can do to remember it. Was March 22nd this year for my UK mum and is always August 12th in Thailand for my Thai mae.

Fauxie said:

2nd Sunday in May.
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i hear ya.

ThreadBare said:

Threadbare! I was feeling glum this morning. I think I almost sent you a text message. Then I fell asleep, or snapped out of it.

BklynBabe said:

did you make those up? Hilarious!!!

heartbeatocean said:

Follow through next time, by all means...

ThreadBare said:

I'm semi-delirious. I've had a severe migraine for the last 24 hours.

I remember the first time I actually had a job/money for mother's day. I was 18 and prior to this, at most she got a card because I didn't have money to do much, or a license to go anywhere really. I saved up a little bit and was like "Mom, I want to take you out to lunch and maybe a movie." was all excited to actually be able to do something for her...and she shot me down. It was her day so who am I to complain, but damn. She didn't even have a reason aside from not feeling like it.

I guess in the end it set a precedent for Mothher's Days to come, I can be cheap without guilt.

chocolate1 said:

The past few years I have dreaded the day because I am living 5000 miles away from my Mom. This year I celebrated it for the first time in March (UK Mother's Day).
It was still weird and even weirder yesterday because I still feel like that day is for MY Mom but I miss her and wish I could have done more for HER day.