My partner and I are having both sets of parents around for lunch on Sunday.

We're not sure what my partner's Mother is going to be getting as a present yet, but my Mum's going to be getting...

The new Zelda game for the GameBoy Advance!!!

Yes, I offically have the grooviest Mum in the World - at 60 years old, she's really excited about the new Zelda game being released this friday, here in the UK.

So what else is everybody going to be doing for their Mothers on Sunday? Anything at all? Or don't you/your Mother care for Mothering Sunday?

And if your Mother has passed on, how do you feel about Mother's Day in general? Is it a time of remembrance, a time of sadness, or again, is the day something that you don't much care for?

And how come the date's different for Mother's Day over in the U.S.?
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[This message was edited Wed Mar 26 9:00:56 PST 2003 by Haystack]

I think Mother's Day is wonderful Here's some history behind it...

On the second Sunday in May, American children of all ages treat their mothers to something special. It is the one day out of the year when children, young and old, try to show in a tangible way how much they appreciate their mothers.

England was one of the first countries to set aside a day to recognize mothers. In the eighteenth century when many people worked as household servants for the rich, "Mothering Sunday" was reserved for them to return home to be with their mothers. Though this custom stopped when the Industrial Revolution altered the working and living patterns of the people, one Sunday for Mothers was established as a holiday in the twentieth century.

In the United States, Mother's Day did not become an official holiday until 1915. Its establishment was due largely to the perseverance and love of one daughter, Anna Jarvis. Anna's mother had provided strength and support as the family made their home in West Virginia and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where her father served as a minister. As a girl, Anna had helped her mother take care of her garden, mostly filled with white carnations, her mother's favorite flower. When Mrs. Jarvis died on May 5, 1905, Anna was determined to honor her. She asked the minister at her church in West Virginia to give a sermon in her mother's memory. On the same Sunday in Philadelphia, their minister honored Mrs. Jarvis and all mothers with a special Mother's Day service. Anna Jarvis began writing to congressmen, asking them to set aside a day to honor mothers. In 1910, the governor of West Virginia proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day and a year later every state celebrated it.

On Mother's Day morning some American children follow the tradition of serving their mothers breakfast in bed. Other children will give their mothers gifts which they have made themselves or bought in stores. Adults give their mothers red carnations, the official Mother's Day flower. If their mothers are deceased they may bring white carnations to their grave sites. This is the busiest day of the year for American restaurants. On her special day, family members do not want Mom to cook dinner!

LINK: http://www.usis.usemb.se/...thers.html

Wouldn't it be weird if your mother was a lesbian and she
and her girlfriend raised you for about 8 or 9 years and
then split up and both got new partners. And you would
live with one mom and go and visit the other on weekends
and stuff.

And if they both got new relationships, you would have
like four moms.

Poor kids. Poor poor children. They must be broke after
mothering day.




And suppose your biological father had been in the pic
from the beginning, with his boyfriend.

And than they also split up after say, a decade and got
new partners.

That way you would have like, four dads as well.

Man, I envy those kids. They get birthdaypresents from
8 parents.

And they have the nerve to complain about mother's day
the greedy little cunts!


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[This message was edited Wed Mar 26 10:27:44 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]