to not give a shit about Mother's Day?

[GetOrfMoiLand]

Apols. if there have been loads of threads similar.

I can't be arsed with it. Yes it is all very nice but if DD forgets to get me a card, I wouldn't care.

I don't want breakfast in bed either.

I think it is a daft concept tbh. Say thanks to me every day, not just save it all up for one day a year and buy me some rancid daffs.

Agree with beesimo, mothering Sunday is a very old tradition, it might be over commercial now but certainly not a made up by clintons excuse to sell cards........ like fathers day !

We made a rule to not spend anything on mothers day or fathers day. Either hand made or something thoughtful.

But I do agree that YANBU.

Very interesting to see where it came from.

DD has come home with skanky bubble bath that I a) paid for and b) helped the PTA to wrap fifty-odd bottles of - now she is claiming it as hers anyway. The homemade cards are sweet. I have about 9 from my two kids (various childcare providers plus school) but frankly I get enough artwork anyway so they get a bit lost.

YANBU although when they are old enough smoked salmon, scrambled egg and bucks fizz in bed would be nice but we are some years off that I think

I hate it as my mum died years ago also

I would rather mothers got recognition for the rest of the year - better flexibility at work, not being seen as a pariah for bringing up children, not shouldering the majority of unpaid childcare and household chores, not being blamed for everything that goes wrong in everyone's life....I could go on. Maybe I will go out and get after all

sweetgilly I won't, love

YANBU

The principle of the thing really.

Why be nice to you for just one day when anyone else is doing the same because they have to and everyone else is? Surely it strips all genuiine meaning from the gesture.

Same with Father's Day ,Valentines' Day and yes fucking Christmas Day as well.

Any real meaning totally lost in commercialisation.

sweetgilly Fri 01-Apr-11 17:24:04
GetOrfMoiLand

With that attitude, I very much feel sorry for your Mother.

I assume you are a troll. But just in case you are just a stupid idiot, my mother was feckless and a drug addict, left me in the care of my grandmother who was physically and emotionally abusive. Left home at the age of 16. Tried to develop a relationship with my mother but it was a nightmare at the best of times and we haven't spoken, by unspoken but pretty mutual agreement, for years.

You don't know me at all and I cannot recall ever having had any dialogue with you on MN so god knows why you have decided to be so vitriolic.

I know, I don't know why I bothered replying, just was a bit fucking miffed.

I know. I know it's only the internet blah de blah but that bloody well burned

Thanks though SGM

It is not about card companies at all.

Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday is celebrated in UK in the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor of Mother Mary and now, all mothers. It has come to be celebrated in a similar fashion as Mothers Day is celebrated in US though the date of the festivals differs. Besides history of Mothering Sunday in England and the reason for celebration differs from that of Mother's Day festival in US. Similarity between Mothering Sunday in UK and Mothers Day in US can be seen in the way the festivals are celebrated today. As in the case of Mothers Day, on Mothering Sunday people give flowers and gifts to their mothers and show their love and gratitude towards them.

When is Mothering Sunday ?
The date of Mothering Sunday in UK varies every year. It does not correspond to the Mother's Day festival in US which falls on the second Sunday in the month of May. Mothering Sunday in England is always celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter) in honor of Mary, the mother of Christ.

Since the date of the festival falls half way between Shrove Tuesday and Good Friday in the middle of the Lent Mothering Sunday is also called Mid-Lend Sunday. And as the day of Lent and Easter varies every year so also the day of Mothering Sunday. Mothering Sunday is celebrated on May 10, 2011.

History/Origin of Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday Histroy in UK is centuries old. It goes back to the time of early Christians in England who celebrated a Mothers festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor of Virgin Mary. Some believe that the ceremonies in honor of Roman mother goddess, Cybele were adopted by the early church to worship Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ. Others say the Mother Church was substituted for Mother Goddess and according to a custom laid a person visit the church of his/her baptism (Mother Church) on this day.

The origin of Mothering Sunday can also be traced to the fact that in early times people in England as a tradition visited their nearest parish called, "Daughter Church" on every Sunday. Also in those times, in the 1600s, children after the age of ten left their homes for jobs as apprentice or domestic servants. It was considered important by the people that these children be allowed to visit their home and mother church once a year. Accordingly, once in a year, in the middle of the Lent the children were given a leave by their employers to visit their "Mother Church" or Cathedral of their hometown. These children on their visit to their homes brought along gifts, flowers and special cakes for their mothers. These visits thus became a time for family reunions and over a period time, this holiday meant for the return to Mother Church was stretched to include all

There's lots of unnecessarily cross peeps about lately. Not entirely sure why