To wonder when Mother's Day became so bloody pink?

[Kitchentiles]

Every card in Tesco is frigging pink. So are the boxes of chocolates, socks, mugs and the rest of it. A sea of pink.

There's been enough talk over the last few years of the 'pinkification' of little girls, now it seems to be all females.

yanbu. fucking pink, fucking everywhere, and its all covered in fucking flowers too.

While we're at it, why does everything say Mummy or Mum? I am neither. I'm the not that outlandish Mama, why is that never on anything?

YANBU I hate pink I never wear it and it's not in my house and I never have and I never will. Unless I get Alzheimer's.

Really Sassy? You are called Mama by your DC's? Is that pronounced mah - mah? I've never heard it spoken except on television (benighted life, probably) so really want to know.

yep, but we are european rather than english.

Bloody hell I was thinking you were Scots Victorian. :)

I am 'mama' too. YANBU.

I am mostly Mama, too - pn more 'Mum-a' than mah-mah.

yanbu I'm a grown woman piss off with the pink fluffy bears and the rest of the shite.

yanbu: it took me nearly half an hour to find acceptable cards for DM and MIL earlier. They are grown women! They don't want cards with pink teddies on them, suitable only for young teenagers to give as valentine's cards!

YANBU. I occasionally go looking for sparring gear for martial arts classes. Because I am quite small, I have to get female sizing and it's getting amazingly hard to find stuff that isn't pink.

Pink! MMA gloves for hitting people with! FFS.

I know! YANBU but, I noticed that a lot of the stuff in a few of the shops is the leftover valentines tat, effectively rebranded, eg pink heart shaped casserole dishes (ooh, I'd be thrilled to get one of those). Iwo defer if it was a recession proof thing.

No excuse forthe cards, aprons & endless other pink mothery tat.

And it gets ever more difficult to find cards which say "Mothering Sunday".

Actually, I'd not noticed the tide of pink, because I didn't expect to find the right wording and persuaded DD to make cards for DM and DMiL.

Surely if there were going to be a colour for Mothering Sunday, it should be daffodil yellow?

Pink and squidgy romance.
Look at the 100 offers on Amazon kindle 'just for mums' woemance and true luurve abound. Nothing for the likes of me.

The last book I bought, thanks to Stewie is 'Cinderella ate my daughter' And an excellent read it is too.

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_al_bw_feat?ie=UTF8&docId=1000621363&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=19WAAXH55BNJC66YXBS3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=285940367&pf_rd_i=341689031

The worst Mothers Day gift I've seen in the shops this year is a pair of 'Best Mum' rubber gloves. In pink, naturally. Because all mums are good for is doing the cleaning, FFS...

At least I've raised mine honestly enough for them to know just how unacceptable that would be. Anyone gave me those, I'd take it as a symbol that their gift was an offer to do the washing up for a year.

Ha ha. I knew this thread was going to be about Tesco. I was in there the other day retching at their aisle of pink tat for mothers day.

I walked out without getting anything. I predict they will have a lot of unsold tat on their hands, and next year might reconsider whether all women in their 20s/30s/40s/50s/60s etc... really do have the taste of an unsophisticated six year old. Ffs.

IMO Mothers Day is going the same way as other traditional celebrations - a tat fest :(

It should just be a token gift and a card - I'll be happy with a bunch of daffs this weekend - no pink fluffy rubber gloves wanted here - thank you

If we didn't buy it they wouldn't sell it.
We should all boycott the pink.
I agree that it is difficult to find ones saying 'Mothering Sunday'. I always manage it, but they are in the minority.

Sainsburys is just as bad this year. Judging by the hoards of heavily sighing, empty handed people, a boycott is going to be de facto!

I like pink It is actually one of my favourite colours. I want a pink vw beetle with eyelashes and flowers.

I am a bit of a girly girl though..

While we're at it, why does everything say Mummy or Mum? I am neither. I'm the not that outlandish Mama, why is that never on anything?

yep, but we are european rather than english

That would explain why really, wouldnt you say..

Hey MNHQ over here! It's a gap in the market waving at you.

......After the books, how about MN mothers day cards (and new baby) next year featuring witty things what we said.

here is a selection of mainly non-pink mothers day cards.

I noticed this yesterday - sure it wasn't like that last year? It's as if all Mums are ignorant, thick fluffy pink things wot like choclit and teddies and shit.

Maybe the companies have fallen for their own advertising representation of women creating a kind of spiral of ever increasing pink-ness. A kind of black hole, but pink.

It does seem that way LadyMountdore. Even the paperchase cards are a bit twee.