to be cross that Mothers' Day

[ConferencePear]

which is an American expression has taken over from Mothering Sunday.
American Mothers' Day is even on a different day.

I take no notice of either.

It's been Mothers' Day for my entire life and I'm 37.

Maybe you should go back to the 60s and be angry then?

Yabu.

People can choose to celebrate it how they want. The date is still set via the church calendar it's just like other holidays really whereby if people want to celebrate the religious connections they can if not its up to them.

its always been Mothers Day for me too and I am 39

Yep, always been Mother's Day and I am 47

Yep Mothers Day for me and I'm 37

It's always been Mothering Sunday to me - in my experience "Mothering Sunday" is the religious festival celebrated in church and "Mothers Day" is the secular celebration which non-church-going-families celebrate on the same day.

I've always known it to be Mothering Sunday in the UK, and Mother's Day (on a different date) abroad.

I don't think it matters. I generally get cards that say Mother's Day but I get my mother ones that say Mothering Sunday- there is plenty of choice for both.

If you research it, you'll discover that Mothering Sunday actually has nothing to do with mothers; it was all about visiting your mother church. Mother's Day is what happened when commercial interests got a hold of the idea in the twentieth century.

My diary filofax insert says Mothering Sunday OP, if that's any comfort!

Thanks for that Parsley. I don't seem to be able to find jokey Mothering Sunday cards, they're all hearts and flowers - more like condolence cards to be honest.

ConferencePear, I have the same problem. My mum is not the saccharine granny-card type, but is determined to celebrate Mothering Sunday not Mother's Day. I was lucky in Morrisons this year, and got a jokey one about buying chocolate and helping her eat it, but as often as not I end up making one.

I'm 50 & I remember Mothering Sunday.

I guess there aren't any jokey mothering Sunday cards because they think that people who are celebrating a religious festival don't want joke cards.

I think Mothering Sunday is a nice expression - it also feels more inclusive of women who might not be biological mothers but still have a 'mothering' role in a family.

I don't think of Mothering Sunday as a particularly religious celebration -it may have started off in church but it's really got nothing to do with Christianity has it ?
I just think of it as 'ours' and think of Mother's Day as American. I must have grown up in a bubble.

"I don't think of Mothering Sunday as a particularly religious celebration -it may have started off in church but it's really got nothing to do with Christianity has it ?"

It is a Christian celebration though. It is always on the 4th Sunday in Lent. Back in the 16th century people went back to visit their mother church. In later times people in service were given the day off to visit their families. The tradition of the simnel cake is also connected to Mothering Sunday.

Mothers Day is the secular term and is most commonly used, but I still call it Mothering Sunday anyway.

The problem is that MIL lives in the north east and doesn't like cards that say "mum" because they don't say mum up there, and I can't find any that say "mam" so I generally look for one that says Happy Mothering Sunday.

YANBU if you want to go to your Mother cathedral on Mothering Sunday and not think about mothers or anything to do with mothers.

YABU if you'd like a card and breakfast in bed as that is all from our dear friends the Yanks!

I have wine,presents and dinner cooked! Couldn't give a Toss if its Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday! It's just good.

I'm ancient and its always been Mother's Day to me, it's on Mothering Sunday though

Mothering Sunday is still celebrated in church BTW.