Mothers day cards - why do they all portray mothers as shopoholic, chocholic, cleaning fiends who are on constant diets and have no other interests?

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I can't find any I like really, other than ones I've sent in previous years, which I don't want to send. It really seems these cards don't move away from sterotypes: mum is either

a shopoholic
a chocoholic
swapping places with dad and sitting down for one day a year
a cleaner who LOVES IT!

We really haven't moved on, have we?

why dont you ask one of us arty types to send you one of theirs - i would happily put one in the post for you today for no charge.

I think I have just bought pretty ones with a bunch of flowers on or something - but again that is part of the stereotype I suppose.

email me on [email protected] and ill send you some pics of mine

my difficulty is buying one that doesnt say
'to the best mum ever' or some such thing. Sadly we both know thats not true and it would just be sooooo hypocritical. I agree about the stereotypes too, my mum is none of those things either. I usually buy a blank pretty card and write in it myself.

none of my cards have the yukky stuff..... all are blank inside for your own message.

I cant stand fluffy verses.... in ANY card!

I made some beautiful mother's day cards and had them on a stall last night at a school pampering evening, didn't sell one! Only sold craft supplies and earrings.

Obviously I'm not using the right themes! Mine had little packets of seeds attached to grow herbs or sunflowers, I had some with earrings, and some with little sweets in a tiny acetate bag, love hearts with loving messages etc.

I guess I was too nice. Next year pics of frumpy old Hilda Ogden types stuffing their faces then?

And why are all Mothers Day bouquets pink? Are all mums gentle, soppy types who like a nice delicate pink flower? No!

My dh usually takes a photo of the dd's and writes something funny in a speech bubble from them. So even if I am a shopaholic, chocaholic (given up for Lent) etc. he has the decency not to remind me about it!

anorak, they sound lovely.

I think I'm going to go out today and buy a \link{http://www.jackyfleming.co.uk/pages/cards01.html\Jacky Fleming card} Thanks JARM, it's ok though, I need to post it today, just expected to find something on Moonpig and couldn't and wondered why they all say this kind of stuff. I know enid, hard innit?

It's like the dvds which are brought out for mother's day presents..awful, my kids think it's great bating me with the prospect of greatest ballads or whatever bleeuch

Like j and r's mummy I am quite happy to send one to anyone who wants it without charge. Don't want them to go to waste. Just say if anyone wants one.

I must say I felt an unfamilar surge of rage listening to that cheezy voiceover on Classic FM lulling you into buying some crap best of classical chillout/advert music for your mum 'because she deserves it'

deserve that!!!

I bloody deserve a fortnight in Bali with a mexican cabana boy and daiquaris on intravenous drip, not a fecking crappy cd

agree with enid - I can't bear the "best Mum ever" things. Mine just says Happy Mothers Day which i think is just about appropriate!
Thanks for the link to Jacky Fleming - I love those cartoons

lol

I love the dinner party one

look, haven't had time to read this thread as I am right in the middle of spring cleaning (love it when this comes around!) and in a mo I've got to pop to the shops to get some chocolate, but in answer to your question, I don't know why the cards are all like that, it's offensive isn't it!

I bought my Mum the "Where's my dinner" one year. Now I'm an old married woman I think I should buy it for myself and frame it to go on the kitchen wall

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I found myself proof reading the cards and unable to bring myself to buy one without some sort of apostrophe - not sure whether it should be 'Mother's day' or 'Mothers' day', but I feel it should have something. Settled on 'Happy Mothering Sunday', which got round the problem entirely. Pedantic, moi?

I won't insult my mother by buying her one of those crap CD compilations! No way! It's 'Il Divo' all the way for her - she loves them. Vomit. Hope no one I know sees me in the mall with it. :o

And the requisite Chanel nail varnish, of course.

I don't bother w/those silly cards. They're patronising and insulting. I buy a blank one, usually Vettriano b/c she likes him as well, and write a letter in it.

I quite agree with you, WWW. I don't buy cards any more - I encourage my children to make them. They tend to have pictures of cars, crocodiles or battle scenes but the recipients never seem to mind.

I got a lovely one in M&S that just says MUM on the front in flowery letters - right up her street. No mush or houseworky themes.

Arabica - your cards sound lovely, I'd have bought one.

Reminds me, MUST put mine in the post today :)