We don't celebrate mother's day.

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We have one son who is 30 and I have never encouraged him to celebrate Mothers Day. I believe that love and respect for family members should be celebrated everyday. Plus over the years I have seen Mothering Sunday turn into a commercial racket. Both my husband and I have a great relationship with our son and when he was little and made me a handmade card at school , I always thanked him and praised his 'artwork'. But that's as far as it went. I have a wonderful mother who also instilled in us to celebrate and respect one another daily. She also shunned it once we were old enough to understand. However, I am increasibly aware that those around us think its strange. Does anyone else out there think Mother's Day is just a forced con?

We don’t celebrate it because my husband hates all days/events like this and basically refuses participation (/is autistic and incapable of empathy so can’t understand that I’m not him and would actually like it). So giving up expectation is really the only way I can avoid feeling shit.

Maybe when my kids are older they will do their own thing for me.

Honestly, just do something with your children, I know he is Autistic but you also matter he doesn't have to understand.

I couldn’t care less about it, but I pretend to my kids I do, because I want to teach them empathy and to love and celebrate others when you get an extra opportunity.