Mothers Day lost its meaning - just commercial?

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Is it me or it just seems to be another card/gift comsumerisation tool. Completely lost its real meaning. More spending, no thought - Sad. I have friends who seem to reel off received gifts, weeks after the Valentines tat list.

Why does everything revolve around "purchasing" gifts and not about thought?

Easter next!

I'm not sure that's true - maybe for the lazy and thoughtless it is, but I know I have had lots of little thoughtful things done for me today and little things to show appreciation.

It gives us a chance at school to talk to the children about their mothers and what they do for them.

I think it's a day worth celebrating - but maybe a bit less with the mass of nasty, tacky pink cards and plastic flowers that seem to be all over the shops. Puke.

Don't see what's so commercial about a slice of burnt toast and a glass of cold water delivered at your bedside by a 4yo bursting with pride

Though it is one of the great advantages of older children that you can get hot tea instead.

Oooh I'm not averse to the odd present and card! Any old excuse does me.

I love mothers day, lie in, tea and kiddies all in bed, lovely.

I got beautiful hand made cards

dd1 wrote her own poem (9)
dd2 wrote in the card herself(just coming up for five)
dd3 wrote her name (just turned 3)

they all huged me lots and told me how much they love me

they bought me custard doughnuts in bed

and then we all went out to an animal sanctuary and shared chips

just an excuse for them to be extra nice to me

not about money

I encourage ds not to buy anything, he made a cardboard photo frame at school, it's fab. Like Valentines day, you shouldn't have to buy someone something on a specific day to show them you care, you should do this whenever you want. Mother's days is merely another Hallmark day.

Isn't its meaning to do with going to church anyway?

Yes, it has become yet another commercial event on teh calendar but you make of it what you want.

sorry but lol at mother's day being about going to church?????

I got a bacon sarnie in bed (far too early for my liking - 8.20 does not constitute a lie-in, but DTs were too excited about having written "Mummy" as well as their own names in cards) plus a bunch of flowers chosen because "Mummy likes pink and white ones" - not pricey at all, but lovely because the children had chosen them themselves. We went to the park, and this afternoon did some baking - just me and my girls. It was lovely and not at all consumerist.

I always thought that the original mothering Sunday thing was to do with girls in service being allowed home to visit their mothers for the afternoon, and taking a cake with them. Nothing to do with church.

if you want to know more about its history, you can look here, lal.

lol away

well you learn something new everyday! Thanks pointdog. Next you be telling me that Christmas has something to do with church too...

DP spun me the 'commercial exploitation' line, which resulted in small strop on my part (the last couple of years he has got me a card and got DD to splodge something inside it which was lovely) and he disappeared for a couple of minutes and came back with one of my favourite pics of DD hastily improvised into a card. Which was sweet. I've been out all day with my own Mum which was nice and I've come back to a cake which he's made, so all is more than forgiven
It is the thought, not the price that makes it special. Even when a tad late...
And Trinity - well done your little one for writing their name - mine is 3 and she can't manage that yet.

well, it's a theory, lal

It's commercial if you buy into it. Simple.

Mothering Sunday is actually a church date; we attend church and spent time together as a family today. People complain a lot about "commercialisation", but really, it's how you live your life. We live in a very rural area and have no TV. Not much commercialisation to be done. It's down to choices, you are not passive in this matter.

I agree that it is only over-commercialised if you allow it to be.

My three made me cards in school and nursery school. They bought me some Green and Black's chocolates (my favourites) which they pointed out to their dad in the reduced to clear basket in WHSmiths a couple of weeks ago (I pretended to look at some books while they bought them). They brought me breakfast in bed on a tray with a little vase of daffs from the garden.

Total cost: about £2. But for me, absoloutely priceless.

trinity that is lovely

Last year DH and the kids went a bit mad in the shops so I told them this year I prefer hugs and home made things.

DD1 made a card and a magnet, DD2 made 2 cards(one at brownies and one at school) and DS made a card and a biscuit at school. I also got my breakfast in bed which was very soggy undercooked toast which they made DH cut into hearts

We then spent the entire day in the garden playing pirates and I loved it

I, once again got nothing which makes me very . I used to love the homemade cards from Ds when he was younger. Dd isn't really at the age of making things yet and her father didn't bother to send a card(again)despite me sending him cards last year. I am very envious of any Mother's day card received by any Mum.