figure I might as well join in on the happy mothers days wishes bandwagon.
Update: This post originally started as a twitter “tweet” and probably came off sounding cruel, which, to an extent is probably right. I’ve made this comment a few times in the past but never really thought of adding a post about it. To be blunt, I’m not a big fan of Mother’s Day. And to show that I’m equal opportunity, I’m not a fan of other “Hallmark” holidays too, including Father’s Day and Valentine’s Day, to name a few. I’ll even take this whole concept a step further by saying this is one (of many) causes of our economic condition. We spend all this time and money advertising/marketing products that aren’t even made here, we don’t take the time to actually create products to sell. Hence the enormous trade deficit. This problem can even be further defined by 2 of my pet peeves. First, we have unions – ugh! Really, unions had there time and place in the early to mid-1900, when there were some horrible working conditions in factories and such. Today, I think they do a better job of hurting companies than helping them. Take a look at the American auto industry, their unions are holding them back from producing better products at a better price to match international auto companies like Honda and Toyota. Then there’s our tax code, which makes it better and cheaper to produce products overseas than here in the US. This is one of the reasons I’m a fan of the FairTax. Without going into too many specifics, the FairTax would help bring corporate headquarters and factories back to the US, which in turn brings more jobs, and more money for us to spend. If you’re not familiar with the FairTax, check out their site here or, if you happen to know me, I’d be more than willing to let you read one of the books I have which provides an explanation of the FairTax and it’s benefits. Ok, I think I went on a bit of a tangent/soap box there. On a side note, I readily admit that I’m not an economist and only speak from my knowledge which, for many people, might be considered naive. In the whole scheme of things I’m ok with that, but feel free to let me know what you think.
Well, I’m off to enjoy the beautiful SoCal weather, see ya’.
As one who probably spent as much time with me during my first pregnancy than anyone, how could you even entertain the thought that I do not deserve one day during the year in devotion of me?
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thank you mememememe ! you're sooooo right.
You both don't seem to get the point. I'm not against anybody having a day dedicated to them, whether it be the mememememe or mpp or anyone else. My issue is with being told by some advertising company that it's time to celebrate my significant other, my mom, my dad, or whoever. I dedicate days to myself multiple times a month, there's no holiday needed for me to do that, no reliance on others to buy me a gift, an no requirement to receive any phone calls. If anything, it's best that way, there are no expectations. For example, take Valentines Day, which I consider to be the worst of them all. All this day does is make singles feel lonely, put new relationships into a "what should I do" panic, and force couples to do something for each other. And god forbid the boyfriend/husband actually doesn't do something for the girlfriend/wife, it could cause a fight between them for no other reason that we're being told we're supposed to do something and didn't. I'm sorry, if you're using this one day every year to do something for your significant other, there's something wrong. In reality, it's just another day in the year, not a holiday. Ok, let me have it…
yes-you are right. we shouldn't need to be told to do something nice for our loved ones. But ya know what-a lot of people don't get that, and this may be the one time during the year they get a little recognition.
Well let me go on the record to say "Happy Belated Mother's Day" to you, mememememe. And "Happy Belated Mother's Day" to you too, mpp. You deserve it! Especially you mpp! K was not this belligerent when he was in the presence of memememe and myself! The altitude in Denver must have affected his brain!
And let's not forget Father's Day (Sunday June 21)!!!! Home Depot and Best Buy has wonderful gift cards!!! It is a fact that if it weren't for us Daddys, there would be no Mother's Day!
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@mememememe – I agree, and just to make sure people have backups, we've added birthdays and christmas in the event someone forgets to give out proper recognition that one day every year.
@Joker – apparently, since you can't make a valid point, you've to start calling me names?! Did you have too much to drink and kill a few too many brain cells on your vacation?
Perhaps… but I still have the sense to not dis my Mom…. on MOTHER'S DAY no less!
Just to clarify, I did call and send flowers to my mom for Mother's Day. I didn't just remove the holiday from the calendar, just commented about what I think of "hallmark" holidays.