# Mothers day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day/688200>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 11, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day/688200 "2014-05-11T17:27:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Knuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7c8e57/32.png) [@Knuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knuffle)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day/688200/41 "2014-05-15T03:26:24Z")

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> [@Fenris](#):
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> anyone who hides under their blanket from the “torture” that is Mother’s Day is a pathetic loser who needs serious counseling or a goth/emo douche who likes theatrically wallowing in their so-called dark-pain. Either way, get the fuck over it.

It’s called grief. Give me a call after you’ve had to hold your dead child so I can tell you to get over it.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mothers-day/688200/42 "2014-05-17T19:28:29Z")

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> [@Fenris](#):
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> goth/emo douche

Just curious, is that an either/or thing, or a cocktail, or what?

I ask because my mom was seeming a little bound up on Mother’s Day, and I was thinking maybe I could recommend something to help her out.

ETA: Oh, wait, _douche_. I was thinking enema. nm

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