Some sympathy for Heather, here? I married a woman whose natal day is usually about 2 days away from Mother’s Day. I love her, but I generally refer to this occurence as “Hell Week”. The pressure, the pressure…
There’s all the people who think that there are psychos everywhere handing out candy filled with poison or razor blades. And the Christian fanatics who go on and on about the occult, protest Halloween and do things like set up “Hell Houses” for Halloween.
I got a rock. 
Actually I had a very good relationship with my mother until her death a few years ago at age 89. And if I did have mommy issues, what day should I bitch about it, on Labor Day?
I hate that there is a separate date for the UK and US Mothers’ Days (also that I can never remember which apostrophe law is used - is it a day celebrating the mother as a concept, or all mothers everywhere, or just your mother, or…)
Having two dates guarantees that there will be much trans-Atlantic panic twice a year when we see topics on the day we don’t celebrate.
Wrong holiday - he was the Grinch.
No, the Grinch was Jim Carrey.
It certainly sucked for me for the couple of years after my first-born son died of SIDS.
Got a lot better after my daughter was born though.
Seriously? Isn’t this actually the classic “two-birds-with-one-stone” opportunity? I would have counseled you to get married this week, too.
On the other hand, I guess the penalty for forgetting goes up exponentially.
You mean people like yourself?
yuk yuk yuk
Aw, somebody tried using all caps! PSYCHE!
Your entire point is invalidated because you falied to use proper punctuation.
Yeah, yesterday being the first mother’s day without my mom sucked mightily. But it’s far from the first day that sucked, and there have been many that sucked worse.
And really, my problems are my problems. What profit could I get from making others’ time with their mothers less happy?
My step-mom could have taken that view, I suppose. Her daughter/my step-sis died relatively suddenly on February 13th, 2014 at the age of 50. She still managed to enjoy her Mother’s Day. She spent the morning with her other daughter and her nieces. Her step-kids called her. Her step-niece and nephew sent her a beautiful card that she really appreciated. Of course it was bittersweet but she focused on the good and had an overall nice day.
It is known.
I know a lesbian couple with three sons. They live in a very inclusive community and the boys go to a school that understands. She announced on Facebook Friday that her two youngest (twins) finally had a problem at school related to having two mommies.
The mothers were all invited to a party put on by the second-grade class, and they were all given beaded bracelets made by their children.
Her kids said, “All the other kids just had to make one bracelet. We had to make two!”
They were not comforted when they were told that they don’t have to do anything at all for Father’s Day.
I was going to post something like this, but you said it better than I would have. And probably more politely as well.
<high-fives Fenris>
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If you have a normal loving relationship with your mother, you don’t need a “special” day to show it.
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And if you want to keep that “normal loving relationship” with Mom, you better goddamn well get her a present and/or take her out to dinner. 
And no, snipping off a couple of daffodils from the neighbor’s yard and taking her to the Wendy’s drive-through won’t cut it.
Cute one. No, that is Mom’s day to bitch.
The worst for me? The first time I forgot her birthday after her death. (Not that I make a habit of ‘visiting’ her, but when I looked at the calendar the day after and realized what I had done … I still suspect they’re saving a special place in hell for me.)