I hate Mother's Day (not because of commercialism either)

I know I'm not the only one out there either. :(

But the commercialism isn't WHY I hate it. You wanna harp on THAT part? Make a different thread for it please.

I would go into it but I happen to know from my own previous experience that if I were to start getting into why I hate Mother's Day, I'd be ranting and raving about my mother all night and well into tomorrow. But suffice it to say, my mother is the reason I hate Mother's Day.

I'm quite jealous of people who actually have at-least-okay relationships with their mothers. :(

If you hate Mother's Day because of...well...because of your mother...then here's a thread for you all. I know you're out there. I know I'm not the only one.

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I'm fine with Mother's Day.

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Uhh so I guess you have mother issues then.

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I don't hate my mother, but I don't get along with her either. (6 months of being stuck back with her after 10 years, and I'm already being painfully reminded of why I moved out in the first place.)

Nor do I celebrate Mother's Day, seeing as how all she does is complain about and return any gift I buy her, even if it's something I know she usually likes.

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I dislike my mother most of the time but I stopped hating Mother's Day a long time ago.

Besides, I've got two swell grandmothers; I'll celebrate for their sakes.

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I always liked my mother, so the holiday doesn't bother me, really.

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Every day should be Mother's day!

Don't just use a holiday for an excuse...

Ah who am I kidding? Mothers LOVE having a holiday.

Your problem is not with Mother's Day itself, then, but with your mother in particular.

(And/or whichever other mothers are like your own.)

I haven't talked to my mom for 16 months. My wife does exchange the occasional e-mails with her, and she keeps sending me packages*

. I somewhat pay attention to Mother's Day, since I am married with two children, my grandma is fairly cool, and my wife's side of the family are fairly cool.

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Have managed a tolerable, reasonably polite relationship with my mother. Still quite emotionally distant. Pretty much just going through the motions and trying not to have shouting matches and trying to assert my independence so I can finally move out.

I don't have an averse reaction to mother's day, but I do have the OP's reaction to Father's Day for much the same reason she (he?) does, so I can totally understand hating the hell out of the gender-inverse holiday.

Seriously — celebrate the asshole who gave me PTSD? Fuck that shit.

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Sparkysharps: I'm transgendered (MTF spectrum TS, but biologically male though, so "he" will have to do for now).

And one of the REASONS my mother makes me hate Mother's Day is that she probably still expects a gift "just because she's my mother".

If I DIDN'T have mother issues, I probably wouldn't hate Mother's Day. But it's Mother's Day on Sunday, so I'm saying that I don't like that day, BECAUSE of my mother.

THIS IS THE THREAD FOR THAT and for other people who can't stand Mother's Day for non-commercial reasons, get it?

(I think it's perfectly okay for those of you who use this thread to actually profess positive feelings for the day and/or your mother, but please respect the fact that some of us really don't)

...I don't exactly like my grandmother either (I don't necessarily DISLIKE her, but I'm not very enthusiastic about dealing with her), but that's mostly because my relationship with her was pretty much forced on me by my mother (going back around, ain't it? hooray, Freudian Excuse...)

Jeysie: This, plus the fact that she has the nerve to call US (me and my—ugh—twin brother) petty little fuck-ups, when it's HER pettiness from way back that brought about OURS. Yeesh, you wouldn't believe the look she gives me most days.

Plus, she cancelled Christmas AND my birthday. I even had the decency to give her something for Christmas and SHE gave me NOTHING but GRIEF. And then on my birthday she yelled at me over FINISHING THE BUTTER and over not TAKING OUT THE GARBAGE early enough. What the hell? ON MY BIRTHDAY! The ONE day of the year where she's practically contractually obligated to be NICE to me! (cuz she sure ain't the OTHER 364 days, that's for sure)

Screw that! No Mother's Day for you! X( >:( DX

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edited 6th May '11 11:25:38 PM by Metalitia

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I gave my mom some chocolate and a music box entitled "World's best Mom" for Mother's Day. She was almost moved to tears.

Thanks for everything mom! =,)

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^^

Quite a huge pity party you're throwing up there. We have a wangst thread you know.

My mom is one of my closest friends, ever since I was a teenager we learned to talk like equals and she always gives great advice. I really should talk to her more often.

edited 9th May '11 2:03:44 PM by Barkey

Yeah, how dare he talk about something important to him and thread-relevant in his own thread.

Interestingly, Mother's Day has roots in the American Civil War.

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Everyone who's ever actually paid attention to me in the insecurity thread knows about what my mother's like...

Father's Day is more my thing.

Father's Day is almost the opposite problem for me. I absolutely adored my dad, whom I got along absolutely great with because we had similar personalities and interests, and was a very sweet and smart man. But, he died from lung cancer when I was 10.

edited 9th May '11 9:27:30 PM by Jeysie

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My mom's dead, so yeah.

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