Time to boycott mothers day?

Sierra Oscar

This is an interesting article...the woman who helped make it popular hated how commercialized it became...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6409411.stm

What do you think?

faceman

i think its a great excuse for families to spend time with their mother. its only commercial if you start buying shoite cards and gimmicky crap along with it.

Sierra Oscar

faceman wrote:

i think its a great excuse for families to spend time with their mother. its only commercial if you start buying shoite cards and gimmicky crap along with it.

Indeed, of course its a great day but it just seems it is getting more and more of a farce each year.

faceman

Sierra Oscar wrote:

Indeed, of course its a great day but it just seems it is getting more and more of a farce each year.

i would disagree i have to say. Given that we're all "grown" up in my family and all live away from home, its deffo a good reason for a family get together.

Valentines day and christmas is more a farce every year.

Sierra Oscar

faceman wrote:

i would disagree i have to say. Given that we're all "grown" up in my family and all live away from home, its deffo a good reason for a family get together.

Valentines day and christmas is more a farce every year.

It seems to me that every year it is getting more of a farce, i am just saying....when I hear that the creator of Mothers Day is dismayed about the way it all turned out it makes you think...

Silverfish

That's all good and well, but I for one am not turning around to mammy Silverfish and telling her I'm boycotting Mother's Day, as she is a firm believer that I am:

Never too old for a slap. I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it, so help me god.

Dave!

faceman wrote:

i would disagree i have to say. Given that we're all "grown" up in my family and all live away from home, its deffo a good reason for a family get together.

Yep, agreed.

WhiteWashMan

no one is ever forced to conform for any 'special' day.
if you dont want to buy a card and bunch of flowers for your mum, then dont.

i on the other hand, dont tell my mum i love her often enough, so it gives me an extra excuse to make her feel good.

now whats wrong with that?

Sierra Oscar

WhiteWashMan wrote:

no one is ever forced to conform for any 'special' day.
if you dont want to buy a card and bunch of flowers for your mum, then dont.

i on the other hand, dont tell my mum i love her often enough, so it gives me an extra excuse to make her feel good.

now whats wrong with that?

We all want to buy our mothers great things, well at least I do.

Consumers are pressured by advertising and businesses to measure goodwill in terms of presents, says branding expert Jonathan Gabay.

Do we really need to fork out a lot of money to make our mothers feel happy? Surely it is the small things that matter?

We all seem to, as the article says...measure goodwill in terms of expensive presents.

looksee

Silverfish wrote:

That's all good and well, but I for one am not turning around to mammy Silverfish and telling her I'm boycotting Mother's Day, as she is a firm believer that I am:

Quote:
Never too old for a slap. I brought you into this world, I can take you out of it, so help me god.

lol

Nevyn

Well only if they get rid of father's day as well.

luckat

I'm going to tell all yizer mammies on yiz.

Gaspode

I think its a load of ****e. I love me ma every day, I dont need to hand money to someone else in order to prove it.
I feel the same about fathers day, valentines, wedding anniversaries, and bah humbug, even christmas.

Bradidup

Pick some wild flowers won't cost you anything, she would appreciate!!!

Most of those days ie Christmas, Easter, St Valintines day, Originated from pagan feasts, then got taken over by the Roman Catholic Religion and then now got hyjacked by Hallmark.

luckat

Bradidup wrote:

Most of those days ie Christmas, Easter, St Valintines day, all souls, Originated from pagan feasts, then got taken over by the Roman Catholic Religion and then got hyjacked by Hallmark.

Scarcely the 'Roman Catholic' religion - the early Christians took over various saints' days.

They didn't take over Mother's Day, though; that was Mothering Sunday, an English custom where little girls who had been sent out to work as maids, farmgirls, factory workers, etc, traditionally had one day a year when they could go home to be mothered.

I'm right with all those who want to end Mother's Day and all connected with it - just as soon as women get some respect for the work they do. Until then, let's go right on honouring those mothers who wiped our arses, picked us up from Sutton Cross at 3am on a Saturday morning after working a double shift, helped us with our French homework and advised us on our first love.

0utshined

Silverfish wrote:

That's all good and well, but I for one am not turning around to mammy Silverfish and telling her I'm boycotting Mother's Day, as she is a firm believer that I am:

Damn right! I tried that when I was 13 and it wasn't worth the hassle.

Don't get me wrong, I get her random shít during the year but I don't feel I should need to on some made up occasion. She does though so I do.

When is it this year anyway?

Bradidup

luckat wrote:

Scarcely the 'Roman Catholic' religion - the early Christians took over various saints' days.

Re Christian Saints dates.
All Saints day was introduced by Pope Gregory in 837. it was a pagan festival prior to that. 25th December also came from another pagan festival from Sol the sun god, At the time when our lord was born there was shepheards out in the fields which would have suggested the summer.

At Easter, Our lord was Crucified on the Wedensday and rose on the Saturday (Sabbath) as he was "three days & three nights in the ground" . The Good Friday to Easter Sunday (which makes up only two days) came from the Roman Catholic Religion.

And yes Mothers day is another commercialised Rip off like every other festival.

Thrill

0utshined wrote:

When is it this year anyway?

Just in case this isnt a joke, it's today.

dango

In response to the generic feminist non-opinion comment: Duh of course we shall get rid of fathers' day too, would you be in favour of getting rid of both?

I think that the fact that it is a Hallmark (tm) holiday says it all. It's nice to appreciate someone for all that they have done for you. But I don't think we should do it only once a year...

cozmik

Sierra Oscar wrote:

This is an interesting article...the woman who helped make it popular hated how commercialized it became...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/6409411.stm

What do you think?

We are being ripped off.

There is currently no cure and the only treatment is to live a farcical life.

cozmik

Cormic

I have to make a fuss about wifey. We have a 3 YO and she is nearly two weeks overdue with child number two.

She loves making a fuss at Father's Day but I couldn't care less about it to be honest.

s&mbarbie

its definately too commercial buti still like to make afuss of my gran...i get her flowers every other visit but get extra nice ones on mothers day..mostly i go to to see her bring cake & spend the afternoon gossiping...time well spent imo...time is the best thing to give someone you care about & it costs nothing...my two cents

AdMMM

If I boycotted Mothers Day, I'd be lynched!

0utshined

thrill wrote:

Just in case this isnt a joke, it's today.

Cheers dude. It actually wasn't a fakepost ; I've been a bit removed from things recently and didn't know it was today. Read your post earlier and was able to get things sorted.

simu

The problem is everything is turned into a consumerfest these days. You can celebrate the day without buying extra stuff.

WindSock

^^yes, why are people moaning'about it being a rip off, when they are not forced to buy thing. My Mam appreciates the acknowledgment, and is adamant we don't spend any money on her for this day. She had a nice breakfast in bed with some daffodils on the side.