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Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms

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Re: Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms

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Post by tombert »

twiclo wrote: post #25
malfist wrote: post #11

She despises me for being gay. Not a chance I'm calling her.

You should call her

I don't mean to be a douche, but that's an exceedingly ignorant and short-sighted statement. A child doesn't owe their parents anything. If your parent is upset about something about you that you cannot change, then that parent can rightfully go fuck themselves.

Kids don't owe their parents anything.

Re: Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms

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Post by einpoklum »

Swizec wrote: post #14
alex7o wrote: post #6

How is it mother day isn't that 8 march

March 8 is international women’s day. The most ignored of all holidays by US culture. To an almost hilarious degree. My partner frequently brags that she’s the only of her friends and coworkers, in 10+ years, who has ever gotten flowers for women’s day. Meanwhile even Uber drivers have wished her a happy women’s day in various heavy foreign accents.

Like May 1st which is snubbed in favor of (non-organized?) Labor Day, and, well, the metric system which has somehow still not been adopted in the US...

Re: Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms

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Post by jolmg »

dyauspitr wrote: post #61
unclad5968 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Second Sunday of May in the US

Why do they do this? Why not just have a fixed date for these things? Is it so people can use the weekend to celebrate?

For Mother's Day, possibly, but it's not always the case. Thanksgiving is on the 4th Thursday of November.

Re: Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms

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Post by nickt »

pluc wrote: post #54
codeulike wrote: post #34

Unless you're in the UK in which case it was the 15th March and you've already done it (or already missed it)

Yeah I learned that today! I wonder what's the reason behind the difference.

In the UK (and a few other places) it’s “Mothering Sunday”, the day you honour the church where you were baptised, or your mother church.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothering_Sunday

Re: Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms

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Post by livinglist »

david-gpu wrote: post #38

I am happy for all those who celebrate. Quick reminder that not all mothers are good people that we must keep in touch with. For people recovering from a rough childhood, here are a couple of resources that may be useful to you: 1. "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" by Gibson. 2. https://old.reddit.com/r/AdultChildren+CPTSD+raisedbynarciss...

I grew up in a toxic household (my mom cheated when I was two, my stepfather was very abusive towards my mom, and my mom was always condescending and materialistic and kept using me to get money from my birth father, my birth father has depression and I just never felt any love from him), and I now barely keep in touch with both my parents, the first one hit home.

Re: Remind HN: Today is Mother's Day, call your moms

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Post by jsdfasds »

david-gpu wrote: post #38

I am happy for all those who celebrate. Quick reminder that not all mothers are good people that we must keep in touch with. For people recovering from a rough childhood, here are a couple of resources that may be useful to you: 1. "Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents" by Gibson. 2. https://old.reddit.com/r/AdultChildren+CPTSD+raisedbynarciss...

Yep. My parents went to prison for child abuse.
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