A Note About Mother's Day

[howeird]

My mom died in March 2010. I have never been married, never had children, so when that first Mother's Day came around I was very annoyed by all the hype. Her birthday is a couple of weeks later, but that was easier to handle because it was her birthday, which she shared with JFK. She always told us it was better to celebrate birthdays than death days.

Three years later, the Mother's Day crap is still annoying, but easier to deal with. Easier to ignore, actually. But there is still infuriating spam.

Amtrak has chosen the day before Mother's Day to be National Train Day. So far they have not noticed this. That's a major marketing FAIL on their part.  

Comments

[susandennis]

I has always amazed me how, this time of year, everyone - every single one - assumes you have or are or you are married to a mother. It actually kinda of pisses me off more every year.

And while I try not to, I do lash out. One of my Twitter followers is a TV program about Seattle restaurants. They Tweeted the other day - 'where are you going for Mother's Day brunch??!!' I tweeted back that the more difficult question would be where can you go if you aren't a mother and don't have kids and want brunch without standing in line until Tuesday.

And... the owner of Mullaedy's (http://www.mulleadyspub.com/), a place I'd never heard of, replied to my tweet that I should go there! Turns out their brunch menu looks good so that's where I'm going!! I'm kind of excited about it.

[lemmozine.livejournal.com]

Why isn't there an Orphan's Day?

[howeird]

There is, as any good Gilbert & Sullivan aficionado knows: February 29.