“Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have a viable economy is to make things for people to buy so they’ll have jobs and get enough money to buy things.”
― Philip Slater
Mother’s Day. Like Father’s Day is a day to commemorate two people who managed to make a baby. Congratulation on this wonderful achievement. That must have been really hard. So, all of us are forced to thank our parent for something we did not ask for. Thank you very much because if it were not for you, well I guess I could not care less because I would not be here to complain. It does not sound like I have a choice but to feel guilty about it. You are going to buy flowers which will be dead in two days, bake a cake because a birthday cake is not enough and take a lot of time out of your busy schedule to listen to a long list of things you are doing wrong with your life. That is what I call fun!
Since it is a la mode to be offended by everything and everyone I am going ahead and tell you that it is discriminating not to have a non-parent day. Let us celebrate the fact that some of us do not want children and so far, have been able to properly use contraceptives. I think that deserves an applause.
Do not get me wrong. I am not telling you not to celebrate your parents, I am just pointing out that if you want you are allowed to do it whenever you want without Anna Jarvis having to tell you otherwise.
Like everything else that comes from the US, this “holiday” too, is fairly new (early 1900) and it has been commercialized like Valentine’s day and Christmas. However, it seems like no one complains about Mother’s or Father’s Day, because let us face it, everyone likes to be honoured by others no matter if they deserve it or not.
And before you all accuse me of being a hypocrite, I am one of those who do not celebrate Mother’s or Father’s Day anymore.
As already mentioned a few times, my parents come from different cultures and with us moving from one state to another they went so far as to adopt both dates for father’s day. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Being forced to celebrate the same holiday twice is just stupid. I started decreasing the gifts, and slowly retreating from visiting them on these occasions to finally avoid calling them at all on these specific days. It sounds mean but they still receive a lot of attention throughout the year and they got time to adjust to the situation – which, I admit, sounds a little bit like dealing with children and that is exactly how it is.
Aromatic deception 