Does anyone else hate Mother’s Day????
I do! And I think it’s getting worse every year. Yes, my child is still living and has a great life, so it’s not that. But it’s the EXPECTATIONS - and then the disappointment- that makes me crazy. My first Mother’s Day, I was all excited. It was MY day! And honestly, with a workaholic husband, all I really wanted was a day of NOT being a mother! I wanted him to take over the baby for the day. But my husband was a retail manager and he gave his female assistants the day off - and so “my” day was the same as any other day. Plus my mother had expectations for that day and his mother had expectations of that day. How do I fulfill my expectations while meeting theirs too???
Fast forward and my husband died too early. Our child was a minor. Mother’s Day just pointed out that my child had no father to take them gift shopping. Father’s Day pointed out that they had no father.
That all was 30 years ago and I still dislike the day. I do not need my child to call me specifically on Mother’s Day to know they love me. I did not hate my mom if I didn’t call her on a specific day each year. Why is this one day so special for so many? And now my phone is blowing up with every friend group wishing everyone else Happy Mother’s Day!!!
I know I sound like a cranky old bitch and I’m really not. But I really do have strong anti Mother’s Day feelings. Anyone else?