Tuesday, May 06, 2008

For Mother's Day I Want No Pressure To Pick A Mother's Day Card

It is time to end the requirement to buy stupid greeting cards around manufactured holidays. Nothing personal against greeting card writers, but I think just about everything that can be said has been said. Schlumping around Target being elbowed out of the way by eager beaver shoppers, I just felt resentful. The cards sucked. The pressure sucked.

I love my mother. I love my grandmother. I love my sister. I love my aunts. I love my sister-in-laws. I love my girlfriends. I hate greeting cards.

So, I'm telling my sister this and she says, "Good. Fine. You're a good mother. I love you. Happy Mother's Day! Done."

I replied, "Hallelujah, praise be! I love you too. I love you more now. You're a great mother. Don't send me a card. Please."

Deal. Deal.

For Mother's Day, the gift I want to give myself is to not have the mommy guilt associated with Mother's Day. Now how do I arrange that without pissing off my mother and grandma? Yeah, that's what I thought, too. There's no friggin' way.

And don't get me wrong, I like the tender-hearted gifts. The hand prints, the sweet love notes and the messy morning breakfast absolutely rocks. I have a couple drawers full of "you're great mom!" stuff. And I do look at them, get teary-eyed, and inspired.

So that settles it, the grandmas get mushy letters. Hallmark can kiss my butt.

3 comments:

RacyKacy said...

I too hate greeting cards - I think they are a waste of time and money. I have yet to see my mum or any other member of my family keep their cards they were given for their birthday etc. As for kiddies I would rather give them the money instead to enjoy. What kid do you know that would thank you better for a card than that of a bag of sticky lollipops. Of course you would have to make sure the sweets are healthy alternatives.

Heidi said...

ditto racykacy. make a card, don't buy one.

MaxedOutMama said...

I think the mushy letter would mean a lot more.