Question: Mother's Day is nothing but a pre-fabricated invention by capitalist card companies and flower shops. Right?

Answer #1
Wrong.
- answered by no4play

Answer #2
Its true that it was made up...but cant you give your mom one freaking day? i mean you dropped out of school and started working at micky d's...cant you just give her one day of being happy after 364 days of seeing her offspring fail at life? i mean come on!
- answered by Justin

Answer #3
who cares if it is. it's only one day to celebrate the women who brought you into this world. when can atleast give them that
- answered by chey w

Answer #4
Mother's Day is a day to show appreciation to our mothers for all they have done.
- answered by Miss V

Answer #5
No - that's Valentine's day. Mother's Day was a pre-fabricated by suburban mother's clubs. But of all the lame-ass, pointless "holidays" out ther, I don't see thr crime in buying my mom a gift.
- answered by GEAS749

Answer #6
And long distance telephone companies. More long distance phone calls are made on that day in the US than any other day. It is a money-making ploy, yes, but won't your Mom be sad if you don't tell her you love her on that day even though I'm sure you tell her you love her on other days as well?
- answered by justcuriouslikegeorge

Answer #7
I think it's a double edged weapon!Why bring sadness to those who never knew their moms?!Beside, it might make some try to remake their relations with their moms again!
- answered by opheliaisback

Answer #8
Whoever made it, whatever the reason is, it is still worth making one day in a year to remember all the mothers in the world. For the good job they have done.
- answered by kamkoolot

Answer #9
Maybe, but I think it's nice to recognize Mothers, as well as Fathers on Father's Day.
- answered by Christian93

Answer #10
it is a twisted spiral....i mean why only one selected day to show her that you care, eh??you can tell her anyday, then why wait for 364 days to fly by just to say that she's important to you....
- answered by aks

Answer #11
Anna Jarvis, in 1890, was the power behind the official establishment of Mother's Day * swore at her mother's gravesite in 1905 to dedicate her life to her mother's project, and establish a Mother's Day to honor mothers, living and dead * a persistent rumor is that Anna's grief was intensified because she and her mother had quarreled and her mother died before they could reconcile# Anna Jarvis was able to enlist the World's Sunday School Association in the lobbying campaign, a key success factor in convincing legislators in states and in the U.S. Congress to support the holiday# 1912: West Virginia became the first state to adopt an official Mother's Day# 1914: the U.S. Congress passed a Joint Resolution, and President Woodrow Wilson signed it, establishing Mother's Day, emphasizing women's role in the family (not as activists in the public arena, as Howe's Mother's Day had been)# Texas Senators Cotton Tom Heflin and Morris Shepard introduced the joint resolution adopted in 1914. Both were ardent prohibitionists.# Anna Jarvis became increasingly concerned over the commercialization of Mother's Day: "I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit." She opposed the selling of flowers (see below) and also the use of greeting cards: "a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write."# 1923: Anna Jarvis filed suit against New York Governor Al Smith, over a Mother's Day celebration; when a court threw the suit out, she began a public protest and was arrested for disturbing the peace# 1931: Anna Jarvis criticized Eleanor Roosevelt for her work with a Mother's Day committee that was not Jarvis' committee# Anna Jarvis never had children of her own. She died in 1948, blind and penniless, and was buried next to her mother in a cemetery in the Philadelphia area.n the end, shortly before her death, Anna Jarvis told a reporter that she was sorry she ever started Mother's Day.
- answered by mxamy

Answer #12
no buddy i guess your not a mom and i hope you have fifty just like you.
- answered by j :)

Answer #13
Wrong! While many people might assume that Mother's Day is a holiday invented by the fine folks at Hallmark, it's not so. The earliest Mother's Day celebrations can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece, honoring Rhea, the Mother of the Gods. The Romans called their version of the event the Hilaria, and celebrated on the Ides of March by making offerings in the temple of Cybele, the mother of the Gods. Early Christians celebrated the festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ. In more recent times, relatively speaking -- England in the 1600s--the celebration was expanded to include all mothers with "Mothering Sunday" being celebrated on the 4th Sunday of Lent (the 40 day period leading up to Easter).
- answered by deanne d

Answer #14
Were you born or did you just climb out of a test tube one day. Go to your dictionary and look up two words: love, and compassion. Then, get some therapy.
- answered by Aristotle

Answer #15
right! And as a mother, i don´t want to be celebrated just this day. I am a mother every day and not just on thet second sunday in may.
- answered by Leyl A

Answer #16
It may be, but I want to see you try and not get your mother anything and see what happens!!
- answered by monkeypox6

Answer #17
RIGHT i always hated it as it makes no sense
- answered by annalena_us

Answer #18
No, it's a pagan holiday celebrated who worshipped the cult of mother. The capitalist took and of course made it into a money maker. Just like every other holiday, think about Easter - what do rabbits and eggs have to do with Christ's resurrection. I mean rabbits don't lay eggs they give birth.
- answered by tesorotx

Answer #19
WROOONG! MOTHER,S DAY IS HER SPECIAL DAY. SHE GETS TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS. AS SHE CATERS TO YOU THE REST OF THE YEAR. AT LEAST GIVE HER THAT MUCH RESPECT. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CARD COMPANIES OR FLOWER SHOPS.
- answered by sue-mama

Answer #20
No Mothers Day is all about your mom and thanking her for what she has done for you..Like bringing you into this world..Celebrate your mom
- answered by greeneyegirl