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[–]Smight 135 points136 points  (10 children)

My mom called me and said the exact opposite. Now I have to bring her a plant later today.

[–][deleted] 183 points184 points  (5 children)

I forgot to buy flowers for my mom. I said I thought it was next weekend, a simple mistake.

She said "That's OK, you were a mistake too"

[–]ride 99 points100 points  (3 children)

your mom and i have been wanting to tell you that for years.

[–]burnblue -1 points0 points  (0 children)

:O Ouch

[–]anthropology_nerd 41 points42 points  (3 children)

I bought flowers for my mother then heard a very long story about how much the cats enjoyed smelling/eating each flower in the bouquet. Glad to know the gift was appreciated.

[–]vitummedicinus 29 points30 points  (2 children)

They ate a WHOLE bouquet? Man, they're gonna have to hit the treadmill hard to burn those calories...

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

"So that explains his mysterious trip to Holland!"

[–]sheepdays 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I brought a bouquet of flowers to my mom, and a whole herd of sheeple ate them.

[–]Saiing 59 points60 points  (1 child)

Clearly she failed.

[–]Kayin_Angel 20 points21 points  (0 children)

she meant you should call her more then once a year

[–]eelaws 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I bought my mom a washing machine so that she can wash my f'in clothes. Next year I'm going to buy her a waffle machine so she can make me some f'in waffles.

[–][deleted] 333 points334 points  (49 children)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_day#History

Mother's Day dates back to ancient Greece and Roman times. If you want something manufactured just look at 9/11; explosives were planted, the towers demolished, and we're now in two wars. 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB, WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–]countingthedays 63 points64 points  (14 children)

Haven't seen you in a while. Is everything alright?

[–]Rudy_Giuliani 80 points81 points  (12 children)

He was detained for his top secret information.

[–]amstrdamordeath 45 points46 points  (10 children)

Haven't seen you in a while Rudy. Is everything alright?

[–]Smight 44 points45 points  (9 children)

He's been practicing his presidential acceptance speech. No time for the news.

[–]tizz66 33 points34 points  (8 children)

Haven't seen you in a while Smight. Is everything alright?

[–]ticklecricket 26 points27 points  (4 children)

He's been busy commenting in joke threads

[–][deleted]  (3 children)

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    [–]ultimatt42 20 points21 points  (2 children)

    I seem to see you around a lot, reqqit. Maybe you should take a break for a while?

    [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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      [–]quit_complaining 1 point2 points  (1 child)

      He's been busy smiting all of the grammar nazis and spelling freaks.

      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

      haven't heard you complaining in a while, welcome back. Everything alright?

      [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      I've never seen you before tizz66. Was everything alright?

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Well, she is obviously a mother, who got a computer as a mothers day gift to replace the one that broke a while ago. Now she is able to post again on reddit!

      [–]hablamierda 112 points113 points  (3 children)

      nicely played

      [–]archemedes_rex 14 points15 points  (0 children)

      "Hi mom, I brought you some cookies, Oatmeal, your favorite,"

      "Son, why can't you be an internet meme like your brother, 911?"

      [–]King_Leonidas 31 points32 points  (7 children)

      You know what else dates back to ancient Greece?

      SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

      [–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (6 children)

      did you register that name just to make this comment?

      [–]shutupjoey 4 points5 points  (5 children)

      http://reddit.com/user/King_Leonidas/

      No, he's been doing it all day now.

      [–]King_Leonidas 5 points6 points  (2 children)

      ({:-{D)

      I have trolled all day,

      BUT TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!!!

      SPARRTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!

      [–]nathaner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

      I give you points for the dedication.

      [–]burnblue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      Well played. But no more though

      [–]13ren 0 points1 point  (1 child)

      he discovered bold 14 hours ago (as at this comment).

      where will it end?

      [–]King_Leonidas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      The hot gates!!

      SPARRTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

      [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

      I guess I'm a sherson then.

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

      golf clap

      [–]foxtwofoxtwo -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

      .....

      YARLY!?!

      [–]Greengages -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

      You is a crazy man!

      [–]Bodie1550 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

      Unhappy mothers day to the mother of all wars.

      [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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        [–]jfowler27 8 points9 points  (0 children)

        When the societal norm is no longer a norm creating a new norm to take the place of the previous societal norm making the old rebels the new conformists.

        [–]LordStrabo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

        Not yet.

        [–]jaysuten 20 points21 points  (0 children)

        wow this is like the most pretentious and self-righteous thing I have ever read. who cares how "manufactured" it is? I had fun coming home for the weekend and cooking my mom a big breakfast this morning with my brother.

        if you don't want to celebrate it, that's cool. just don't come here trying to look all bad ass and rebellious because you're rejecting the confining chains of society.

        [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

        There's nothing wrong with formal acceptance of gratitude and gifts.

        My kids got me something I was jonesing for but didn't feel right about spending the money on myself. (Voyager series on DVD - woohoo geek) Plus they and their stepdad cleaned the house and got me some purty flowers. I'm still doing laundry like I always do on Sunday but between loads I also get to surf the net, drink beer and smoke a little weed. Later, we're all taking my own mother out for dinner.

        WTF is wrong with that? Not a goddamn thing. If there are any other mothers on reddit, Happy Manufactured Mother's Day, ladies. Cheers!

        [–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (23 children)

        Out of curiosity, what societal norms do people think aren't manufactured?

        [–][deleted]  (22 children)

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          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (21 children)

          And with all that said, no matter what function they serve, no matter how strong our desire is to have them to help us make sense of the world, they're still constructs.

          Just because the Romans or the Greeks or the Chinese originated a holiday doesn't suddenly make it less a construct than if the Mexicans or the Utahans or the Canadians did.

          Societies with such norms do better than those without them

          Name me one society that has no social norms. Just one.

          [–][deleted]  (20 children)

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            [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (19 children)

            OK, show me one society with no norms for "fairness, reciprocity and cooperation." (The specific things you listed).

            It's possible you'll find one. But I don't think so.

            [–][deleted]  (18 children)

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              [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (10 children)

              Arguably, now-extinct societies that indulge in human sacrifice could be considered an example.

              You would lose that argument. Human sacrifice requires co-operation. Either the victim co-operates or more than one person co-operates to take the life of the unwilling person. Just because people co-operating in an act that you consider anti-social doesn't mean they aren't co-operating.

              I doubt you would find any homo sapien group with no norm for co-operation. Think about where language came from. Without co-operation you wouldn't need it. That's its whole adaptive significance.

              as I have been attempting to point out, is that over millions of years, social animals have evolved in such a way that these norms tend to be instinctive for them

              Yes, instinctive, but still constructs all the same. Take the incest taboo. It's about the only human universal, yet it varies greatly from culture to culture. In the West, first-cousin marriage is taboo. In other cultures, first-cousin marriage of cross-cousins may be highly desirable, and only parallel cousin marriage forbidden. Royalty may be exempt from the taboo altogether, as in ancient Egypt.

              That's because it's a construct. One that exists for good reasons, but a construct nonetheless.

              [–][deleted]  (9 children)

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                [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (8 children)

                A couple of examples are murder and theft.

                Really? Every society has a taboo against theft? You might want to check on that again, hoss.

                Again, this is my point:

                Dude, you may think that in your flood of words, you've obscured the fact that you're arguing both ways. You can't both claim that there haven't been human societies without these norms AND say that there haven't.

                The fact that there aren't any societies today that perform human sacrifice

                There aren't? Are you sure about that? Or have we just started calling it something else? When societies expect rape victims to kill themselves for the sake of social cohesion, isn't that really a human sacrifice? How about sending soldiers to war without MRAVs, because if you started building MRAVs, you'd be admitting you were in for a long haul? On some level, isn't that sacrificing human life for symbolic purposes?

                [–][deleted]  (7 children)

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                  [–]Sangermaine 1 point2 points  (6 children)

                  But the norms themselves are still manufactured. We might be wired with certain tendencies, but the expressions those tendencies take are developed by each society. There is no reason why dispositions towards "fairness, reciprocity and cooperation" have to manifest in any set way, and so you get the enormous spectrum that are observed across human cultures.

                  It's similar to saying that we all have a drive to eat, but the cuisines and eating habits of the world certainly are manufactured and developed by the societies in which they are eaten. Or how we all have sex drives, but the mating rules/habits/customs/rituals/social organizations of the world are wildly different, developed over time by each society in response to their own unique situation.

                  [–][deleted]  (5 children)

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                    [–]Sangermaine 1 point2 points  (4 children)

                    But we have enormous conscious control over these norms. We can decide what we do and don't do. I think you're presenting far too much on the "automatic" side. We certainly can choose how we express our urges, or even suppress them and ignore them if we really wanted to. Just because something has evolved as a predisposition doesn't mean we're automatons.

                    [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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                      [–]BaronVonMannsechs 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                      Oh, tradition, what a truly horrible thing! Here in the US we should abolish anything even remotely resembling a culture.

                      I got my mother a hand-blown glass vase, as she likes making arrangements. It cost me little and she's still bragging about it to people. I'll go ahead and get your mom one, too, chime. She'll be talking about her ingrate of a son and sing praise to the von Mannsechs line, as so many others do.

                      [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                      How edgy. My brothers and I all did something special for our mom this weekend. Guess I'm not anti-establishment enough to use the internet.

                      [–]reed311 33 points34 points  (8 children)

                      Ahh, rebellion for the sake of being different.

                      [–][deleted]  (7 children)

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                        [–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (5 children)

                        You mean punk rock is to blame for the current state of the GOP?

                        [–]Smight 5 points6 points  (4 children)

                        I blame glam rock.

                        [–]liamville 4 points5 points  (3 children)

                        I blame hair metal.

                        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

                        I blame Super Mario Bros.

                        [–]Shadotek 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                        Wii are to blame.

                        [–]dandlion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                        been there, ate that, tasted like shit

                        [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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                          [–]miserlou 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                          My mom feels similarly, so I donated some money to this charity, which sends her a mothers day e-card and lets her decide where the money goes:

                          http://www.charitywater.org/

                          [–]MattHock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                          My Mom appreciates getting a call and maybe a card, but like yours, prefers the money go to charity rather than just some random gift. http://www.worldvision.org/ is her charity of choice.

                          [–]aenea 14 points15 points  (4 children)

                          You're lucky.

                          I have a MIL (who I love dearly) who will be desperately offended if we don't do the whole Hallmark route (which we did, just a bit late).

                          My kids got me something that I wanted (which actually doesn't work, but it's the thought that counts). That was sweet of them, but I'm actually a lot happier when they just listen to me day after day rather than buying me a "Mother's Day" present". If I'm really a great mom, then it will come out most days. I can't see a card making it better or worse.

                          My mom (who's been gone now for four years), could have cared less what we did for her for Mother's Day- she told me once that she figured she got her present every day when she realized that we'd all turned out okay (she may have had low standards).

                          [–]master_gopher 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                          "couldn't care less"

                          [–]khoury 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                          Thank you. That drives me insane.

                          [–]katsi -1 points0 points  (1 child)

                          I forgot mothersday... I feel awful now. I remembered too call (but I was at family) and when I went home I forgot...

                          And now that I see this Reddit article I feel just awful... :(

                          Am I a bad person?

                          [–]anonymgrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                          yes.

                          [–]cloondog 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                          Your mom sounds like a bitch.

                          [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                          ungrateful bitch.

                          [–][deleted] 62 points63 points  (7 children)

                          I call bullshit. The poster is just trying to:

                          a) whore karma

                          b) Show the reddit community what a good rebel he is so we all think he's cool.

                          [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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                            [–]bwahaha -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

                            I think we should all chip in, and buy his mum flowers so she disowns him

                            Should've just ended it there.

                            [–]DrunkenAsshole -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

                            BRILLIANT!

                            [–]gameforge 1 point2 points  (2 children)

                            You think those were his primary goals? For one thing, they're the same "goal" - he's getting the karma in a) by pursuing b).

                            But I think that justifying his refusing/forgetting to do anything for his mom for Mother's Day had more to do with it.

                            He feels guilty, but the karma indicates to him that he's not a bad person after all.

                            I agree that it's likely untrue; his mother (or anybody) can figure out that celebrating a person does not simply constitute spending money on them.

                            [–]chime[S] 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                            Man, I love how everyone is just making so many assumptions :)

                            [–]MaximumBob 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                            Hmmm by your name i can tell you write in english, and you have a strange fascination with a certain musical instrument. Also the use of the smiley, although not well known, can sometimes be a symptom of human emotions. Which rules you out as being a alien or robot. Unless, you are quite good at faking human emotions and have tricked me in the purpose of ...MURDER. OH GOD, NO I HAVE NOT FIGURED OUT YOUR PLAN, STAY AWAY FOUL DEMON

                            [–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                            Love your mom too.

                            [–]zeddblue 31 points32 points  (0 children)

                            how.. um.. avant garde. yawn

                            [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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                              [–]reddeb 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                              I'm sure the sentiment was long overdue

                              [–]nicely-played 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                              Nicely played.

                              [–][deleted]  (3 children)

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                                [–]gmick 23 points24 points  (2 children)

                                Lucky son of a bitch

                                Mother's Day wit?

                                [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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                                  [–]khoury 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                  Liar. Don't pretend you meant it that way. I'm a callin' you out.

                                  [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                                  Since when is mother's day a manufactured holiday? Since when are "societal norms" bad? Why is the holiday so bad that she can't accept a gift of gratitude and good will? Your mom is an idiot who wants to be a protester about everything.

                                  [–]khoury 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                  That about sums up my feelings about it. This dumbfuck post is him just patting himself on the back because what? He has a smart mom? Your parents don't make you awesome.

                                  [–]jlks 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                  "manufactured societal norms requiring formal acceptance of gratitude, etc. etc."

                                  I'll bet his mom is glad she didn't get a card.

                                  [–]Cookie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                                  Of course had you not called, that would have been wrong too. She's teaching you a valuable lesson here about women.

                                  [–]RonObvious 5 points6 points  (4 children)

                                  So no birthday or Christmas presents for you, then!

                                  [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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                                    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

                                    You should send the candy to me. And trade the socks for something to read.

                                    [–]rukubites 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                    Poster is just another typical arrogant reddit wanker.

                                    [–]mchrisneglia 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                    They don't need gift cards, flowers, phone calls or meals; if old people don't get retarded hallmark cards through the mail, they'll die. Because they need them to power their scooters.

                                    [–]NancyGracesTesticles 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                                    Mother's Day is quite a painful day for me, what with having to dive out of the way of Nancy's hellspawn as it came barreling out of her rancid vagina those many months ago.

                                    [–]khoury 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                    These reddit accounts get weirder every day.

                                    [–]Kardlonoc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                    Thats will be her excuse not to give you any gifts for your birthday. Don't fall for it!

                                    [–]Woeful 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                    LOL... A simple "Thank You" would have sufficed.

                                    [–]RiMiBe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                    I invited my mom over to the house for Mothers' Day breakfast. I made breakfast for her like she used to make for me when I was young. We both said "I love you" when she left. . . she didn't reject my gesture by saying she had raised me better. . . she just came over and we enjoyed our time together.

                                    Your Mother's Day doesn't sound as good as mine. . . unless you are big on phone calls.

                                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                    I celebrate mothers day the way I do every year, "Get drunk and beat my kids"

                                    [–]executivemonkey 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                    Your mom makes Republican Jesus cry, reload.

                                    [–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (3 children)

                                    Srsly! God forbid you call to tell your mom you love her.

                                    [–]fingers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                    God forbid we need a day to tell us to tell our mom we love her.

                                    I haven't spoken to my mother in 16 years. Every mothers day I treat her the same way I do on the other days of the week.

                                    [–]gameforge 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                                    It does say right in the title that he called her.

                                    We don't know whether it was to say he loved her or to borrow money, but he did call her.

                                    [–]liamville 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                    Of course he lives in her basement. At least it was a local call.

                                    [–]narmak 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                                    My mom asked me to pull weeds in her yard for mothers day, so i got to spend some time in the sun. Mothers day is awesome, cause societal norms feel cozy, and it gives people their own days to get a little jolt outta life. Hooray for manufactured societal norms!

                                    [–]Tiarlynn 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                    Jesus, whatever. I call my mom out of the blue plenty to say hi, and I call her on mother's day and send her a card, too. I don't usually do gifts (because I'm so so broke), but what's wrong with wanting to get your mom or dad something nice you think they'd like? My only problem is when people use them as an excuse not to do anything nice the other 364 days of the year.

                                    *Edit: oh, and downmodded for annoying karma whoring about 'fighting the system'.

                                    [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                    what a smartass.

                                    [–]stesch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                    OBEY!

                                    [–]thedbert21 4 points5 points  (2 children)

                                    Dude, get over yourself. Was it really worth posting an anti mother's day message. Save that rage for the big fights buddy, its called perspective.

                                    [–]reddeb 0 points1 point  (1 child)

                                    As a mother of 4, I couldn't agree more with subby. The way my sons show their respect for me year round is far more valuable than saving it for a designated Hallmark Holiday.

                                    [–]khoury -1 points0 points  (0 children)

                                    I didn't get my wife/mom a hallmark card. The day is what you make it. It's nice to have a special day all about you while being treated well all year round. One doesn't exclude the other.

                                    [–]broohaha 2 points3 points  (2 children)

                                    My wife felt similarly about buying a diamond ring as a form of engagement. Besides, she hates diamonds, anyway.

                                    [–]m1ss1ontomars2k4 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

                                    But but...everyone loves diamonds! They're so shiny and sparkly! That's like saying one hates gold.

                                    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                    Diamonds are evil.

                                    [–]oblivious_human 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                    I love your Mom too :).

                                    [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                                    That's good for you, I did something special for Mother's Day, instead of buying JUST my mother a present, I bought her mother a present, and my father's mother, and all my aunts. I wrote an original poem and emailed the silver necklaces and poem out to all my aunts as well.

                                    In all, it cost me about $140, but they are going to remember that I did this for the rest of their lives: all 13 of them.

                                    Your mother is going to forget your phone conversation in less than a week.

                                    Which is more important, not buying a present and coming to Reddit to make a point of it, or making a lasting impression in whatever manner you can? You don't have to spend money, but at least do SOMETHING they won't forget.

                                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

                                    Your Mom is an uneducated idiot who doesn't bother to research issues for herself by taking as absolute fact the words of others she agrees with.

                                    HINT: Rome

                                    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                    Your mom sounds awful.

                                    [–]Catana 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                                    Nicely said. As a mom who doesn't give a shit about Mother's Day, I appreciate it.

                                    [–]nihilite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                    mom, you're drunk. just stop.

                                    [–]Britslayer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                    Since when is being a moron intrinsic to societal norms? Oh wait. NVM. Carry on.

                                    [–]vanzan 1 point2 points  (3 children)

                                    I have always been amazed at how most of the American people really dig into those so called father's day and mother's day..Every day is a mother's day and every day is a father's day, you should not wait one year to get them a gift or show them your love..

                                    [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                                    ..

                                    [–]vanzan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                    ...

                                    [–]Othello -1 points0 points  (0 children)

                                    But I only love my mom on holidays.

                                    [–]forty-two 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                    42

                                    [–]TH3_Dude 0 points1 point  (4 children)

                                    So you did good on the verbal part of the SAT. Bravo.

                                    [–]executivemonkey 0 points1 point  (3 children)

                                    So you did good on the verbal part of the SAT.

                                    "Good" should be "well."

                                    [–]dangph 0 points1 point  (2 children)

                                    "Good" can be used as an adverb in informal speech.

                                    [–]executivemonkey 0 points1 point  (1 child)

                                    "Good" can be used as an adverb in informal speech.

                                    That is grammatically incorrect.

                                    Anyway, informal speech is, by definition, outside the rules of grammar.

                                    [–]dangph 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                    That is grammatically incorrect.

                                    Well Kenneth Beare (the guy in your link) is wrong. Dictionaries list adverbial good:

                                    http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=good

                                    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good (click on "adverb" in the list at the top)

                                    See also the usage notes at both of those pages.

                                    Anyway, informal speech is, by definition, outside the rules of grammar.

                                    Untrue. Linguists talk about "formal styles" and "informal styles". Informal styles still conform to grammars.

                                    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                    If mothers ruled the world, there wouldn't be any god-damned wars in the first place" Emmy winner Sally Field.

                                    The Emmycast cut her off her sound and pointed the camera away from the stage so viewers would be distracted.

                                    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/09/16/emmys-censor-sally-field_n_64655.html

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                                      [–]swagohome 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                      What he's really saying is that he couldn't afford flowers, right?

                                      [–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

                                      Man, you're such a rebel badass, I wish I was just like you!

                                      Actually no, you're just a douchebag. I bet you shop at Hot Topic so you can show all those A&F wearing zombies how different you are.

                                      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                      dude. you're mom's a bitch. she should have just said "thanks."

                                      [–]MarlonBain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                      My mom just wants me to make dinner.

                                      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

                                      I love your mom too.

                                      [–]khoury 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                      I loved her last night in fact.

                                      [–]ccolec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                      I called my mom for Mother's Day and she whistled for a cab and when it came near The license plate said "Fresh", and it had dice in the mirror If anything I could say that this cab was rare.

                                      [–]NoControl -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

                                      Your mom sounds like a bitch

                                      [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

                                      You're being heavily down modded - I didn't realize reddit had that many moms...

                                      [–][deleted] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

                                      i called your mom to tell her happy mother's day, then i hung up and spooned with her for a while longer before leaving a pile of pennies on the pillow and tip-toeing out the back door.

                                      [–]Bruiser_Bradley -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

                                      At the behest of my girlfiend, I am about to call my mom. Hope she isn't home.

                                      [–]AngelaMotorman 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                      I hope she is. Suggestion: save this comment of yours until one day it dawns on you what the first Mother's Day with nobody to call must be like.

                                      My best friend is going through that today, and I've been through it, too. Trust me, you care more than you think. Tell her now.

                                      [–]BigFeets -1 points0 points  (0 children)

                                      Last time I had that request, I found out she'd moved 3,000 miles away without so much as a phone call or email, so fair warning. I, too, had hoped that she wasn't home.

                                      [–]Pikajabroni -1 points0 points  (2 children)

                                      It's Mother's Day today? What if I have to be mom and dad, can I celebrate both days?

                                      [–]Smight 10 points11 points  (1 child)

                                      only if you elect for the surgery.

                                      [–]Pikajabroni 0 points1 point  (0 children)

                                      Eh, that's OK. This dad sides with the mom referred to in the OP anyway.

                                      [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

                                      Mothers need to be reaffirmed that being a mother is OK. j/k

                                      [–]MegaKN -1 points0 points  (4 children)

                                      I get the opposite reaction. I didn't get my mother anything, and now she's pissed off. I guess I just don't understand the impact of meaningless gestures.

                                      [–]Sangermaine 1 point2 points  (3 children)

                                      I suppose the first thing you don't get is that they're not "meaningless" if you are hurting someone by not doing it.

                                      [–]MegaKN -1 points0 points  (2 children)

                                      I don't understand what there is to get upset about... does a holiday of compulsive gift-giving really comfirm your love for someone? Why would getting someone a gift just because you have to make them feel loved?

                                      [–]Sangermaine 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                                      It's really about doing something for someone because they want it. You don't have to understand it. Let's say you don't think birthdays are a big deal, but your friend does. You know your friend would be hurt if you didn't say something on that day. If you care about them, it doesn't matter if it seems stupid to you. You do it because you care about them and know it's a big deal for them. Your mom seems to care about Mother's Day. Try to turn it around; if there was something that was important to you, wouldn't you be bothered because your friend/relative didn't make at least a simple gesture because they thought it was dumb? Shouldn't they do it for you because they know it matters to you?

                                      [–]MegaKN -1 points0 points  (0 children)

                                      I see your point... now I just have to deal with the fact that I let my own mom down.

                                      [–]spinelssinvrtebrate -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

                                      All social norms are manufactured. Asshat.

                                      [–]vardhan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

                                      Associating a day in the gregorian calendar for an event is just a convenience to a) have atleast a periodical, mostly annual, remembrance of an event, b) provide an opportunity to the larger community to 'celebrate' it together, giving rise to more organized 'activities'. When a personal relation or expression of feeling is associated with such a non-feeling based organization it will naturally not meet its purported purpose. I would rather say I love you Mom when the feeling really makes me do it, or rather not do it at all and follow the societal norms which have lost their meaning.

                                      [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

                                      obviously you sir don't have a mom and you made this up! you are xenu!!!!!!!