People do NOT need to be prompted to remember the most important person in their lives. And it’s not really up to me, the mother demands it, and especially the mother-in-law. I’ve noticed there’s an inverse proportion between the quality of the parenting and the importance of the day. The MIL thinks this is the most important day in the calendar, she’s also the most evil person I know who deliberately sabotaged the emotional growth of her children. Good mothers I know think the day is stupid and tell their kids to ignore it.
Let’s face it. People, for the most part, are idiots and take for granted the people who are most important in their lives. It is nice to dedicate a day out our very busy lives to a VIP.
Again, if you don’t want to celebrate it, then don’t.
A nice brunch on behalf of our mothers is not going being an end to world. And seeing the reaction from is priceless!