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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only who is noticing this today? Childless women are being celebrated as mother's to their dogs, and there are memes going around "remembering the women who [b]chose[/b] not to have children" (emphasis mine.) Is it really too much to ask to just celebrate mother's on MOTHER'S Day?

(I do think it is appropriate and nice to be mindful of women experiencing infertility on Mother's Day, which is a lot different than celebrating childfree women on mother's day.)[/quote]

I'm childfree and agree with you. I think these types of holidays are silly and weird in general, so that colors my perspective a bit too, but the reality is, I don't NEED to be celebrated as my hamster's mother, my dog's mother, whatever,  we seem to have this idea that being called "mother" to something/anything is necessary for a woman's self-esteem, and that's just not true. I'm good letting the mothers celebrate, it doesn't interest me (other than telling my own mom HMD of course!).

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PP you made me laugh so much with the "hamster's mother" part. Don't know why. But appreciate your point that society has a fixation that every woman needs to be some kind of mother to something and that is problematic as well.[/quote]

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