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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It irritates me when people turn Mother’s Day into a day of mourning for those who have had miscarriages. Pregnancy loss gets a whole month. They don’t need to take over the DAY that mothers get. [/quote]

How does this diminish your Mother’s Day?[/quote]

I feel like this will be inflammatory but this is the equivalent of all lives matter to moms. Its a day for moms, thats what its called. So when everyone under the sun can define themselves as a mom, then it really isn't celebrating 'moms' but more like, 'women' or 'anyone with a vaguely maternal instinct or who has a relationship with a child or animal.'

I can deal with the people who think mother's day is stupid and pointless and hallmark-y. Fine. Whatever. But OP is right, if you have no children and want no children then you should not be celebrated on mother's day. Just like Chinese people shouldn't be celebrated during [b]black history month[/b] and straight women shouldn't be celebrated during [b]pride week[/b].

If you're going to name something specific, then it loses all meaning when anyone can define themselves as that specific thing. [/quote]

You realize that these are two seriously marginalized groups of people, right?  The reason for celebrating black history month and gay pride week have NOTHING in common with the reasoning behind Mother's Day.  [/quote]

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