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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know it's petty, but I do think it's a tad odd for parents to do stuff for their kids for the parents' day holidays.  I found it particularly annoying that my MIL emailed both me and MY MOTHER on mother's day, before DH/I had a chance to acknowledge her.  It feels kind of like when someone, on their own birthday, makes a big deal about how it was your birthday two weeks ago or something.  The only proper response is "um, yeah - thanks, you too!"  And it just seems weird on a day whose purpose is to acknowledge your own mother/father, and arguably your children's mother/father (but mostly when they're too young to do it themselves, I wouldn't expect my mom to do something for my dad for father's day now, for example).

That said, I think the greeting card holidays are insanely overblown and I don't like them in general, and don't want to set a precedent in our family that gifts are required for such holidays even within our immediate family.[/quote]
WTF are you talking about ? The day is to celebrate ALL PARENTS, not just the ones who birthed you. I find it extremely weird that people take umbrage at people wishing them or their parents good wishes on any occassion. Seriously, your in-laws wished you and your MIL Happy Mother's Day and you find this reason to be upset?
Seriously?? We live in a world with so much crap and bad news and this is what you decide to get pissy about? [/quote]

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