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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG.  I go through this every year with my borderline mother.  No card can be good enough compared to the card I get for my father for Father's Day.  No card cannot be picked apart for subtle insult.

Here's the best example.  In 2006 I had my first child in late spring by c/s.  I was so proud of myself that I got it together, got her into her layers of clothes, got myself dressed and dragged us both to Whole Foods to buy mom a MD card, found a stamp and mailed it on time!  Yay me!  They didn't have a huge selection of cards but I found one that was innocuous and pleasant or so I thought.  It had a cute little frog on the front and a glass of fizzy champagne and said "Have a Hoppy Mother's Day!

She called saying she had to talk to me because she was concerned and hurt about my card.  Her complaints:  (1) She did not know what the frog "meant" and it was ugly; (2) since I don't drink so why was there champagne on the card; (3) the joke wasn't funny.

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Your mom should not have complained, but have you noticed that many cards just do not hit the mark? They are either too flowery, or not funny, or just odd. But your mom was not being nice.[/quote]

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