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Apr. 28th, 2011 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zana16While we're on the topic of Things Being Generally Annoying Today and No, I Didn't Get Any Sleep Last Night, Why Do You Ask?:
I looked at some Mother's Day cards at B&N today. With the levels of divorce these days, I have to ask, why are there no stepmother cards?
In fact, why do all the cards have something cutesy and/or loving to say? I mean, the mere fact that I'm sending a card at all this year represents a HUGE step forward, and I really don't want anything more than "Happy Mother's Day!" on the card. I do not want to tell her that I love her, or that she makes me feel safe, or that she fills my heart, or how she is/was a great mother and that a mother's love removes all wounds and fixes all transgressions, because only the first of those things are true, and I'm willing to admit that only to myself and not to her.
Like I said, this whole card thing is a BIG DEAL. So why can't I have a nice card that just says "Happy Mother's Day" and nothing else? Why is this too much to ask? I know I'm not the only person in the world to have issues with my (step)mother. HALLMARK, WHERE IS MY CARD??
I looked at some Mother's Day cards at B&N today. With the levels of divorce these days, I have to ask, why are there no stepmother cards?
In fact, why do all the cards have something cutesy and/or loving to say? I mean, the mere fact that I'm sending a card at all this year represents a HUGE step forward, and I really don't want anything more than "Happy Mother's Day!" on the card. I do not want to tell her that I love her, or that she makes me feel safe, or that she fills my heart, or how she is/was a great mother and that a mother's love removes all wounds and fixes all transgressions, because only the first of those things are true, and I'm willing to admit that only to myself and not to her.
Like I said, this whole card thing is a BIG DEAL. So why can't I have a nice card that just says "Happy Mother's Day" and nothing else? Why is this too much to ask? I know I'm not the only person in the world to have issues with my (step)mother. HALLMARK, WHERE IS MY CARD??