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AnnieBW

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8. Women who raise children deserve good wishes...

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat May 11, 2013, 09:15 PM

May 2013

I'm childless by both choice and chance. My husband and I both have obstacles to successfully reproducing, and we chose not to go down the infertility route. I get uncomfortable whenever someone wishes me a "Happy Mother's Day" without knowing me or my situation. I can just imagine what it's like for women who have lost a child.

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why the founder of mother's day turned against it [View all] niyad May 2013 OP

It isn't well-known that Mother's Day was originally Ilsa May 2013 #1

"I wonder how Fathers Day started?" Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #2

hahaha! OneGrassRoot May 2013 #3

I think they started Father's Day when they saw how much LuvNewcastle May 2013 #4

That's my first guess, also. nt Ilsa May 2013 #5

Another interesting perspective... loyalsister May 2013 #6

would you mind posting this as its own thread? would love to rec it. niyad May 2013 #7

Women who raise children deserve good wishes... AnnieBW May 2013 #8