I Hate Mother's Day

I think probably everyone with a dead mom hates mother's day. And yet from mid-April until May 11, not a day goes by without some idiotic e-mother's day offer clogging up my inbox.

Though Red Envelope is the most persistent (I'll bet free shipping isn't offered to my mom's location), Amazon's offer has to be the oddest. Why on earth is the "CitiKitty Cat Toilet Training Kit" part of their mother's-day sale? I don't have any babies, but if I went to the trouble of squeezing one out, I'd be pretty PO'ed if I unwrapped a cat toilet training kit on my special day.

Also, though I don't have a mommy (feel sorry for me—wah!), I did write a feature on mother's day getaways for ForbesTraveler.com. Though it has nothing to do with moms, my new Seattle Weekly column is also online.

Comments

[Scarlett]

You know, it does seem more like a gift for one's spinster aunt.