This year is my husband and mine first Mother's/Father's Day. To be honest, I feel the same about it as I ever did. If you go back to the root of the day it started off with good intentions. As with Valentines day it was meant as a day to remember and appreciate everything someone special does. However, somehow it gets turned into a day of who can spend the most money. Who can give the better gift. Gifts to me have never been important. They're exciting to get but they're just things.
When I was working I worked in a male dominant business. There were a few times that men would speak not so kindly of theirs wives and yet those were also the ones who would go out and buy expensive gifts on these "special" days as well. I have no doubts that women do this as well. Somehow we women have been branded as requiring gifts more often and usually costing more. My thoughts are to show your significant other as often as possible that you love and respect them and appreciate everything they do. When those holidays come up, do something personal. Do that chore for them that you know they hate. Go out with the baby so they can sleep in for a change. These little things that have no monetary value will mean way more than any piece of jewellery or expensive flowers.
This post wasn't meant to have a negative feeling shadowed onto Father's Day. It was meant to rethink the possibilities of the day itself and how we look upon it. In its current state are we truly doing it justice?
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