Remind HN: Today (9th of May) is Mother's Day in US

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1331611

by jrnkntl • 16 years ago

97 28 16 years ago

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I know we tend to drown in all the tech, entrepreneurship, fresh ideas, ipad news, facebook privacy issues and the lack of HN search. But let's not forget our mothers :)

Give them a call, a present, a longer hug than usual or whatever suits you (and your mom)

I know, mother's day is just one huge commercialized drama nowadays but take it from me (or don't); most mothers -do- care about this day!

swah• 16 years ago

Give them flowers, folks. And tell her how much you love her.

It's hard sometimes for us to express how we really feel... I love you too, ma.

trun• 16 years ago

There are always some good e-cards for mothers with a sense of humor...

http://www.someecards.com/mothers-day-cards/for-enduring-the...

petercooper2• 16 years ago

Unless you're in the UK. If you are, don't panic! ... (because you already missed it several weeks back ;-))

biaxident• 16 years ago

This really needs to be at the top of the page!

ivenkys• 16 years ago

Thank you.

ErrantX• 16 years ago

Hah, I had a "oh, crap" moment before I thought about it :)

Vivtek• 16 years ago

So think of this as early warning for next year. Your mom already knows you pretty well and will laugh if you send her a card now to beat the rush.

petercooper2• 16 years ago

And there's Father's Day not far down the road.. I think that's the same in both countries!

atambo• 16 years ago

http://www.tomamawithlove.org/

switch007• 16 years ago

Thanks for scaring me! Mother's Day (US) is 9th May. Mother's Day (UK) was in March.

oscardelben• 16 years ago

Thanks!

GvS• 16 years ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers_Day - It's different day in many countries.

umjames• 16 years ago

I happen to know for a fact (because I was just there for a week), but today is Mother's Day in Japan too.

jrnkntl• 16 years ago

Over 70 other countries celebrate it on today as well. Besides the US, also Canada, India, China, South Africa and a large part of Europe is in this list; represents a decent number of HN'ers here, I thought =)

hugh3• 16 years ago

Yes, but in many of those countries it's already Monday.

Since my mother lives nineteen timezones ahead of me I have to be pretty on top of the whole "mother's day" thing.

JBiserkov• 16 years ago

It's on the "second Sunday in May"™.

At first I thought it was yet another plot to cover the Victory Day[1] with meaningless holidays like the day of Europe.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(May_9)

askar_yu• 16 years ago

Victory Day is a very big holiday in the post Soviet Union countries.

santacruz• 16 years ago

true

axod2• 16 years ago

Remind HN: Not everyone here is in the US.

cubicle67• 16 years ago

Not sure about the US, but it's Mothers' Day in Australia today

jrockway• 16 years ago

Remind axod: Only you care.

axod2• 16 years ago

I was in a blind panic all morning. I went to the shops based on this (now found to be bogus) news item. I will be forwarding the receipt for the flowers, chocolate and petrol to the submitter of the post.

It wouldn't hurt to adjust the title to "Mothers day in some localities", with a list of gps co-ordinates ;)

mambodog• 16 years ago

Ahhh geez! I'm in Australia and I really could have used this a few hours earlier...

mdolon• 16 years ago

Every day is (should be) Mother's Day. If you don't already keep in touch on a more frequent basis, why not start today?

sachitgupta• 16 years ago

Hey HN - wanted to let you know about a really special initiative.

To Mama With Love (http://www.tomamawithlove.org) is a project by Epic Change (http://www.epicchange.org) to honor moms across the globe and raises funds for one Mama in Tanzania to help her build a home for children in her village. They're planning on raising $50000 and need our help.

The hashtag on twitter is #ToMamaWithLove. Hope you'll join us!

EDIT: To help, go to their website and create a heartspace to honor your mom!

mhb• 16 years ago

http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/2010/05/t...

code_devil• 16 years ago

If you are a tech entrepreneur in the social media ecosystem (facebook, twitter, social-games), you probably dont need a reminder since all your friends in either of these networks will have a status for "happy mothers day" :)

savant• 16 years ago

I made my mommy a website: http://becauseyouremymom.com/

And here is the message I sent her on the site: http://becauseyouremymom.com/loves/savant

Remind HN: Today (9th of May) is Mother's Day in US

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