Remind HN: Call your mother

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9519994

by rquantz • 11 years ago

104 26 11 years ago

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It's Mother's Day! Remember to look up from your monitor for a bit and thank the person who conceived and gestated you, raised you, or both.

jodje• 11 years ago

some inspiration : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ZI1yWUdNc

ldd• 11 years ago

I prefer this one, by 2pac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb1ZvUDvLDY

rvikmanis• 11 years ago

Then there's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjuHm_UMofo

mike-cardwell2• 11 years ago

To prevent any confusion: If you're in the UK, it's not mothers day.

jphallain• 11 years ago

Neither in France ;)

fluxsauce• 11 years ago

To prevent further confusion, in the UK it's known as Mothering Sunday, and this year it's 15 March, 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothering_Sunday

protomyth• 11 years ago

A comic to go with the explanation http://satwcomic.com/mother-s-day

mike-cardwell2• 11 years ago

I'd say it's more commonly referred to as "Mothers Day" in the UK than "Mothering Sunday". Maybe it depends on whereabouts you're from.

hebdo• 11 years ago

To prevent any confusion: here is a complete list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day#Dates_around_the...

davismwfl• 11 years ago

Thanks for that link, never thought to look it up but that is interesting.

eliben• 11 years ago

It's OK to call your mother more than once a year, you know...

;-)

teddyh• 11 years ago

…in about 51% of the world’s countries (including the US)¹

① https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day#Dates_around_th...

JensRantil• 11 years ago

Swedes, Mother's Day is in three weeks. That said, it's never a bad time to call your mother!

Dewie3• 11 years ago

And Norway's was in February.

haroldwestern• 11 years ago

Some people for whatever reason may not like their mother and may not want to thank them for anything. That's fine as well.

DanBC• 11 years ago

And, if you had an abusive mother please do remember to look after yourself.

mrsteveman1• 11 years ago

You're the first person I've seen mention it, thank you. Trying to :)

cmdrfred• 11 years ago

Cheers.

jMyles• 11 years ago

Doing something to resist war and promote self-sustainability - the original Mother's Day tradition - isn't a bad idea either.

steanne• 11 years ago

i'd love to. got a ouija board?

cblock811• 11 years ago

That is the best haha. Calling her now.

richrines• 11 years ago

BOOM: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tidbyt.cal...

chdir• 11 years ago

* ... intelligently and automatically making sure you're keeping in touch with the people you care about the most*

"care about the most", yet you need an app to remind that you care about them :) . Time for a break

joecasson• 11 years ago

nickbaum• 11 years ago

And if you're looking for a last minute gift, we're giving 50% off StoryWorth subscriptions for Mother's Day:

https://www.storyworth.com/mothersday

As a long time reader, I'm hesitant to post a promotion on HN, so I want to give a little more context. Just last week one of our customers called me after her mom passed away, to thank us for all the stories she had gotten through StoryWorth. So while it is my company, I see first hand how it helps people connect with their families and how much it means to them.

I hope you don't mind me sharing it here today, but appreciate your feedback either way.

ebcase• 11 years ago

+1 for StoryWorth — a few members of my family have really taken to it, and one answers the questions each week. My sister and I are learning fun stories about our parents which would probably never otherwise come up in conversation with them.

Remind HN: Call your mother

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