Mother's Day, Materialism at its height.

Today, Mother's day, is an opportunity for someone to make a Capitalist profit on guilty children who have not seen their mothers in weeks, or kids who never wash up. Well, seeing as I am not yet completely Socialist I obviously had to buy something for my mother and coincidentally my grandmother. She is slightly deaf and calls me saying; (scratch that, I have to call her) 'Zoe... It has been weeks since you rang me'. My answer, as always is, 'Well, you could always ring me'

'But that is not my job; the grandchild should ring their grandmothers. All my friends’ children do....' and so it goes on. Well the guilt has been etched into my psyche for years, always heightened by friends telling me they have handmade special cards with funny pictures of their childhoods, for their mothers. To be honest, who has the time? 

Anyway, it has occurred to me that the state has drilled in these expectations into the general public so they can tax us on the £3 cards and £15 flowers that we feel obliged to buy. But let’s not forget that Mother's day is actually not a holiday, it is a Hallmark holiday, a holiday created by advertisement and card sellers, with catchy phrases like 'I love you mum'. REALLY? Do I need to buy a card saying that? I could do that for free... or make a card... but no bleeding way, am I four?

It is inescapable, this materialism and Capitalism. Furthermore, what about those people who aren't mothers, what do they do? Feel guilty about not having children, because that is what is expected of women, to produce babies and populate this world. 

Wow, I never knew I was a ranter. It’s nice to be surprised by one’s self. I didn't have time to read any more of my Socialist book today, too busy making polite remarks at my grandmother who didn't hear them anyway.  

But I will continue tomorrow in my quest to become Socialist, watch out inequality... love you Dad.