I am not a mother and have never wanted to be, yet I have been receiving random mother's day greetings from complete strangers since I was a teenager! For one, to say that to a teen is highly inappropriate. To say it to me now is still inappropirate. It implies that because I am female and have a uterus, I am simply obligated and expected to be popping out babies. I find that a vulgar thought. I am not a baby machine, but rather an individual with a mind, free thought and free will, and it is within my right to choose NOT to have babies; and withoput the assumption being shoved down my throat at every opportunity, that I am automatically supposed to be doing just that.
Aside from the mindless strangers, there are plenty of well-meaning friends who wish me happy mothers day with the expectation that I should be happy for the holiday greeting and acknolegement . . . ackowledgement of what? My uterus! There is nothing to be appreciated in having something wished upon you that you do not want. Please respect our rights to NOT be mothers if we so choose.
On the other side of the coin, if you are one of the people who does this, you may be wishing that on someone who desperately wants it and cannot conceive, or who has lost a child, and such heartless, flippant greetings surely bring much pain. Please be mindful and considerate.
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