Tneciter asked:

Why do so many of us let good will last for a few weeks and then right after the holidays we go back to our dog eat dog existence? Why are these fellings so short lived and why do we revert back to our normal pattern of behavior?

Bubbles asked:

Or do you do Halloween and skip to Christmas?

I am making placemats for Halloween and Christmas and I found a cool pattern for “fall” or Thanksgiving so it just made me think- what Holildays do people really decorate for?

I love love Halloween so I could never skip it!

thebassistsgirlfriend asked:

I was talking with someone recently who complained to me that she “felt unloved” because her husband never got her anything on Mother’s Day. I shared her husband’s opinion and told her so; she wasn’t his mother, and they had no children, therefore she is not a mother, which the holiday is for. She got very upset and said that it “shouldn’t matter”, because she takes care of the house and cooks.

I take care of the house and do all the cooking too, but I have never expected anything from my husband for Mother’s Day. I know it’s trendy these days for women to want more recognition for the things they do, but I think this is pushing things a little far. For me, Mother’s Day has always been a holiday for women who are, well, mothers such as my own, and it just seems greedy to want in on that. I understand most wives and girlfriends do a lot for their men, but ladies, this holiday isn’t FOR us. I was always under the impression that Valentine’s Day, anniversaries, or birthdays were sufficient for this sort of thing.

Ladies (and men, too), what’s your take on this? Should a woman who isn’t a mother expect to get a present on Mother’s Day from her significant other? Does she have valid reasons to be upset when she does not?

It seems to me that a lot of women who are upset that they don’t get anything on this holiday tend to be women who are at odds with their Mother-In-Law, and may just be upset because of the attention their husband is giving them. It may not always be the case, but I do see patterns.