Dear Miss Manners: When did it become de rigueur to wish every woman you see, for an entire week, a happy Mother’s Day?
When I was growing up, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day were days that you did something nice for or with the respective parent. Unless a person was a close friend, you didn’t ask “What are you doing for Mother’s Day?” out of respect for the fact that they may not have living parents, or if they do, they may not have a good relationship with them.
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