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178777, You're being way extra about this
Posted by Mahogany, Wed Jun-11-14 09:38 AM
Please stop

Its a damn card

People hardly even buy them shits anymore and the people that do aint putting THAT much thought into that raggedy ass card...that is if they even notice it.

The people that need/deserve it will get it and life will go on

Maybe you should take all this frustration/energy and use it for some good by spending some time with a kid that doesn't have a dad?

I'm not talking about the trifling moms. Most single moms (that aren't single moms by choice) don't want to do the shit alone...so do something if you feel that passionate about it

>This even existing is a problem. It effectively seals the lid
>on the whole "Black fathers are disposable" product that has
>been pushed on the general public for the past 50+ years.....
>You don't honor your mother by telling her she's a great
>Father. You don't even set children up to accept or believe
>that their mother IS fulfilling a fatherly role. That's
>essentially fortifying to the youth that "Yeah, it's cool to
>just write of your dad...he's a non factor really"
>
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>>Are they stopping tv to have some "for you mom on fathers
>>day" card giving ceremony or something?lol
>
>c'mon yo, you're being extra...
>
>>Its a card
>>
>>And yea being a father is not something that can't be
>>replicated, but sometimes the dad just isn't there so now
>>what?
>
>The day means nothing then. Celebrate mom on mother's day and
>K.I.M.
>
>>If you wanna be mad at somebody be mad at the deadbeat dads
>>that abandon their children. You're fortunate enough to have
>a
>>mate to help you raise your child. There are plenty of
>parents
>>that don't have that kind of support. There's nothing wrong
>>with a kid acknowledging the hard work their mom has put in
>>trying to fill that void.
>
>How about the dads that are barred from seeing their children
>by mothers that have ulterior motives or vindictive spirits?
>How about the dads that CAN'T be there because they're
>dead...is this how you honer their memory? So many ways to
>flip this...
>
>
>>Not to mention I would imagine that fathers day prolly sucks
>>for a lot of kids (and moms) might as well find something to
>>celebrate instead of sitting around being pissed off all day
>
>That's a very negative day to look at it. And the reality is
>that it shouldn't suck for a kid at all....if anything, it
>should serve to reaffirm to a child just how awesome their
>mother is.
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