Mother’s Day: Don’t Forget Flowers and Social Media
We have, in fact, reached “peak mom on social media.’’
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Instagram is chock full of moms. Consider yourself warned.
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Some people apparently use the opportunity to post a flattering photo of mom.
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Justin Bieber did it.
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For others, the trend calls into doubt whether their mom is, in fact, the BEST mom.
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For others still, it’s a chance to point out to mom that the fact that they are using social media at all is her fault. #BLAMEMOM
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If your mom isn’t constantly monitoring your Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat accounts, you should probably pick up the phone and call.
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Even if your mom knows how highly you think of her, shouldn’t everyone else know, too?
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Some people think it’s weird to say ‘Happy Mother’s Day’ on social media.
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But posting about your mom on social media isn’t actually about whether she will see it.
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It’s a competition. Someone else saying their mom is the best is essentially them saying your mom isn’t the best. Are you gonna take that?
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For Generation Y, living at home, celebrating Mother’s Day, and relying on social media for virtually all communication converge on this one, single day:
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It’s at the point where if you don’t say something nice about your mom on social media, people start to wonder:
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I mean, you say everything else via social media.
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Some day, Mother’s Day tweets won’t be representative of a generational divide.
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The ultimate existential Mother’s Day question:
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