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Why? What is special about being a mom? Are moms better than non moms? Lots of booze and a one night stand will create a mom, right? Not exactly a special feat

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What's special - it's the person from whom most normal people have received the most love and care. It's the people who do the most work to keep humanity moving forward.

Are moms better than non moms - by and large yes.

I am sorry about what your life's story must have been like. Luckily I can't relate.

>It's the people who do the most work to keep humanity moving forward.

How do you define "moving forward"? Just having more people?

What a strange person you seem to be to think that moms are better than non moms simply because they are moms. You seem to have a child's view of the world

It's a day for mothers (which could be a step-parent, someone who adopted, neighbor, etc) - it's not Biological Incubator's Day.

That's not really true. One would like it to be, but it's not. We are taught to worship biological mothers in society so that people keep having kids and thus feeding the tax collector, military machine, cleaning toilets etc. Take veterans for example- we put them on a pedestal so that more kids sign up to feed the meat grinder in the hope of having a "veteran" car sticker one day.

I sincerely hope that you successfully navigate whatever it is that you are going through. This is not a sane or normal view of the world.

Some people just can't handle the truth

Even bad mothering takes a tremendous amount of work and selflessness. It is worth recognition prima facie.

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