Mother and Daughter "Event"

[Totally Loopy Lou]

Not sure when this mothers/daughters event is - and adore my mum though I do it sounds unbearably sickly! But even the Lola Rose TSV launch the other night had the model Catherine and her mother (also a model on qvc I think - Jane?) because Nicki thought the necklace was perfect to buy your mum for mothers' day - and plugged it shamelessly throughout the show!

 

[Kathy]

Not wishing to hurt anybody's feelings... but being nosey... I am looking forward to seeing the Mums, so far I really liked the looks of the Bibi Bijoux guests Mum, she looked so normal and mum like. I wouldn't think that the mums appearing for a few mins will encourage me to buy anything I don't want.lol

 

[Wornoutcreditcard]

They have so many 'events' and 'days' now that they all seem like cynical marketing ploys. This one I think is quite stupid no one needs to be reminded to buy some over priced, poor quality ,mass produced, I'll fitting clothing or random anti aging products off the tv to remind them to be nice to their Mum. I don't have any daughters and my mother died years ago so I'll be avoidingQ when they air these shows and events

 

[KimP]

Wish I could say the same. It will be ten years this coming June since I lost my beloved Mum and I miss her almost as much today as I did then. I think about her every day as there always seems to be something to trigger off memories and I would have loved to share certain milestones and achievements.....such things as when our daughter graduated with a First in her Masters Chemical Engineering Degree, our son's continued success in his career and additions to the family (albeit doggy ones!), etc. etc.

Whilst I appreciate there are many people whose mother/daughter/son relationships aren't/weren't great plus, of course, those without daughters/sons themselves (whether by choice or otherwise) I really don't feel it's necessary to have one 'special day' allocated as such and all the hype and commercialism is unwarranted.

Mothers are very, very special every day.....come what may!

I meant seeing Shopping TV events and shop displays aimed at Mothers on Mothers Day, Birthday cards etc. They have no impact on me now as they are trivial. I made no comment at all on my relationship with my mother or how often I think of her now. Why people make crass comments based on nothing but assumption is beyond me.

 

[BusyLizzie]

I meant seeing Shopping TV events and shop displays aimed at Mothers on Mothers Day, Birthday cards etc. They have no impact on me now as they are trivial. I made no comment at all on my relationship with my mother or how often I think of her now. Why people make crass comments based on nothing but assumption is beyond me.

You have totally misunderstood my post.....it was all to do with "time being a great healer". I made no comment whatsoever on your personal relationship as it's none of my business!

 

[bygoneshopper]

just another occaision hijacked by retailer to lose the real meaning of any event, like they have hijacked Christmas, Easter, Mothers day, Halloween the list goes on and then they invent Teachers day whats that all about, thats their job. they should just pick random days and say its retailers retail festival just buy because you love us. ha ha i just see this mother & daughter event to diguise the fact it just to sell more beauty products.... sorry for the rant QVC lost my custom many years ago when it lost the variety of products ...they hardly do a selection show as it would be mainly beuaty products and fashion

 

[Huggles]

It's just a shopping channel trying to make a buck. Why is everyone getting so hot under the collar? Just don't understand why people get so upset.

 

[Ellaaa]

It's just a shopping channel trying to make a buck. Why is everyone getting so hot under the collar? Just don't understand why people get so upset.

I can't speak for others, but I'm not upset by it or getting hot under the collar.

When I started the thread it was about an observation of how occasions have been turned into money spinning events and how people are made to feel like they have to spend a lot of money, when that really is the last thing you need to do to show someone you love/appreciate them :happy:

 

[Tiddlywinks]

I lost my mum two years ago to a very aggressive brain tumour - a month from diagnosis to her dying - I think about her every day and miss her. Displays in shops and TV ads act like a little knife poking me in the heart.

BUT, I get that other people do have mums and I hope they make the most of them and spoil them rotten.

I also get that QVC is just a business and this is a business opportunity... Life goes on.

I don't mean to sound heartless as I feel the pain everyday... I just have to be a realist, take a breath and remember how I used to love treating my mum... Others are still lucky enough to be able to do it.... Best wishes to them.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I have just received an email from Q telling me to treat my mum.
My mum died 14 years ago and whilst our relationship was not always the best I find ignoring the whole MD event thing is the way to go for me, but I must admit that if someone had recently lost their mum or they were very close it IMO is quite a crass thing to be sending out. TV you can ignore but an email is too personal.

 

[Akimbo]

If you've had a difficult relationship with your mother (I did) you've probably been grieving your whole life for the mother you didn't have. My stupid sister-out-law told me (day before my mum's funeral) I probably didn't feel as sad about my mum's death as she would when she loses hers. Words failed me!

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

How awful Jude, you sometimes wonder if people ever think before they talk or if they are so into themselves that they have no conception of the social skills expected in every day living.

And yes, it is difficult when the closeness which seem to come so easily to other families just never happened for us. In my old age I can admit that I was not totally blameless myself. I'm afraid my answer was to remove myself mentally and emotionally if not physically. However I must have been quite good at covering it as in later years my mum seemed to think we were closer.

 

[Akimbo]

I could view my Mum as just a harmless old lady as I got older myself, whereas my older sister never managed to forgive her and it ate her up.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

Ah families! Can't live with them and can't live without them!

 

[Scout]

Ah families! Can't live with them and can't live without them!

I can most definitely live without mine! I have nothing at all to do with anyone I'm related to other than my mother. They're just a bunch of people who happen to be connected by DNA, nothing more. Can't stand any of them. The only decent thing any of them ever did was when my half-brother married his first wife and she became like a sister to me. Over 50 years on and with a much, much nicer husband, she still is. Thank god we can choose our friends!

 

[CallMeQ]

are we really shocked that they are cashing in on mothers day?
i'm diabetic, so should i be offended when they'll start advertising easter?
such a silly thread… they are a business, and they use the calendar to make money, like every other company does.

although i did think it was quite odd that its mother and daughters and the lady from peony has her son lol… maybe she didn't get the memo

 

[srhgts]

If you've had a difficult relationship with your mother (I did) you've probably been grieving your whole life for the mother you didn't have. My stupid sister-out-law told me (day before my mum's funeral) I probably didn't feel as sad about my mum's death as she would when she loses hers. Words failed me!

Good god, how tactless and insensitive! Even if X person is closer to their mother than Y person, it doesn't necessarily mean anything. You just grieve differently. Like someone said, for what you never had rather than what you did. There are so many other factors that could affect how the person feels too, like how emotional they are generally as a person and what other losses and traumas they might have had.

 

[Vienna]

Big retail businesses jump on any reason to have a named shopping day. Mothers Day, Fathers Day , Valentine Day and of course Christmas day etc etc. They`ve also invented a few along the way, Mothers and daughters day obviously being one of them and come June I bet they have a Father and son day just in time for Fathers Day.
Before you know it they`ll have a Happy Divorce Day when people can wheel out their exes or a Happy House moving Day or a Happy love your boss day ...
Yup it sounds ridiculous but no more ridiculous than trying to make money on the back of people sitting on TV talking to or about their Mothers or daughters. Family ( love them or hate them ) is too personal or precious a thing to be used in such a way. As this thread has shown it isn`t always lovey dovey relationships , is often involving painful memories and to my mind it cheapens those who have been lucky enough to have a good relationship with Mothers or daughters and sticks the knife in deeper for those people who haven`t. Commercialism gone mad !

 

[thatu]

Did I catch the Lulu Guinness woman saying one of Lulu's bags would be a nice mother's day present? £350+? Excuse me?

 

[Scout]

It'll be a stocking filler by Christmas.