Every once and awhile something jumps out at me and bites me in the face.

[Raven]

I just saw an ad on TV for Hallmark Cards. It showed a daughter visiting her mother for mother's day and then leaving. The mother then goes to her desk and picks up a card for another child. The voice then says something like "Give her something she can keep for Mother's Day. Give her a card."

What the hell is the message here? It's better to send a card to your parent than to visit? A card is better than being with someone you love? It seemed to me that Hallmark was putting down the visitor because she had to leave and suggesting that cards were better. Subtle, but nonetheless disturbing to me.