I got that email too. I've learned to turn my brain off when I get emails that have "Mom" or "Dad" in the subject line - it helps me to read the email to see if anything they have on sale might be something *I* could use.
My biggest dread though is still when I go out to buy Father's Day or Mother's Day cards for say, my brother, niece or sister-in-law, that a too helpful salesperson will cheerfully say, "Getting a card for you Mom/Dad?" So I've stuck with getting cards from Walmart or Target or the grocery store to avoid awkward situations like that. Started doing that pretty quickly after Dad died, made it easier to deal with things.
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My biggest dread though is still when I go out to buy Father's Day or Mother's Day cards for say, my brother, niece or sister-in-law, that a too helpful salesperson will cheerfully say, "Getting a card for you Mom/Dad?" So I've stuck with getting cards from Walmart or Target or the grocery store to avoid awkward situations like that. Started doing that pretty quickly after Dad died, made it easier to deal with things.