I know they're so expensive and are killing trees. But not gonna lie, I still appreciate a pretty physical card for my birthday or Mother's Day, etc. And I enjoy shopping for them too. Funny thing, I went to two weddings this past Fall and shopped for pretty cards to insert cash gifts. Ended up not using one of them. So I now have a really pretty blank wedding card....should I get invited to another one before I forget where I put it, lol.
I just shopped for a Mother's Day card for my Aunt Cindy last weekend. I remember when they would have several "for aunt" options. No more. There were Mother/Mom, etc. and Wife (never made sense to me) and a handful of Grandmother ones. But not a single Aunt card. There were some that were supposedly "for anyone". But they were not. Literally all of them had the word MOM in them. Also none of the "Like a Mother to Me" cards. I used to get those for my step-mother and sometimes for my aunt. I finally found a generic card that looked pretty. I signed it and sent it off to my aunt in Atlanta.
And I'm realizing that my Aunt Cindy is now the cheese stands alone. She is the last remaining maternal figure I have in my life. 😢
