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 Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:07 pm
By Wednesday, it'll be one month before my birthday. And that's when my depression hits.
I've never had any of these exciting birthdays everyone had. Last attempt was in a Chinese restaurant and the cake was given to my best friend, who made the request for my birthday and was screaming "IT'S HER BIRTHDAY!" to the waiter pointing at me.
The last party before that, I was eight, and Titanic was out on VHS that day. I'm turning twenty-three.
Last year, no one cared. Mom worked. Dad worked. Sister on a business trip. Sister stayed at her place with her fiance (now husband) an hour away. Little Brother in this video games as usual. No phone calls, no wishes at all. No presents. Not even cake and dinner. Work was just cheap cupcakes and a card, and my lunch at a restaurant I go to regularly was a steak poutine with a birthday candle on it.
I also never had a boyfriend (Well, I did...) who cared much for my birthday. The last one dumped me a week before my birthday, the one before that we weren't together, first one forgot (two years in a row...) and got me a present of a book I told him I didn't like when I borrowed it from him.
I never get a cake much. I never get a nice gift or two. No one takes me to dinner. I find it bad that I want a nice evening with someone special to have dinner with, feel a little special, and a little cake and a present as a birthday wish now.
As I am called by a friend, "Laili Potter" enters the building August 1st.
Just felt like talking it out.
Also, the Perseid Meteor Shower on August 11th has always been a dream date to share with a someone special to sit out for a night and watch the shower. And it'll be another year of being really lonely lying out in the middle of the back field watching them go. sad
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:16 am
That really sucks. Family should at least call and say happy birthday, and boyfriends should strive to make a girl's birthday special. That doesn't mean getting you drunk and having birthday sex either.
I'm sorry your past birthdays have been so lame.... You should go to Disneyland. If you register with their birthday program, you get to go for free on your birthday. There's also a restaurant called Crazy Otto's in the Antelope Valley that will give you your whole meal free on your birthday if you come in and show your ID, not just a dinky little cup of icecream with a candle in it. Literally, whatever you want off the menu is totally free. They're really good, especially for breakfast, too.
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Irako of the Desert Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:38 pm
'Well I now share a birthday with my nephew so now everyone remembers my birthday but a year before that, they all called on the wrong day. In general, I've never really thought birthdays as special days and if anything, the attention made me feel uncomfortable. You're not a whole year older the second your birthday hits, you've been growing day by day. '
I'm sorry to hear you don't have anyone special to see the shower with, but try to dwell on the idea that no matter what, you're alive to appreciate a moment like a meteor shower. Remember that there'll be future opportunities in your life to spend with people who care about you. The only thing you have to do is make sure you put yourself out there and always be ready to meet new people.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:46 pm
I'm sorry you've had such a bad time of it, darling.
Personally, I've never put much weight in birthdays. The tradition in my house is to get the cheapest cake from the grocery store, sing happy birthday, then for me to get a card with twenty dollars in it. But, I was always pleased. It's nice to, at least, be acknowledged. You should be grateful for what you receive.
You should be confident and do what you want! Screw everyone else. If they don't care and they don't want to hang out, that's fine. Don't let their carelessness hurt you. They don't deserve your reaction.
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