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so my birthday is in 11 days. My family hasn't brought it up, and neither have I. I want to see if they will remember because they surely know my cousin's and my nephew's birthday which is only 2 days after mine. Even if they do remember my birthday there won't be any celebration, giving the fact that it's on the 23rd. Which is the end of the month basically and money is low. I've never really had a meaningful birthday celebration maybe just once when I turned 13. My mom had me a little pool party but was really only nothing but family and all the little ones. So after my birthday passes I still won't say anything just to see my family's reaction. I suffer from depression so that's why I'm venting about this. Mostly I'll make myself a dinner and cake and sing myself Happy Birthday with my toddlers. PS I've also deactivated the birthday notification on my Facebook as well cos that would just give it all away.
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So in an age where a lot of people casually rely on calendar notifications to remind them of important dates, you've taken an extra step to help them not remember. Sounds a bit self-defeating to me. Also, money and meaningful are entirely unrelated. Just sayin.
ReplyNowadays money isn't the issue here, I don't receive anything other than a Happy Birthday anyway. I'm 3rd out of 4 kids, my experiment is if they will remember it's my birthday without any reminders, that's all.
Replythat ought to work out well
ReplyYou should express that you would like do have a celebration with your family. If they don’t want to then you can release yourself from the sad/anxious feelings caused by anticipating their actions. If you tell them then you can either be happy that they’ll want to celebrate. Even if money’s tight you can still eat something you like, sing a song, and blow out a candle together. If somehow they aren’t interested in celebrating with you that sucks but then you know because you as and you can heal on your own. Get yourself a cake. You’re worth it. Happy birthday ❤️
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