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Tomorrow is my birthday. I will be officially 24 years old tomorrow. And everyone is so excited..........but me. I had a complicated childhood and for as long as I can remember I've hated celebrating my birthday. Even before my father left, I would get myself in trouble so I would get grounded and I wasn't allowed to participate. My mother didn't believe in postponing the grounding for my birthday. But it was something I counted on. I knew I wouldn't have to celebrate if I did something stupid enough. People question why I hate it so much and it wasn't until my father left that I could give them an answer to back off. My birthday is November 24th. My father abandoned us on November 29th. I was 11 that year. He waited 5 days after my birthday. It just took everything I hated about my birthday and amplified it. Unfortunately, grounding me doesn't really work anymore, and now every year when November hits, they're all like 'What do you want for your birthday? What do you want to do on your birthday?" Is hiding under the covers and sleeping to July an option? And because of the way we grew up, my family doesn't really do holidays anymore. It doesn't make us excited or feels festive. Everyone at my work calls me a scrooge or grinch. But they don't understand how much I just don't like this time of year.
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ReplyI feel like you’re the grinch haha, the one that hates holidays. You have valid reasons though. Instead of dwelling on your childhood that will unfortunately never change, try putting yourself out there and find people that make you happy. People that bring out the best in you. Maybe then you’ll start coming around for holidays. A friends giving maybe?
Family letting you down hurts more than people think. We all have this idea in our head of what our perfect family should look and act like and when it doesn’t happen it sucks. The only thing you have control of is what your future holds. Do you wanna be a loner grinch, or do you want love, support, laughter.
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