Birthdays

I think that at a certain point, we should stop celebrating birthdays. Let's have the last one be for turning 21 or even younger like 13.

I may be jaded because of all the bad luck that has happened around my birthday since 1987 (this year I broke my foot) but maybe birthdays should only be for kids. Or for adults who have a strong social circle.

Birthdays for singletons with few friends suck. Everybody gets one day a year that is their day and yet it's pretty much like any old day for me anymore. I set my expectations low - as I do with everything - and even though the fam pulled through for dinner, we ended up eating at a restaurant I don't like. Don't get me wrong; it was nice they asked me but it allowed me to get my expectations wound up when they asked me.

I thought all day about where I would like to go and I wondered if I'd maybe even get a present. In the end, I went where they wanted to go, received no present or even a card, no happy birthday or even an inquiry about my foot or if I needed help. I wasn't even allowed to get dessert that I could pretend was a birthday cake. I haven't had a birthday cake in years and wanted one this year. I thought about buying a small birthday cake at Walmart but the thought saddened me to the point of tears.

Dana :(

ps. I do appreciate a lot the two cards I received in the mail. That hadn't happened in years and they are displayed on my fridge. And I appreciated the birthday tweets too.

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