Maybe I should become a Jehovah's Witness... then I would have an excuse for never acknowledging people's birthdays! That would be the only reason to do so though, so maybe not. I buy tons of birthday cards to have on hand to send to people. I have lots of people's birthdays in my calendar, but then I never get it together to actually send the cards! My friends must think I don't care. But I really do! I am just not very good about birthdays!
My sister used to get really upset with me when we were younger. She is 2 years and 1 week younger than me so our birthdays were only a week apart. She used to get so upset that I wasn't excited that our birthdays were coming. She also used to get upset that I didn't like to play board games either (I do now, but for some reason growing up, didn't). Now, it's amazing if either one of us gives the other a present within a month of each other's birthday.
I mean, I like birthday parties, and I like when my birthday is acknowledged and everything, but it's just not something I feel that I have to make sure happens to me! I never understood people who were birthday nazis--you know, the ones that you HAVE to do everything a certain way for their birthday or it ends in tears (yes, I know adults who have done this). But I do feel really special with each birthday card or email I get, so I'm not saying I frown upon it! I mean, I get it, I do--that it's nice to feel special.
Maybe it's a survival technique on my part--I know I'm not sending birthday acknowledgments, so therefore, I should not expect any in return. Despite my lack of sensitivity to this, I have had some great birthday celebrations with great friends, who apparently didn't know yet that I was so shamefully poor at reciprocating!
Thank you friends!
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