So three of us have birthdays around the same time. One of us emailed all close friends (8 of us altogether) to arrange a joint birthday. We have a tradition of celebrating each others birthdays - the other 7 of us usually chip in a fiver or so and buy a gift too....and generally we have 8 birthday get togethers per year
However, the friend who emailed didn't check first with the other two birthday celebrants (me and one other) which dates we could do but just put a selection of evening and lunch time dates out there for replies (which no doubt suited her). Most replies have come back favouring a Friday night which I can't make:
here is a little something from the email:
"Friday is good for almost nearly all of us, except that hmc can't make it (which is a big shame as hers is one of the birthdays we're celebrating).
If we go for this date, Mads is kindly offering for us to go to her house for a combo of new puppy cuddling, wine swilling and snacking! However, we could arrange to go out one Friday in a few weeks time in the hopes of getting us all together...
What do you all think?"
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I'm not sure why the alternative to going out on this particular date has to be a day "in a few weeks time", her original email suggested 3 other evenings dates in the week following the Friday (all of which I could do)
I just feel royally pissed off and like I don't matter. Clearly some peoples birthdays are more important than others. Not all have replied yet but one (whom I regarded as a close friend) has said that Friday night at Mads' house sounds great.
They had better not chip in and buy me a gift because quite frankly they know where they can shove it
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Am I being oversensitive (re joint birthday celebration for me and two other friends which mutual friends are invited to - they are choosing a date I can't do!
hmc · 04/05/2014 16:11
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