I know aibu and petty and a bit childish, but i fancied a rant (and a kick up the jacksie to pull me out of my sulk )
Have 2 best friends. Go back years. They both have 2 dc (ages between 14 and 4).
Dh and i had massive fertility problems, - 10 years of ttc, 3 rounds of ivf and finally were blessed with ds 2 years ago.
For the last 14 years, i have never missed one of their kids' birthdays. Never. Always bought presents and cards and always hand-delivered so i could see the dc on their birthdays. Always been referred to as "the best 'auntie' a dc could wish for)
sometimes it was fekkin hard, but i was just glad to be part of their lives.
So my ds turned 2 yesterday. Nothing from either of them. No card, no present, no text. They both knew it was his birthday, and they both knew we'd be in during the afternoon, but neither marked it in anyway and i'm, frankly, pissed off.
Not even on ds's behalf. He had a great day, and i'm so grateful to everyone who did make it special and made the effort, and i'm just so thankful to finally have him here- but fourteen years!!!
You don't give to receive, blablabla....but i reckon we're owed a bit of sodding birthday payback! Even if just a card!!!!
right, now im off to do something not petty and stop bring offended over triviality- but thanks for reading. Just needed to get it off my chest! :)
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feeling unreasonably miffed that they didnt even send a text. tell me to shut up.
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InWithTheITCrowd · 22/08/2011 08:36
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