Birthday stress! Anyone else?

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Does anyone feel really quite stressed about their birthday?

Every year I hate it, the (very small) expectations that you have from your family that never happen, the pressure to "have a great day" which rarely happens and the fact that everyone expects you to be really happy that you're another year older!

I sound so miserable I know but it's my birthday today and I can't wait to go to bed and wake up to a normal today that isn't making me feel like I should be enjoying every second! Family let me down, loads of Mums at school asking me what I'm doing tonight and the answer is nothing because I hate everything being about me and I just want to hide!!

Please tell me I'm not alone!

Happy birthday! I feel much the same about mine. I’ve never really given a shit - which was fine once I was an adult who didn’t need to care and could just low-key ignore it but then I became a mother and there’s pressure to fake it for the DC. Anyway, I hear you.

I 100% don't get the fuss about birthdays TBH it's just another day . I read some of the threads about the expectation and drama over birthdays and genuinely don't get it .

I don't get the birthday fuss either, I have very low expectations (just a card) but even that didn't really happen today. I got flowers delivered from DH earlier today which pissed me off as they were guilt flowers and also cost money we don't have. Mum's at school asking what I got and what my plans are... Errrr nothing! FB posts saying how they hope I get spoilt rotten, just leave me alone 😤

Fuck me I'm a miserable old cow 😂