DS birthday… 3 cards

[Rainyday578]

Today was my DS 5th birthday and I feel myself saddened, as I am every time DC’s birthdays roll around, at the lack of cards on display. DS has three cards; one from me (and DH), one from a grandparent, and one from nursery. I can’t help but compare it to my own childhood with a window ledge full of cards given to me personally by close family. In terms of numbers my DC have more ‘close family’ (aunts/uncles/grandparents) than what I had. Yet so few bother and absolutely no one visits, not even on birthdays. I’ve had a text from a relative who has a gift for me to collect from them, I expect anything similar from another relative over the next few days. Absolutely nothing stops them visiting us, or any reason why it is easier for us to go to them rather than vice versa.
It makes me sad my DC don't seem to have as many people love and care for them as I did as a child & birthdays always highlight this.
Suppose I just need to vent a bit - anyone else feel like this?

Did he have a party at all or any friends round for his birthday?

Card giving has declined in general though - it doesn't necessarily reflect on how much your child is loved. Cards can be expensive, stamps definitely are, and they all just go in the bin after a week. Lots of people don't send them for that reason.

Some people just don’t care to give cards and don’t find meaning in them (I love them so not bashing you). And yes they can be quite costly these days, people really are penny pinching.

But I do totally understand where you’re coming from. I think as long as you put a nice message in your own cards and keep them in a keepsake box you’ll have lovely memories to look back on.

It’s not just the cards, I feel like the cards (or lack of) to me just represent how few people in actively involved in their lives 😔