Its my birthday soon. I have younger brothers and sisters, 3 of which are adults now.
I am getting very sad at knowing they will be useless yet again and I won't get a card unless they are reminded (not doing it this year). My sister has a good reason, she is away at the moment and not back until next week. It is my brothers that I feel sad about. I am in my late 20's and last year was the first time I actually got a card from one of my brothers, I actually nearly cried. The other brother is away at uni and is bloody useless with money, pissing it all away even though he has a well paid part time job and his loan. My birthday is 2 days after their mums (we are half siblings but I don't think of them like that) so they have no excuse for forgetting.
I don't want to have to remind them, so I'm not going to but I know that will mean I will not even be given a thought about. I have never once forgotten or ignored their birthdays, even when I can't afford much, some bottles of beer are not too expensive. I reminded 1 brother of DS's birthday earlier in the year, in plenty of time so he could get a card in the post. No reply, no card, nothing. At Easter when I saw him he did say that he has been useless and has no excuse, but this doesn't wash with me every time.
I am pregnant and hormonal but I feel really sad that I seem to think of them a lot more that they think of me tbh. I know I am going to have the minimum of cards when I actually have quite a few family members that just don't bother. My aunt has also stopped bothering to send me cards, even though I never forget hers or her 2 DCs birthdays.
I'm fed up of caring about people that don't seem to give a shit about me. 