I'm a single mum of 2 bad they are too young to organise anything themselves. My DD did make me a birthday card though bless her.
I have no parents around but I do have 3 sisters. None of them acknowledged my birthday other than a comment on Facebook after I posted something later on in the day.
I'm used to no one ever making a fuss, whether it be Xmas, birthday, Mother's Day etc etc it's just the way it is.
But yesterday was a big birthday, and I got not one card, no flowers, not even a phone call or a visit and no contact whatsoever to ask how I was. One of my sisters has her birthday next week so it's not like it's easily forgotten...we were brought up always having parties together as the dates were so close.
I just feel incredibly let down. I'm a quiet person and keep my head down and just get on with things. I'm not one to join in with their boozy lifestyle (think Jeremy Kyle fodder leaving the kids with sitters every Saturday night and going down the pub)...but I am always the first they come to if they need something...and yet yesterday I was just left.
I ended up in floods of tears and went to bed early. I feel very lonely and like I'm battling with the world for me and my DC but yesterday just highlighted even more how alone I really am.
No parents, no partner, no family. I do have loads of friends but they're all dotted about distance wise and have their own families to see to. I just feel totally abandoned and like an absolute looser to be honest.
But never mind, my dc are back from their dads today so I will buy a cake and I will have that wine I bought for myself and order that Chinese that I planned to yesterday.
God I'm feeling very sorry for myself, I know it's a first world problem and all that. Being the black sheep of the family really hurts sometimes. 🙁