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30th birthday and all that

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iwasgonnasay · 29/01/2022 23:46

Bloody fallen for the trap haven't! Always say I'm not fussed about my birthday "it's just another day" brigade. But 30 I thought would be special. I made a hell of a deal for DH 30th and spent a lot of money. Mine is on Monday and he's told me today he hasn't got me anything as "doesn't know what to get" and hasn't ordered me cards as "he forgot" (I don't see why I needed to know this? He could go and buy them tomorrow". Everyone keeps telling me, "About your birthday, we haven't arranged anything because we didn't know what you wanted or wanted to do?!" How come I manage to sort things and no one else does? Any other birthday I'd expect that, but 30?! It hasn't exactly crept up. People have said about me being 30 all month. It's hardly a shock...just a bit gutted that it's going to come and go like any other birthday when it's a pretty big one. I see all my friends on FB having parties with their balloons and specially made cakes and holiday gifts knowing im having a normal Monday night with a store bought same as every year cake thinking "thanks for the effort guys" 😐 really disappointed for getting my hopes up!

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ddl1 · 01/02/2022 13:08

Well, I do think that your dh saying 'Oh, I forgot to get you a card' is pretty poor. For the rest: I do think that if 'Everyone keeps telling me, "About your birthday, we haven't arranged anything because we didn't know what you wanted or wanted to do?!', and it's really EVERYONE, this suggests that you are not communicating well about what you want. People differ in what they want: some people don't want more 'stuff'; some have special hobbies and mainly want gifts in connection with these; some love parties; some hate parties; some (me) can't bear any mention of our age-milestones. And you do have to let people know what your wishes are. If it was just your dh, I would think he was being abnormally unaware; if it's everyone, I can't help wondering if you're expecting them to 'surprise' you, and to guess what you want, rather than saying 'For my birthday I want to do X'.

ddl1 · 01/02/2022 13:11

Ah, I now see that you did communicate your wishes, and that it worked! Excellent!

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