to throw a childish strop about my birthday??

[PersonalClown]

Today is my birthday and again it has passed by with barely a whimper.

Only DP has made any effort. All my family have ignored/forgotten. It's nearly 6pm and I haven't had so much as a text or phone call from anyone.

I swear every year that I won't let it get to me but it still hurts that I'm an afterthought.

Can I stand here and wail and scream and stamp till I feel better?

Mine is tomorrow and so I have decided to have an 'official' second birthday at the end of July and my friends/family thought it was a lovely idea, i don't expect gift/card but it is a jolly good excuse for a night out!

This year we went to watch the Ladyboys of Bangkok and I had a lovely time and they even paid for me to get my pic taken with the stars of the show!

Happy Birthday!

Yes we're having a birthday party for ds in the summer. We told people who've asked that if they want to, they could get presents for him in the summer, PILs have said that they will do that instead. We only bought him one present for his birthday, a wooden train set but will buy him a couple of outdoor things in the summer.

I recommend having a pseudo birthday on 27th June each year: longer days, sunshine (hopefully) and no Christmas getting in the way....I have a winter birthday too and it sucks!

Aren't you a grown up? If it bothers you that much, move your birthday. My birthday is on Tuesday, it usually gets overlooked and I can't be arsed to get in a strop about it - who are you hurting except for yourself?

Happy Birthday!

I was going to suggest the x-and-a-half birthday in June. Doesn't have to be a 'bring a present' party, just picnic, cake, fuss of you and lots of fun!

To add my dts turn 8 years old on 29th and I always take them out on a special day out so they don't feel overwhelmed by Christmas. I was wanting to organise an unbirthday party for them this year during the summer but we'll see.

Happy Birthday and Sympathies.

Mine is the 29th (along with quite a few people on here, it seems. I think I've come to terms now with it being overlooked It is a crappy time to have a birthday, as much because of NY'sE than Christmas.

DH always makes a special effort. Then in the middle of Jan, I go out with a group of friends. I usually get a few drop-outs because of illness/lack of funds/abstinence/being away, but there are still people who are able to play.

And I find that facebook, with it's birthday reminders, is a big help

Mine is early January and it's always been hopeless, with my dm making the proverbial comment that it was really hard getting me a present as "there was nothing in the shops": why on earth didn't she anticipate it and do her birthday shopping before Christmas???

It's usually a real damp squib at work too (we collect money and give each other presents) as hardly anyone has been around so no-one's thought to get anything organised and I've often had one of the packet of cards that our manager keeps for emergencies!

However, this year they were absolute stars and stunned me by giving me my present on 23rd Dec! One year when it was a Big One we went to the pantomime on my birthday, and my dc's secretly arranged for my birthday greetings to be read out to the whole panto audience!

Me too. My birthday is December 30th and I've been dissapointed many times over the years. This year for Christmas dh and I agreed not to exchange gifts (we've just moved countries/houses) and I actually feel sorry for him if he disappoints me this year..

Well - as predicted. Not a single card in the post this morning. Ok, mum brought hers up at xmas, but everyone else either forgot/didnt bother posting on time.

Nice eh?

Mine was yesterday and it was shit as well.
Despite hinting all year that I wanted to go to the theatre to see Priscilla, DH managed to foget that and we had a blazing row which culminated in him sulking all day.

I told him I don't want a birthday next year.

i'd like to jump on this train.My birthday is very early Jan and I hate it for getting people's unwanted Christmas presents or people saying they didn't have any money. Bloody plan ahead will you, it's always the same.

One year I did an official birthday in Feb or March I can't remember which now. It was so much better.

Happy birthday have a lovely one and dont let it get to you.

Belated birthday wishes to OP and all the others with 'forgotten' birthdays. Mine was boxing day and I was overlooked as well. Even DH forgot until lunchtime and went into work in the morning even though he didn't need to. What made me sad is that he didn't even bother getting a card for me from the kids. I know the youngest is only 10 months and my DD is only 3 and can't write but even so, wouldn't have been difficult to do it for them.