Sounds silly I know but I am genuinely hurt. My son is 20 and I've raised him alone since he turned 9. Worked hard to ensure he never felt the financial downside of only having one contributing parent. He was away with friends this weekend, at a concert I had paid for for his birthday, using money I had given him for Christmas. Yet, come my birthday, I didn't even receive a 'Happy Birthday mum' message.
When I did speak to him on the phone, I said I'd been out with my youngest son to an event and that a friend had sent me a card in the post and some flowers, his response was "has the ring doorbell you wanted got there? If not it must have been delivered to mine." I said no, haven't received anything from him and he was just like oh ok. I don't expect gifts, but I always ensure my kids feel special on their birthdays, I always go the extra mile and both my boys love their birthdays because of this.
It's really hurt my feelings, as he made such a fuss of his flatmate on her birthday a few weeks ago. Surely it doesn't hurt to just send your mum a bloody text message! May just be me being sensitive. Think it hurts more because for a long time it was just us, and so we've always been close. He's been a bit dismissive of me as a teen, but I expected him to grow out of it by now.