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Birthdays

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DuchessDisaster · 06/02/2015 00:44

It is toyboy's significant 0 birthday next week. I asked him, by text, how his schedule was, the answer was not so good.
I am very, very annoyed.
Some years ago it was a similar birthday for me and he pestered me for weeks beforehand because he wanted to take me out to dinner. I kept telling him that I wanted to do a, b or c (none of which included him, because we didn't or don't have that kind of relationship).
In the end we both drove a lot of miles to meet at a restaurant.
It would be easier now, neither of us would need to drive anywhere, so why doesn't he want me to return the compliment?
Or even try to plan something?
OK, I know he has an odd work schedule, but it all went wrong this time last year, when he got promotion. We were going to go out for his birthday and then "nothing".
To be honest, I am not "that" bothered, but I would have taken him out for a nice meal.

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GnomeDePlume · 06/02/2015 02:46

When this was your birthday you didnt want to do anything with him.

In the end you did something which was (by the sounds of it) massively inconvenient to you both.

What is the compliment you are returning?

TBH planning to do nothing sounds like an improvement on the previous attempts to do something none of which have worked out well.

intlmanofmystery · 06/02/2015 12:02

If he is not bothered about his birthday, significant or otherwise, then not sure you should be either...

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