My DD turns 18 in a few weeks. She has persuaded me and DH to have a party for her. This has turned into a big thing. No local pub/venue were prepared to do an 18th so we're doing a marquee in the garden. I'm ok with it-It's going to be expensive but it's what she wants. And we can afford it.
We decided on a Saturday a few weeks after her actual birthday.
She has just casually mentioned that she has been invited to someone else's birthday party which is on her actual birthday and intends to go. I said I was a bit sad that she didn't want to have a family gathering to celebrate on her birthday (with her younger sister, Grandma and my sister)
Obviously she is an adult and of course can do whatever she wants on her birthday but AIBU to be sad and miffed that she's fine with me organising a party for her when it suits her but won't celebrate with us. As from next year she'll probably be away at university so this is kind of her last one at home.
When do teenagers stop being so selfish?