As we get older, birthday become less and less likeable... for different reasons. Throughout my entire childhood my birthday was ALWAYS a disappointment for some reason; the weather was bad, I got something (IF I got a gift) I couldn't use or didn't like, it wasn't spent with anyone but my parents, I never got a birthday party, and until this year, my cake never had candles, let alone the corresponding number to my age. The only memorable thing I DID like about my birthdays was a tradition that my parents stopped doing once hey thought " I was too old" which was to put my birthday card under my pillow while I slept so I would wake up to it each morning. After age 6 tho, that one glimmer of birthday wonder ended. I also realized that over the years, the more people u tell about ur birthday being a specific day, the more ppl forget equaling a heightened disappointment. Then there is the whole gift aspect, and as we get older they tend to get more and more lame, less and less exciting. Ever since I outgrew Barbies every gift has suddenly become a time to buy things we NEED, not WANT. The household budget is always "extra tight" because we had another "unexpected HUGE bill to pay for a car, the house or because of my brother". Then what ALWAYS just so happens is that my "so called birthday gift" that my parents were "planning" on giving me is postponed to something put off in the future that never actually happens, like going out to lunch and shopping. Sounds nice, they talked about it so it must be valid even tho it never happened. Kinda like taking the phrase "it's the thought that counts" to an absurdly upsetting level. Can't tell u how many I Owe Yous of the sorts that have always been "promised" but never fulfilled, so in the end, I shouldn't have even asked for anything. It'd save a lot of questioning and upsets. It also has a habit of raining on my birthday, that tradition held up pretty long at one point when I was around age 10. Then as people get older into their twenties and hence forth they start complaining that they are "old" and start to dread their next birthday. So what once used to be one of THE most exciting days of the whole darn year turns into a disheartening day that most people just decided to not tell people about. I think I'm gonna become one of those people soon haha. And on that note, I'm gonna go stop looking "like shit, u must be tired".

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