ditzwill wrote:I pretty much downplay birthdays and try not to get excited about them anymore because of this very concept. When I was younger, my mom always threw big birthday parties with lots of presents for my sister and I. She would also make sure to make the entire day special for us a lot of ways. We could eat whatever we wanted for each meal and such.
My dad is pretty much the opposite so when I moved in with him as a teenager there weren't any big birthday bashes and it was depressing as hell. If I ever wanted a party I had to throw it myself. To this day I still throw my own parties if I want one, secretly wishing that someone else cared enough to do it for me. One year I decided my birthday was going to last all week long, and partied it up the whole time. hehehe
I also do my best to make other people's birthdays as special as possible for the entire day.
My 30th birthday sucked eggs. I wanted so badly to throw a huge party, but just didn't have any money. Then I was so depressed I couldn't throw a party, that I put off inviting anyone out to Billy's until the last minute so that no one showed up while we (my fiance and I) were there. Madd showed up after I left, but he was the only one.
Um...I guess I'm done babbling.
You are welcome :bow: hehehe. Yeah, my 30th birthday was not any big deal either. It went from my 18th birthday (thankfully), to my last birthday (32). Even my last birthday was not "perfect", as I had an unfortunate argument or two, however, it was most certainly not a wasted. In fact, I think everyone currently active on the forum was there as I remember. :sigh: Damn that was fun, but I know the concept... my birthday has pretty much been just another day. My father would usually just ask me where I wanted to go out to eat. Some friends would also like to take me out or ask what I wanted to do, even though Jen to date had exactly what I had wanted... to plan something, and not ask me. One of the things people did not ever seem to follow is that *I* did not want to have to plan the day, the whole point was, I wanted the day to be planned for me... for ever day I plan what *I* want to do (well, before Jarin, hehe). That is what I wanted to do for Jen, and I did. I had made it seem as if it would end up being just another day, and I tell you, being me, not lying about anything, and living with Jen, having to know what is going on and calling me all the time, planning the day and making it a surprise was no easy feat
Yeah, you were a goof for leaving your own party... but not as much for me not checking my VM when you called to state you were no longer there