hurt feelings
This is going to be whiny, so don't feel as if you really need to read it.
My birthday was last Saturday. Mark and my mother did a lot of planning and tried to make the day really special which was so lovely and means I shouldn't care about the fact that:
1) My sister didn't call. She DID text me but, come on. And then she asked today if I would record something and for a video she is making her friend for her birthday. Let me get this straight-you want me to record a message for a person I've never met so you can finish this huge birthday project surprise for her and I get A TEXT? You have got to be effing kidding me.
2)My dad has called me at 8:30am on my birthday for as long as I can remember (that's the time I was born)and he didn't this year.
2.5) We went to see a play in the evening. It was a play for children and he had bought tickets for Clementine, it just happened to fall on my birthday. My dad and his girlfriend were obviously fighting and were both kind of pissy and all I got from them was "happy birthday" sidehug. And then Clementine had an accident at the play and I had to clean it up.
3) Mark's mom didn't call or send a card and at this point I've known her for six months and given her Christmas and mother's day cards and gifts (with no return) but I thought she really liked me and she DID know it was my birthday. And I just have to add here that I bet she gives Mark's son's mother a card. (And completely unrelated she has Mark's son's mother's engagement picture hanging on their fridge. REALLY?)
4) My aunt and uncle who have been one of my biggest supports and who I have lived with multiple times including the first four months of Clementine's life did not call or otherwise acknowledge my birthday. At this point it's been 15 months since I last saw them even though I tried to get a hold of them all summer even to the point of driving three hours south in hopes of catching them at home. They aren't mad or anything they're just really bad at keeping in touch but at this point they've not been there for me when I really, really needed some emotional support (this past summer) and I will have a hard time forgiving that.
/being ridiculous
My birthday was last Saturday. Mark and my mother did a lot of planning and tried to make the day really special which was so lovely and means I shouldn't care about the fact that:
1) My sister didn't call. She DID text me but, come on. And then she asked today if I would record something and for a video she is making her friend for her birthday. Let me get this straight-you want me to record a message for a person I've never met so you can finish this huge birthday project surprise for her and I get A TEXT? You have got to be effing kidding me.
2)My dad has called me at 8:30am on my birthday for as long as I can remember (that's the time I was born)and he didn't this year.
2.5) We went to see a play in the evening. It was a play for children and he had bought tickets for Clementine, it just happened to fall on my birthday. My dad and his girlfriend were obviously fighting and were both kind of pissy and all I got from them was "happy birthday" sidehug. And then Clementine had an accident at the play and I had to clean it up.
3) Mark's mom didn't call or send a card and at this point I've known her for six months and given her Christmas and mother's day cards and gifts (with no return) but I thought she really liked me and she DID know it was my birthday. And I just have to add here that I bet she gives Mark's son's mother a card. (And completely unrelated she has Mark's son's mother's engagement picture hanging on their fridge. REALLY?)
4) My aunt and uncle who have been one of my biggest supports and who I have lived with multiple times including the first four months of Clementine's life did not call or otherwise acknowledge my birthday. At this point it's been 15 months since I last saw them even though I tried to get a hold of them all summer even to the point of driving three hours south in hopes of catching them at home. They aren't mad or anything they're just really bad at keeping in touch but at this point they've not been there for me when I really, really needed some emotional support (this past summer) and I will have a hard time forgiving that.
/being ridiculous
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