Every year on my birthday I am supposed to spend my day returning calls or texts to people I don’t fucking want to be bothered with especially family members. If we haven’t spoke all year its obviously a reason for that so don’t take up my time on a day I get to spend with people I actually like.
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Once I was forced to spend my birthday with the inlaws (whom I barley know because it fell on Thanksgiving mind you that was the only year we did that. At the time I was annoyed (I wished I could have just spent the time with my Cousin (who’s like an older brother to me). My big birthday thing was earlier that week when me and two friends went to Six Flags. I myself the only thing I usually do is write thank you notes so for the question at hand (I get it though I hate talking on the phone because it’s boring as sin and some people take forever)
I relate to this on countless levels. I hid my birthday on FB a few years ago and I don’t regret it. If someone really cares then they’ll make an effort to be a friend beyond a 2 word FB post once per year.
I don’t really get upset about things like this, but it has kind of highlighted how unimportant “extended family” really is. We only see these people once or twice a year, if one of us died the only impact it would actually have is one less present and one less plate one day out of the year. What’s the point of celebrating “family” with people who kind of aren’t?
I could not agree more.