Birthday blues

By Anonymous - 09/08/2020 17:01

Today, I turned 39 and I finally had my very first surprise birthday party. It was held by a group of video game animals in Animal Crossing instead of by real people, because I'm not important enough to them to remember my birthday without Facebook's intervention. FML

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By Anonymous - 20/06/2024 16:00 - Australia

Today, my friends threw me a surprise birthday party. I was genuinely surprised—and also genuinely hungover from celebrating my birthday alone the night before because they'd all told me they were busy. FML

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By carboncoach - 13/12/2013 17:24 - Egypt

Today, it's my birthday. The only "happy birthday"s I got were from my mom, her Facebook account, and the Facebook account she made for her cat. FML

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By Not a day over 35 - 18/06/2013 13:06 - United States - Anchorage

Today, I turned 29. To celebrate, my office got me a cake that read "Happy 38th!!" The "theme" of the "party" was 'Not a day over 35!' I waited all day for someone to tell me it was all a prank, but nobody did. I spent my lunch hour crying in my car. Happy birthday to me. FML

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By Anonymous - 02/06/2011 04:17

Today, I threw myself a surprise party. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/04/2022 04:00 - United States - Brookline

Today, it was my birthday. Nobody said anything, not even my Facebook friends, who probably got a notification about it. FML

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Friends and family

By Anonymous - 19/08/2021 09:59

Today, it was my birthday. None of my family members wished me a happy birthday and neither did the 1,000+ "friends" I have on Facebook either. FML

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Party!

By kelkline - 31/08/2009 16:45 - United States

Today, my friend got a babysitter for the kids and told me she was taking me to a party. My son told me his band was playing at a party. I will be 40 tomorrow, so I thought this would be the best surprise birthday party ever. It WAS a surprise birthday party – for a friend of ours. FML

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By 00bsg - 21/12/2013 15:46 - United States - Salem

Today, it's my 21st birthday. All my friends and family said they were busy so I figured I was getting a surprise party. Nope. They all were actually busy. I spent my birthday alone. FML

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By nofriends - 09/02/2016 05:17 - United States - Boise

Today, my boyfriend admitted that he wanted to throw me a surprise birthday party. The only issue was the fact I didn't have any friends to make it happen. FML

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Clout chasing

By Samantha - 31/05/2009 12:44 - Singapore

Today, I turned 22. Instead of cutting my own cake, I stood by and smiled at a friend's belated birthday party. Her birthday was actually two months ago, but she decided to have her party on my birthday. No one remembered mine but everyone got her beautiful gifts. FML

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millsjoshua949 12

Sunday 9 August 2020 19:59

I'm having a really hard time feeling bad for you because the whole thing sounds so silly. I'm 65 and I've never had a surprise birthday party. Thank God. You're 39 and I think its time you grow up a bit and get over it. Not everyone thinks birthdays are a big deal. Sorry.

Yolanda Patrice Evans 17

Sunday 9 August 2020 17:51

Ehh, some of the coolest people I know were meant online playing Runescape lol so it’s not a total loss

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kakabalo 18

Sunday 9 August 2020 17:07

Happy birthday OP

Yolanda Patrice Evans 17

Sunday 9 August 2020 17:51

Ehh, some of the coolest people I know were meant online playing Runescape lol so it’s not a total loss

ojoRojo 27

Sunday 9 August 2020 18:47

Maybe they were just trying to social distance? Happy birthday!

millsjoshua949 12

Sunday 9 August 2020 19:59

Seeya55 31

Sunday 9 August 2020 23:01

Ditto, and even as a teen for my bday I maybe had a sleepover with a friend. Never had a surprise and didn't expect one. I also have no idea when a lot of my friends b-days are. Don't even know my Dad's or Father In Law's birthday... (Thank you Amazon for the 2 week reminder!) Same probably nowadays people don't remember phone numbers without their contacts list! 🥴 You'll live bro, Happy Birthday!

JackFaire 27

Tuesday 11 August 2020 7:40

You sound like a child. I would think at 65 you would have grown up by now. I mean seriously? "That's not important to me so clearly it shouldn't be important to you either" seriously childish attitude. Ah well you still have time to become an adult. Good luck.

KaYLa_LoUiSe 9

Monday 10 August 2020 21:44

happy birthday!!

JackFaire 27

Tuesday 11 August 2020 7:43

Man that sucks I get how much of a bummer it can be when something's important to you and you realize it may not be as important to the people around. you. Happy birthday. I don't know if it helps but no one's really remembered my birthday since I was 16 so I celebrate on my own. I take the day off work and I make it a me day. I'm turning 40 next month and I'm taking the whole week Viva La Jack you know.