Today, it's a day before my birthday and I will be turning 14. My grandma died 5 days ago and in Indian culture you aren’t supposed to celebrate for 16 days after a loved one dies. I have dietary restrictions too and can’t eat eggs because of her death, which means I basically can’t have any sweets. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it's my birthday. Today is also the day my grandma died, six years ago. Since then, I get to sit through any sort of attempted celebration while my mom sobs and drinks herself into a stupor in the background. FML
Today, it's my birthday. My grandmother died yesterday. We were close and she basically raised me. FML
Today, it's my birthday. It's also the day of my grandmother's funeral. I spent most of my 21st birthday in a cemetery. FML
Today, it was my birthday. It was also the only day my family wanted to hold the graveside funeral for my grandmother, who passed last week. FML
Today, my family is still telling me to "get over" the death of my great aunt. The great aunt who always gave the most wonderful birthday gifts, and was overall one of the most pleasant people I've ever met, and I'm NOT allowed to be sad that she's gone. Did I mention she died on my birthday? FML
Today, after mourning and making my girlfriend cancel her big birthday party, I found out my grandma didn't actually die. FML
Today, I turned 18. My parents remembered that I loved German chocolate cake, so I awoke to a hot, fudge-filled chocolate cake with a slice cut out just for me. I've been lactose-intolerant for 8 years. As I cried, my mom handed me tissues, while eating the "Happy" part of my cake. FML
Today, my parents threw out the beautiful birthday cake my aunt made me, and served celery sticks at my party because I need to "watch my weight." FML
Today, after burying my dad on my birthday, one of my aunts walked up to me and said, "Well at least you won't forget your birthday." I wanted to cuss her out so bad, like, bitch, how would I forget my birthday and the day I buried my dad? FML
Today, my parents brought me an ice cream birthday cake. I would think after 23 years they would remember my lactose intolerance. FML
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bigredmonkeybutt 30
Hopefully, your family and friends make up for the delay with a great celebration in 10 days, or so.
sadderp 20
You’re an adult, telling this to a child. Please seek a therapist to deal with your grief instead of mocking a literal child on the internet
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bigredmonkeybutt 30
Hopefully, your family and friends make up for the delay with a great celebration in 10 days, or so.
Jall8089 9
Wah. My grandpa died ON my birthday. My husband was KIA in Afghanistan and it was three weeks before we could bury him - ON MY DAUGHTER’S BIRTHDAY because if we didn’t take that day, we’d have to wait another week. You’ll have a lot more birthdays. Your grandma won’t.
sadderp 20
You’re an adult, telling this to a child. Please seek a therapist to deal with your grief instead of mocking a literal child on the internet
UniUni 20
Oh no, I forgot you were the only person on the planet and other people can't feel pain. Poor baby. Grow up, OP's 14 and they're talking about something that's affecting them. If you have trauma, post about it so we can see if your life sucks
easybree 10
grow up & stop trauma dumping.
Thaylok 17
I am sorry you didn't have as long with your grandmother as you could have. They are wonderful wealthy of knowledge and love. While traditions can sometimes suck, we peresever through them and in this case reflect on our time with our loved ones who have passed away. I lost a grandparent right around my 13th birthday too and know it would be better to celebrate with them. So while this is a difficult te.for you, remember it is only a few days of tradition.