Today, my Dad gave me my birthday card. The envelope was blank, as was the card, and the £0.25 price tag was still on. He was fully aware of all these things, but handed it to me and said, "By the way, I didn't write anything." Happy birthday to me. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I picked up a birthday card for my dad at the supermarket in a mad rush. I didn’t realise that the inside said “From your daughter”. He thinks this was my way of coming out as trans, and said that he'd suspected it for years. FML
Today, it was my birthday and everyone in the office chipped in to buy me a card, and nothing but a card. It had a pre-written message on it and a space to write "Love, *insert name*" where everyone signed their names. The "Love" was crossed out and replaced with "From". FML
Today, I got a birthday card from my parents. It was my sister's from earlier in the year. They scratched out her name and wrote mine underneath. FML
Today, for my birthday, my husband gave me a dress he stole from my wardrobe. It was the one I'd bought myself on my last birthday because he forgot to buy me anything, and gave me cash in a brown envelope. Not a birthday card, a brown envelope. FML
Today, my boyfriend came to visit me for my birthday. Over dinner he handed me a blank card that had the words "I love you" hastily written on it. When the waiter came to take our order he informed him that we'd be paying separately. Happy Birthday. FML
Today, I'm still trying not to cry. Yesterday was by birthday. I got an email from my dad with three words, "Happy Birthday (nickname)". I got a Facebook post from my mother. No card. No phone call. No gift. I have become nothing more than a Facebook friend to my parents. FML
Today, my boyfriend gave me a card for my birthday and told me to open it 10 minutes after he'd gone; I waited for 5. In the card was written, "It's not working out, but here's $20." FML
Today, it's my birthday. My father didn't get me a birthday present or do anything for me, and acted as though he only came to visit because it was expected. Yet when it was his birthday a couple months ago, he expected me to take him out and pay for it FML
Today, I received a short happy birthday message from my father. He’s never been one to show affection, and I haven’t spoken to him in months since he only reaches out to ask for money. This might have given me hope that he cares or wants a relationship with me. Except… it’s not my birthday, and I don’t think he knows that. FML
Today, it was both my and my stepmother's birthday. In preparation, my dad bought a huge banner with my stepmother's name on it, and a lovely birthday cake. When I told him it was also my birthday, he just grunted and taped a post-it note to the banner with my name on it. Same with the cake. FML
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Leeono 26
Save it and return as is on his birthday! Let’s see how long it can keep going.
real life problems 26
People have some dysfunctional families. Makes me feel better about my own.
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interesting33 37
I mean... what was the point?
Leeono 26
Save it and return as is on his birthday! Let’s see how long it can keep going.
I can't stand leg puns! 23
I swear to God that the exact same thing happened to me for my birthday! My Dad is a total dick, a homophobe and an ableist, all of which means he hates me, but refuses to say if outright. He's also a pathological liar, who when giving me the card told me that he forgot to write anything, but the next day decided that it's actually an inside joke that he just forgot to tell me about. Anyway, little rant about life aside, that really sucks! Either reuse the card, or just do something equally as shitty for his own birthday, like a post-it note that says "I couldn't be bothered to buy a card" or something. Or take the high road and just get him something, but where's the fun in that?
real life problems 26
People have some dysfunctional families. Makes me feel better about my own.
RichardPencil 32
At least he put in enough mental effort to select a birthday card. I was half-expecting him to hand you a “condolences on the loss of your pet” card or a dry-cleaning receipt. Plot twist: Dad is a successful, widely-published poet.
dexter420 21
Hes teaching you to use your imagination
Sheena Schroeder 6
So give it back to him on his birthday. In fact... recycle any card he gives you. Just cross out the words that don't apply.