A birthday is a cake with candles, gifts, hugs from loved ones, and the feeling that the whole world revolves around you. At least, that’s how it should be in theory. But in practice, it is on this day that life sometimes decides to test our resilience, throwing such surprises at us that make we want to either laugh or weep with offense.
- I came home from work happy, beautiful, with flowers! It was my birthday. Went into the bedroom and saw my sister cuddling with my boyfriend.
Broke up with him, had a fight with my sister. Told my mom about it. Turns out, my sister told her that I’m trying to steal her boyfriend.
A year passed. My ex and sister sent me an invitation to their wedding.
- I wake up — silence. I think, maybe he’ll surprise me later.
In the evening, I get a message from him, “Where are you? I miss you.” I reply, “At my birthday party.”
Then a call, apologies, and soggy candy. I pretended to forgive him.Then, quietly, I went to a restaurant. The waiters sang me “Happy Birthday,” and I almost cried. Because I felt good being with myself.
- I have an older cousin who, in childhood, would constantly set me up.
I was 5 years old, and we were celebrating my mom’s birthday. The guests were in the kitchen. I was sitting in my room.
I heard my cousin calling me from my parents’ room. I came in and saw her rifling through my mom’s underwear. Then she pulled out a thong, and given my age, I didn’t understand what it was, and she said, “Go to the kitchen and ask everyone what this is.”
I ran with this thing in my hands to ask my mom, and my cousin ran after me.What happened next changed everything… FULL STORY on the next page.
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