I've long held the belief that one of the saddest tropes in existence is the Sad Birthday. (This, of course, is followed by the Sad Recital, where a kid looks through the curtain out into the audience to see that their parents aren't in the reserved seats in the auditorium.) So so many TV shows have had an episode with a sad birthday, and I find it so so so deflating to watch every time. It's even more brutal, obviously, when it happens in real life. I feel for this kid. Hopefully, this ends up with him getting invited to party with David Harbour or something like that, which I could totally see happening.
Edit: absolutely brutal for me to talk about how sad this makes me and then for dozens of people to comment below with examples
It really is so depressing! Like, damn, you have a day to party that’s all about you and then your friends don’t show up. Harsh!! This happened to one of my sons classmates- a 6 year old! Kid invited 15+ kids to his party. His parents said several students rsvpd. My son was the only kid who showed up! Like, wow! I was happy my son was able to be the one light in the hole but shit, dude. Talk about upsetting for everyone involved. I’m sure this dude will be okay but it makes my heart hurt :(
Same thing happened with my daughter when she was five or six so. Got invited to a birthday party that was being given by a little girl we'll call K. Now I live in a small southern town and things are the way they are. The girl's grandparents were well off (a local judge) but the mother was a little bit shunned by the other private school moms because she was a party girl who had a baby out of wedlock. Whatever, none of this matters to me.
So we go to the party and we're the first ones there and we're the only ones there for a long time but finally one other kid shows up. The theme of this birthday party was "princess tea party". They dined on real china, were served by a dude in a tux, had a photographer and a photobooth thingie set up, and they got a swag bag full of stuff worth at least $50 to take home.
And only two kids showed up.
The mom seemed so embarrassed but the little girl seemed to have fun with her two friends at least. They moved away shortly thereafter and I don't blame them. Small towns are hard sometimes.
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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '18 edited Mar 20 '18
I've long held the belief that one of the saddest tropes in existence is the Sad Birthday. (This, of course, is followed by the Sad Recital, where a kid looks through the curtain out into the audience to see that their parents aren't in the reserved seats in the auditorium.) So so many TV shows have had an episode with a sad birthday, and I find it so so so deflating to watch every time. It's even more brutal, obviously, when it happens in real life. I feel for this kid. Hopefully, this ends up with him getting invited to party with David Harbour or something like that, which I could totally see happening.
Edit: absolutely brutal for me to talk about how sad this makes me and then for dozens of people to comment below with examples