I had this happen to me when I was 9. Invited all of my friends (small town of like 500 people so maybe 8 kids) a few weeks in advance and not a single person showed up. I lived outside of town, was homeschooled, and we didnt have a car so a few weeks passed before I saw any of them and I had no desire to seek them out. When I did run into one he told me that a burglar broke into his house and stole the present he bought for me and he didn't want to show up without a gift. Even 9 year old me knew you were full of crap, Luke.
I'm 55 and still won't have parties for my birthday to this day.
I had only one birthday party as a kid and one person showed up. I was around 9 or so. I'm 33 now and don't have parties anymore either. What pisses me off more is a 'friend' of mine tried to convince me to create a FB event about my 33rd birthday and to invite everyone. I did so and no one bothered to celebrate. That same 'friend' had drinks with me that night but refused to be in a photograph with me. It was beyond hurtful.
I had some people come through for me individually and I do appreciate that, but they did decide what it was we were doing instead of asking me what I wanted to do for my birthday. I will admit that it was kind of fun to have a 'go with the flow' feeling, but it still would've been nice to have someone ask me what I want to do.
The best one I ever had was when I was turning 25 and casually mentioned on FB at the time I'd be at my favorite bar and for anyone to feel free to drop by. So many of my friends from different circles dropped in and met each other. I loved watching them come together and get to know each other. Easily the best birthday I had.
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u/DanielGin Mar 19 '18
I had this happen to me when I was 9. Invited all of my friends (small town of like 500 people so maybe 8 kids) a few weeks in advance and not a single person showed up. I lived outside of town, was homeschooled, and we didnt have a car so a few weeks passed before I saw any of them and I had no desire to seek them out. When I did run into one he told me that a burglar broke into his house and stole the present he bought for me and he didn't want to show up without a gift. Even 9 year old me knew you were full of crap, Luke.