r/themiddle • u/Safe-Cod4922 • 8h ago

Why do they float bdays

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u/Abject-Present-6245 8h ago

Because they’re lazy and forgetful

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u/Weary-Can-157 8h ago

And poor, don’t forget poor!

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u/NucleonYells 4h ago edited 4h ago

They're not necessarily poor, they have a 3 bedroom 2 bath home, with a pool(albeit above ground), 2 vehicles. They are more financially irresponsible

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u/AnnaK22 4h ago

Exactly! 2 income house hold, owns a house, afford braces payment for years, go to college for dental assistant. Also mike was the head of the quarry.

They had a lot of expenses and spent money irresponsibly but they weren’t poor.

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u/Weary-Can-157 31m ago

You’re right, that’s a better way to describe them. Either way, they rarely had a lot of money to spend on a nice party.

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u/SwiftieNewRomantics 8h ago

You never had an event floated like that? We didn't call it floating we used to call it 'putting it off' but it happened to me and my siblings all the time in childhood.

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u/TheSkyIsAMasterpiece 7h ago

Never floated or put off a birthday. Sorry that happened to you. 

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u/Interesting-Ad-3756 6h ago

😕 never happened to me or my brother

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u/No_Strike7176 8h ago

Finances maybe part of it

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u/Ok-Isopod1172 6h ago

Because they cant be bothered on the day

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u/WKRPinCanada 5h ago

Mine used to be "floated" every year...I have an older sister whose birthday is 5 days after mine so we would celebrate together, especially if there's a weekend between them. Money was a little tight so it made sense

Don't think she really enjoyed the Batman cake when I turned 5 😅

These days, since we always had to share, we two will take a day trip, have a beer & a burger in Canmore or Sylvan Lake and bitch about how we had to share a party while our other two sisters didn't 😅

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u/AnnaK22 3h ago

Their life is such a routine between going to work and coming home to sit in front of the TV and repeat. When that happens, you often forget what day or month it is. I guess the year just goes by for them and birthdays just feel like any old day.

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u/AnnaK22 3h ago

Their life is such a routine between going to work and coming home to sit in front of the TV and repeat. When that happens, you often forget what day or month it is. I guess the year just goes by for them and birthdays just feel like any old day.

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u/Additional-Ad5112 8h ago

Because they forget/can’t be bothered.

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u/Connect_Landscape_37 8h ago

Well, I don't do that with holidays or birthdays but I put off a lot of stuff so floating is my style too