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Input: So it’s my 16th birthday today and to sum it up it’s been a bit shit. 
It started with me waking up at 9 while my parents are at work (of course this is all good, I like my alone time anyway) I don’t see my mum till 11.

I go into the lounge and she’s set a nice array of gifts on the table with balloons and a banner and she seems quite excited about it all, as was I. 

I open the presents and my Dad comes from work (he works in a live in restaurant) to watch a few and the presents are really nice and thoughtful and above and beyond necessary as I didn’t ask for anything. I thanked her profusely and gave her a hug and all the lot.

After that, I didn’t see my mum properly until around 5, she seemed to be slightly snappy at me so I generally kept me distance until we went for dinner with my Dad. 

It started off quiet and I suggested we play cards. My mum refused. I complained as I thought it would be fun and ignite some conversation I jokingly said ‘it’s my birthday’ and she then claimed she already spent loads of money on my birthday. 

This put a slight damper on the evening but we managed to move past it when we had our meal, which was generally pretty poor. My mum was being kind of argumentative but I changed the subject when this happened and nothing erupted. 

We went home and did the whole cake thing, she got angry at my dad for not singing and then she wanted a photo of us. I made a mistake with the photo and I offered to take another but she replied ‘if anything every happens you’ll wonder why we don’t have any photos’. After that my Dad cut the cake and they sat watching a TV drama which they know I hate. 

On top of this, I didn’t get any birthday messages from the people I’d expect. I called it a night early and my mums upset that I’m being cold. 

Overall I just feel like my mum used her gifts as a compromise to treating me like it’s my birthday. A birthday is a once a year occurrence where it’s about me for a day and I don’t think it’s too much to expect a little extra kindness and attention but am I being ungrateful and over dramatic? 

TL;DR My birthday felt insincere due to not being treated as such and I think my mum used presents as a method of self-approval and as a replacement for genuine kindness, nostalgia and family bonding (as a birthday should be) 

being upset on my birthday