My birthday is coming up in the near future, I'm going to be turning 157 years old (ok, not really but sometimes it feels that way)...I'll be turning much less than 157 years old and in my usual style I don't want anything made of it. I've written about why before so won't go over it all again, I guess I just don't like being the centre of attention. I don't mind birthdays, I just don't like making a big deal of my own.
This, of course, removes the ability for people around me to do what makes them happy and in the case of my partner that's making something special happen on my birthday.
She told me she wants to do something for my birthday a few evenings ago, in a delusional moment that doesn't compute to me because she knows I'm always going to say no...and I did, but she persisted.
This all happened over text message as I was away from home travelling for work and in the process she called me selfish...of course she didn't mean it in the literal sense of the word, she was just disappointed that I was reluctant to do something for my birthday yet again and was trying to guilt me into giving her the permission to arrange the plan she had in mind.
Anyway, I thought I'd share the text message thread because I've not done this for a while.
That's it folks...well, that's as much as I'm going to show you anyway. As you can see she was persistent, I was adamant...and then fucken relented because it was a battle I was never going to win despite initially holding hopes that I would (for once) get my way in the matter; sometimes I wonder why I bother resisting.
Do you like celebrating your own birthday or not? Either way, tell me about it and explain a little if you feel inclined do comment.
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