most miserable birthday you ever had?

[Spinneret]

having nits on my 12th birthday

 

[JLTraveling]

It wasn't ON my birthday, but at the end of my birthday week celebration. My best friend of a decade worked for a timeshare company and got us a week in a beautiful two-bedroom condo in Orlando (where we lived at the time) for a staycation. We had different friends and family members come and go, did lots of activities, just a wonderful time. Then near the end of the week, she completely lost her mind for reasons I still don't understand, totally flipped out shrieking at me, and ended our friendship.

Most of my memories from that week are fantastic, but it's been a few years now and I still have no clue what I supposedly did to her.

 

[nw6675]

35th birthday found out I was not pregnant (after trying 14 years).

Good news: six month later I was and now have DD11

 

[luvnwdwgal]

About 15 years ago on my 45th birthday when my mother insulted me in front of her friends about my weight, my clothes, and then started telling me about some wrinkle cream she saw on tv.

 

[sasywtch]

My 60th. My oldest DD had just had an aortic disection, on a ventilator, paralyzed. My youngest DD and I went out and grabbed some food at Black Bear Diner and then went back to the hospital.

 

[LSUmiss]

My 17th bday was my grandpa’s funeral .

 

[ABJrGuy]

9/11/2001

 

[disneychrista]

None have been truly miserable. But I planned too much on a birthday trip and broke down in tears while driving that I just wanted to be done driving.

Last year was to be the first time in 30 years spending my birthday with a boyfriend. Instead I once again was alone.

 

[MIGrandma]

Several years ago I worked my regular shift at the diner (waitress), we were actually camping at a local state park and I had a further drive to get there and all day I was wishing I had taken the night off. And it was late night when I got back to the campground. I never worked on my birthday after that, always took it off.

 

[Boopuff]

My DH planned a huge surprise party for my 30th. It was a beer/pizza party at the pizza place, with all my friends and relatives. Don't get me wrong, I love pizza and beer but I was newly pregnant (and hadn't announced it) everyone kept pushing beer at me... it was not fun. But I loved seeing everyone.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

Attended my grandma's funeral on my 35th birthday.

 

[tvguy]

My 55th. It was 5 weeks after my mom passed away 10 years ago. My mom considered my birthday to be her real Mother's Day.

 

[fly girl]

12th birthday.

We were moving across the country in 10 days. My mom was in her residency for a two day shift so she was not home, and my dad had already moved to start his new job. My maternal grandmother (never close with) was over to watch us and she forced me (not my older sister) to go on errands with her and her friend. I really didn't want to go, and was old enough to stay home alone, but she wouldn't let me. When I was pouting in the backseat (it was my birthday after all and running old lady errands was not exactly birthday excitement) she called me the female dog term and made me cry. Yeah, good times. Even my 40th when I woke up to my kid puking on me was better than my twelfth.

 

[fla4fun]

My 7th birthday. I was in first grade, and my mom planned a party. She invited the whole class and about half RSVPd they would come. Only three kids came, and the party was a bust. I have hated celebrating my birthday ever since, and have never thrown another party. I am not big on going to parties either.

I wouldn’t have minded if only three had said they would attend, so we would have known what to expect. It was the idea that people said they would come and just didn’t bother, and didn’t let us know, that hurt. It was a tough lesson to learn so young.

 

[antmaril]

My 57th birthday was my worst. My husband was dying from pancreatic cancer. I thought he might actually die on my birthday, but he hung on for eight more days.

 

[pookybean]

My grandfather died on my 7th bday. I was having my party that weekend and my mom decided we should still have it (it was at a local pizza parlor) but only one girl came because everyone else just figured it would be cancelled. I became great friends with that one girl and wish we had been able to stay in touch after they moved.

Edit to add, now that i am thinking about my friend, maybe it wasnt so miserable after all

 

[mrodgers]

Well, I vomited a lot into bushes on my 21st birthday, then went back for more, LOL. Other than that, no birthday was memorable as to be bad or good.

 

[Aladora]

My 40th birthday. We were in DL celebrating when DH got a call that his mother had been in a really bad car accident. We spent the rest of the day arranging for him to fly back to Ontario to see her while DS and I stayed at DL for the last day before flying home to BC. Ended up getting stuck in Seattle on the way home due to a cancelled ferry and had to call on an online friend who was local to rescue us!

 

[tinkerbellandpeterpan]

9/11/2001

Same for me too. I also lived in Manhattan at the time.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Probably my last one... I tested positive for "the Covid".