Would it bother you if your Parent/In-Laws forgot it was your birthday?

[Hillbeans]

Just curious.....

 

[piratesmate]

My MIL forgets all the time. My own mother does not. Does it bother me? Well, the first time it happened I was kind of counting on the $$ she always sent so I was disappointed as we were very, very broke. Since then it hasn't bothered me. Sometimes she'll ask me a month or two later if she ever sent my card.

It does bother me when she forgets DS. She never forgets DD, but has only sent DS cards about half the time since he was 6. Before that she was really good about it.

ETA: I forgot to ask. Is today your birthday?

 

[luv2nascar]

yes it most certainly would
We always celebrate birthdays in the family
My parent do get my dh's birthday confused on many occasions
his birthday is 22nd & we had a wedding anniversay in the family on the 26th
they always get the month right just not always the day
Last year for the first time ever I called my dad a day late for his birthday
we were away on vacation and I got my dates confused.
If I'm not at work I don't know what the heck date it is

 

[bballmom56]

No, not really. Birthdays are not a big deal to me. DH and the kids always remember, though. I actually have to remember the dates, buy cards and make out birthday checks for my mother to give to family members, including me!

 

[popeyeohoh]

Would not bother me. If they forget my birthday I hope they also forget my age.

 

[jipsy]

I send my mother a thank you card on my birthday. I figure she did all the work

 

[tw1nsmom]

It would bother me if my mother forgot my birthday, but not if my MIL forgot. I would actually rather have my mom forget my birthday rather than what my MIL did to DH. This year she came to our house over a week before DH's birthday. She brought him a card and was concerned about mailing it because then it would be late. When DH said that there was over a week to his birthday she became very embarrassed. She had misremembered the date of her own son's birthday. DH thought it was funny, but if my mother had done that to me I would have been very hurt.

 

[Aimeedyan]

I have to admit it did hurt my feelings the first year my dad forgot my birthday... when I mentioned it a week later, he said that he KNEW something was on that date, but couldn't remember what. I knew it wasn't on purpose, so it wasn't too big of a deal.

 

[palmtreegirl]

Parents-yes, In-laws-no.

My MIL once sent me a Birthday card in July and my B-days in December.

 

[disykat]

No. I always figure if I want people to remember something it's up to me to remind them. If I reminded my family and they didn't bother to acknowledge the day, then I'd be bothered. Heck, sometimes I have a hard time remembering to acknowledge my brother's birthday and it's the same as mine!

 

[dvcfamily41801]

If my mom forgot, yes I would be pretty ticked. I only wish my IL's would forget

 

[Christine]

Nope--my in-laws have forgotten or been late. Doesn't really bother me as I have my OWN problems remember theirs. It's like, if I didn't learn someone's birthday by the time I was 16, I'm hopeless!!

I do get a little bugged if they don't remember their grandchildren's birthdays though.

 

[Beth76]

My parents, I guess it would bother me, but I don't know it's never happened. My in-laws, not in the slightest. She just called me a few days after my birthday to say that a card was in the mail. I still didn't get it for another week. Whatever. It would tick me off though, if they forgot either of my sons.

 

[Lisa F]

Not in the slightest. I never quite understood the idea that one day out of the year, the world has to stop what it's doing and revolve around you. Now that I live closer to my parents they will take me out to dinner around the time of my birthday or something but if they don't drop everything to make sure I know I am loved on the day of, I'm ok with that... they make sure I know I'm loved the rest of the time.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Yes, but at 80, I can cut my dad some slack. Mom and Grandma NEVER forgot. MIL always forgets too, but then, she is 92, and I cut her slack too.

 

[bigbabyblues]

It bothered me the year my mom didn't mention anything about my birthday. I called her the next day, and she told me they had a party for my twin brother the night before for his birthday......HELLO!

My IL's have never forgotten my birthday and always have a dinner for me, or take us out or something, even before we were married. Go figure.

Steph

 

[Hillbeans]

My B-day was yesterday, and my dad and in-laws forgot

It's not really a big deal, however the funny thing is that my dad and my father in law talk about their birthdays a month out, so god forbid you forget one of theirs, which I never have.

 

[BostonTigger]

Naw...it doesn't bother me, well, now that I think of it I guess it does bother me a little. And I mean a little.

 

[KarenC]

Yes, my mother forgot my birthday a couple years ago and I was very upset. Not angry, but hurt. I talked to her the next day and told her about how we went to dinner at Lawry's and saw Movin' Out at the Schubert. She was like, "wow, why would you do so much on a school night". Umm, because it was my birthday...

 

[jipsy]

It bothered me the year my mom didn't mention anything about my birthday. I called her the next day, and she told me they had a party for my twin brother the night before for his birthday......HELLO!

I'm sorry but this made me How could they do that?