raisedbyignorance wrote:
Never had a real birthday party with friends after middle school. Because my birthday is the day before Halloween, it wasn't worth sh** to my friends in favor of Halloween events that took place around that time.
Be thankful... my cousin's birthday was ON Halloween and I had a coworker one time who was born on February 29th... he only got a real birthday once every four years.
As for me, good grief, how can I remember in spite of my excellent long term memory... that was over 42 years ago and probably not really worth remembering. I had just learned about sexual self-gratification less than a month earlier (I was a very late bloomer... now that was worth remembering) so I was probably looking forward to doing that at sometime during the day. With my late August birthday, I was also preparing to head off to college a couple of weeks later so that thought probably filled my mind with apprehension. Other than that, I really don't remember what I did on that day.
Now I DO remember my fifth birthday and the red toy fire engine I got for my birthday. And I DO remember my 33rd birthday when my boss kept me at work until nearly midnight analyzing some data that nobody else could do. By the time I got home I could only drink a beer and go to bed to prepare for another day of work.