They gave me money for my birthday which I do appreciate... I took it into town and bought my own freakin' cake and ate with a friend of mine while we reminisced about the old days.. And beer; I bought beer. Not a drinker by any means but if my family wants to forget me on my birthday AGAIN, I get beer instead.
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It's theoretically possible that they think you will be happier with a 'non-social' observation of your birthday. Do you feel they'd like to "forget" you in an absolutely literal sense, like they wish you'd disappear?
ChurchTheArtist
You know, that was one of the conclusions I came to while in the car. I would explain more but this site limits the characters on your posts.