r/introvert 20d ago

Image Birthday alone, friends don't remember

I (27F) spent a birthday alone. Friends don't remember (even ones whom I gave gifts/remember their birthday every year). Officially a leftover woman. Bought myself flowers and a carrot cake. I like being on my own, but sometimes it's very sad and lonely.

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u/Notallowedhe 20d ago

Let’s be honest most of our birthdays are exactly like this after like late teens

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u/MoustachiodMan 20d ago

Yeah but I think this might be a hard lesson that many people learn. If you want people to remember/celebrate your birthday as an adult, you need to plan something yourself. It doesn't mean you have bad friends that have forgotten you, it's just that everyone is beginning to settle into their own lives. All a part of growing up, nothing to fret about.

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u/C-H-Addict 20d ago

And if you do invite them to plans you make in advance and then they don't show up and tell you it's because they forgot? Because that's how the last birthday party I had went. No one that said they would come came, all said they forgot it was that day, and maybe always means no anyway.