geminigirl | Dude, at least make an effort

So today is my birthday. And while a fuss of the kind that I made for Cayne's birthday isn't at all required, an effort would have been nice.

Here's how it's gone down so far:

Thursday night, in the car on the way to the Weird Al concert (tickets were his birthday gift) a conversation where I said "Please don't buy me another jewelry box." He'd puchased one for me as a Chanukah gift, and it was something I'd wanted, but unfortunately, he didn't buy one with the kind of necklace storage I needed (the primary reason for my asking for a jewelry box in the first place.) I have the one he bought, and it's fine, but I really don't have space for another.

Friday afternoon, I was on the phone with him, and I said, "Hey, why don't we just go to Macy's together on Sunday, and I'll pick out the earings I want and then we'll go get some dinner." To which he responded, "I was kind o fthinking about suggesting that. Except for the dinner part."

Okay, fine. Sort of. I mean, while there's no reason necessarily for us to go out to dinner, it might be nice, you know, to go out to dinner, or something. I don't mind cooking, but it's nice to let someone else do it once in a while. But whatever. Really, all I wanted was Chinese food, and that could even have meant picking up take out from the place I like. And that's what we're going to do tonight.

Saturday, I went to do the grocery shopping. I called him from the grocery store and said, "Hey, did you do anything about a cake or not? If you didn't, I'm going to pick up something at the Publix when I'm there." Of course not. So I picked up something that looked interesting to me.

Today...nothing. Not a birthday card or anything. I did get a "happy birthday" when I woke up.

Seriously, my crazy half sister who speaks to no one in the family other than her brother always remembers to send me a birthday card.

So, I'm a bit bitter and pouty. I don't require a big fuss, but a little effort would have been appreciated.