When you have a birthday around the same time as a sibling or close relative, chances are you have had to grow up with shared birthday parties and birthday cakes. That can be a struggle, especially if you get the shorter end of the stick on your birthday.
One young woman had an emotional outburst after her family failed to get her an individual cake for her birthday celebration, which she has shared with her cousin every year since she was a little girl.
She’s 18 years old and was born one day after her 20-year-old cousin’s birthday. Since her family is close, she and her cousin have had to share their birthday celebrations ever since they were little.
Although, it never felt like sharing for her because all of the attention, cakes, and extra gifts always went to her cousin.
All of their birthday party decorations would always cater to her cousin’s favorite themes, and sometimes her name wouldn’t even be written on their shared cakes.
Thankfully, her cousin recognized this and would always be kind to her and share her gifts with her over the years. Despite that, she’s always felt ignored on her birthdays, which’ve always fallen flat.
This year, for her 18th birthday, her mom promised she’d have an individual Oreo ice cream cake that would be just for her.
It meant a lot to her, and she was super excited. But during her and her cousin’s birthday celebration, her mom brought out one cake, and it was a strawberry cheesecake with her cousin’s name on it.
After everyone sang and her cousin blew out the candles, she asked where her cake was, and her aunt said the cheesecake was for both of them.
Her cousin pointed out that her name wasn’t even on it. When she looked at her mom in confusion, her mom suddenly told her that she didn’t have her own cake because she “didn’t need the extra sugar.”
She was so upset that she lost it in front of her family. She started crying and screaming at all of them.
“I cried about how this is the fifteenth year in a row that they’ve left me out and forgot about me and how they ruined my birthday by always prioritizing my cousin,” she recalled.
“My cousin and little brother also jumped in and defended me, saying that I’m always never thought of.”
Her family members tried to get her to calm down, but she couldn’t. She told them she never wanted to see them again and ran off crying with her cousin and brother behind her. Since the disappointing party, some of her family members have texted her and told her she was ungrateful.
Was she acting ungrateful, or was her breakdown at the party valid?
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