Birthdays
I was one of those children unlucky enough to have my birthday during school term time.
This meant that from the age of eight through to eighteen my birthday was never celebrated except through cards and presents sent by my parents.
From what I can remember from the age of eight I was not to have a birthday cake until I was twenty one, except for one occasion. I was so surprised, on receiving a birthday cake at 21, that I did not know how to accept it. I was so out of the habit that people singing happy birthday, me blowing the candles out and the applause left me in a state where I did not know quite what to do.
Nobody sang happy birthday until my final year at the age of eighteen - and then to economise two peoples birthdays were celebrated at once.
This meant that from the age of eight through to eighteen my birthday was never celebrated except through cards and presents sent by my parents.
From what I can remember from the age of eight I was not to have a birthday cake until I was twenty one, except for one occasion. I was so surprised, on receiving a birthday cake at 21, that I did not know how to accept it. I was so out of the habit that people singing happy birthday, me blowing the candles out and the applause left me in a state where I did not know quite what to do.
Nobody sang happy birthday until my final year at the age of eighteen - and then to economise two peoples birthdays were celebrated at once.
posted by GreenTree at 8:28 PM
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