Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» In the olden days on ANSWERBAG we'd give a shout out to Answerbaggers on their birthdays. NO ONE DOES IT HERE. WHY?
Warning: I use the term "I DO not care" in this passage, but it is not that I do not care about the question or you. Please take a deep breath if you read this and don't get mad...
I don't want anyone knowing my birthday or shouting out a thing. I don't keep up with birthdays. Not sentimental. Never was. I barely care how old anyone is except as a matter of just analyzing their body and guessing. Don't really care. It is not that I don't want to share in the HAPPY. I just don't want to have to deal with that in my personal life. Then I have to send b'day cards BACK, etc. etc etc. I hate that requirement. I guess I had to stop it when I was growing up and had tons of relatives. It was out of hand. So I just stopped giving and going to parties and all the things I hated doing. I hated it, it was boring and took up all my free time. And it was ridiculously expensive too. For every GIFT I got, I had to return 10 to the giver and her kids or something equally as stupid.
So birthdays give me the heebie geebies stilll. Even at work. I think we all understand we don't want to go past saying Happy Birthday and giving a card. That's more than enough. I don't need a bunch of cards and I don't want cake so I am not giving out my birthday there.
Maybe I'll make everyone a RAW VEGAN CAKE for my birthday. THANK YOU ROSIE. YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I HAD. I'm going to make this cake for everyone at work for my birthday. I have the Christmas Card you gave me and I will always keep it. I love things like that. You don't feel like you have to send me anything ever again but you may if you want to. That is the kind of gifts I like to give, not obligations based on a timetable I cannot keep up with. I will be sure to wish you a Happy Birthday. It is easy peasy on here. That is for sure. But if I miss someone? I don't want that.
So you have a THING about birthdays. I expect others do too. But some of us feel loved and liked and nice when another person wishes us a happy birthday. Especially when it is from an unexpected source whom you didn't even know KNEW when your birthday is. I just miss the old easy familiarity of Answerbag. We'd share and celebrate together. We'd mourn together too. We'd notify one another if something important were going on that we should know. Answerbag was a COMMUNITY of people who cared about one another. I miss it still to this day and I shall always miss it. Thank you for your reply. Perhaps everyone else here feels as you do. It happens. If so woe is me.
This post was edited by RosieG at October 13, 2019 11:58 AM MDT
You know m2c and others feel exactly that way too Zack. She and I have had more than a few discussions about it. Me? I'm an open book and tell everyone everything all the time. So far to my knowledge none of it has been used to harm me. Of course I can't know what's going on elsewhere. I have no fear that I can be harmed by being honest. I'm very small potatoes. Taking me down/out would be irrelevant to any grand plan. Am I fearless? Well I won't know until I'm tested will I? How much FEAR can an almost 82-year-old dame instill in anyone? How much of a threat could I possibly be to anyone? Thank you for your reply and Happy Sunday Zack! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at October 13, 2019 12:10 PM MDT
WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH 