I was just semi-asleep. My mom walks in and says
"Happy Birthday". I half raise my head to look at her
and the "conversation" begins thusly:
(I pick up one of my pillows and slam it over my head
as I wail)
D: "OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD."
M: "What! It's today..."
D: "YOU'RE MY OWN MOTHER..!"
M: "It's tomorrow..?"
D:"...DON'T YOU REMEMBER GOING INTO LABOR ON A
PARTICULAR DAY!"
M: "Oh. Well did you want to do something today?"
D: "I'm going to dinner with friends tonight."
M: "Well, what do you want."
D: "I don't know. Strawberry pie. Whatever."
Fucking hell. My own mother cannot remember my
birthday. Now, my dad I can see - because he can be
stupid and he is a male, but my MOTHER. The woman who
had to go through LABOR and whom I was inside for nine
months? My life is a lie.
And for the record: my mother's birthday is 6/20,
dad's 7/10, brother's 3/30 and my dead sister's (who
only lived a day) is sometime in early September.
Fucking hell, I can even remember the month, at least,
of a sibling not alive.
I was wide awake after that conversation. I texted my
friend Anne a recap of what just happened. She called
me back practically in hysterics. "I don't know
whether to laugh or cry!"
Good thing we're drinking tonight.
2 comments:
OH dear but today IS the day so Happy Birthday!
Thaaaaaanks. Oh, I have been out far too long. Sleepy!
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