<p>Sounds like everythig is moving in a predictable direction for you fendergirl.Congrats on your ability to keep everything together! Are you still playing the guitar?</p>
<p>My son went away to college this year–about an hour and a half away. He had been attending community college and living at home. Now . . . he has never been one to be very thoughtful, but this year I turned 50 and who should walk in at 5:00 on my birthday–a Thursday night? My son!!! I couldn’t believe it. My husband did not remind him, either (son gets the “not very thoughtful” thing from him)! He was surprised that I was so excited about him being there. We went out to dinner and he drove back to schoolthat night. It was my best gift.</p>
<p>My d turned 18 two months later. I thought about calling him to remind him to give her a call, text, IM or something. I ended up getting busy and didn’t remind him–but he called her anyway. It was especially nice because d had strep and was really sick. That call from big bro was just the thing to cheer her up!</p>
<p>Who knows what will happen once he’s been gone a while or if it’s not a milestone birthday, but this year will be treasured.</p>
<p>That’s so great Sportsmama. Some parents are just lucky, I guess. Maybe my boys would be more thoughtful if they were not so involved with finals.</p>
<p>a little bit. My boyfriend plays the guitar/bass/drums/piano/whatever you throw at him, so I’m more enjoying listening to him play. Sometimes while he’s playing the guitar I’ll hop on the drums… or sometimes I’ll pick up my guitar when he’s playing his, but I’m no where near as good at that kind of stuff so i just play along as secondary… I really should practice more on my own, I just don’t really have the time. We actually recorded a song together not too long ago.</p>
<p>Well, today is our 25th wedding anniversary (yay!) and I will be surprised to hear from either kid. Which is fine. We never made a big deal about the date, so it wouldn’t stand out to them.</p>
<p>We are ourselves both very work busy right now, 
, so will not be doing any formal celebrating, just enjoying the fact that we are blessed to be togethr and happy still–and what more could we ask?</p>
<p>congrats garland!</p>
<p>Personally, I think that if they need to be reminded, then it’s not worth much. And maybe, if we hadn’t made it our jobs to remind them their whole lives, they’d be able to do it on their own.</p>
<p>My kids show their appreciation for me by carrying in my groceries without being asked, fixing my computer when I can’t, volunteering to redo my bathroom. If they forget my brithday occasionally, life goes on.</p>
<p>Congrats Garland ! Happy Anniversary ! :D</p>
<p>You’ve hit another milestone! Sounds like you have a great attitude.</p>
<p>Garland (in case your kids forget, but even if they don’t)…
Happy 25th Anniversary! It is a great milestone. I hope you have a splendid evening or whenever you mark the occasion.</p>
<p>Happy Anniversary garland!</p>
<p>My favorite birthday-forgetting story…</p>
<p>My younger brother has never acknowledged my birthday, ever. Not even when he was still living at home!</p>
<p>This year, my 25th birthday, seemed to be different. Fairly early in the morning, I get a call on my cell phone. My brother’s name popped up on the caller ID.</p>
<p>I think to myself, “Wow, he actually remembered my birthday!”. I answer the phone and start talking as if it were my brother. The first words on the other end were, “Who’s phone is this?”. I answered with my brother’s name. He’s like, “Who the heck is _________?”. By this point I was confused. The guy on the other end then says, “I was just trying to figure out how to get this phone back to it’s owner, it was left at a party last night.” I basically said that I lived thousands of miles away and couldn’t be of any help. Why he decided to call the ONLY number in my brother’s phone that was outside of their area code, I will never know…</p>
<p>So, fast forward a week, I see my brother at my wedding and tell him the story. Still no happy belated birthday 
(though he did actually tell me I looked radiant, baby steps…)!</p>
<p>I know it sucks when someone forgets your birthday or another major holiday. You just have to go with the tiny victories you get every now and again! :)</p>