What's the shittiest birthday you've had?

I invited 10 of my "best" friends to a local bar for my 21st birthday and none of them showed up. I spent the night drinking at the bar by myself and walked home. I was pretty sad about it.
— risa_27

The one my mom forgot because her new husband and I shared the same bday. Crazy thing is -- he wished me happy birthday when she wasn't around. She didn't even realize my bday had passed until the next day.
— sho2

My husband was diagnosed with cancer on my birthday this year. He died a couple of weeks ago. Next year's birthday is probably going to suck too.
— mebeingprofessional

My dad had my dog put to sleep on my 16th birthday. I got home and he said, "Notice who's not here?"
— HappyCamper82

Few years ago my birthday was going to be on my Dads weekend. He was going to take me to Boston to stay at a hotel and see a Red Sox game because his work gave him tickets. Waited outside my house for him. 10 minutes late. 30 minutes. 1 hr. 2hrs. He calls and tells my mom hes stuck working all weekend. So that was shitty enough my mom is on her facebook the next day and sees a friend of hers in high school at the Red Sox game with my Dad. If your a dad, be a better one than that because that sucked. So ya happy birthday.
— gRYsn04

My mom gave me money to buy a cake at the store for my birthday. I decided I didn't like cake and brought a pie home instead. When I came home she just flipped out. Screaming in my face about how I was retarded for buying a pie, and everyone that saw pictues of her on my birthday next to a pie instead of a cake would also think she was retarded. I don't celebrate my birthday with her anymore.
— Chaitaes

For my 9th birthday my mom invites a bunch of her middle age women friends to celebrate "my" B-day. They all brought "presents" like pots and pans and silverware and other home maker stuff.
— Sepahani

I think it was my 14th or 15th birthday. My dad and his girlfriend were arguing the entire time we were in the car (driving to my grandmas). While I was at my grandmas my dad left again for 30 minutes and came back. It was really obvious he forgotten to buy me anything the presents still had price tags and weren't even wrapped. After I opened my presents we were sitting at the dinner table and everyone started arguing about something so irrelevant and not important. I asked them to stop, they didn't and so I started crying. I went to the bathroom to cry and they continued to argue, even more now. I ended up just walking to my moms house alone.
— QueenCatsandra

My 40th birthday. Four months before, I had gotten divorced after my wife cheated on me. I lost my job due to the recession. Unemployment had run out a month before. No money at all. Phone shut off. I had twenty dollars in my pocket, but I knew I would need it to feed my son when he came to visit later in the week. I was alone. No heat. No food. Not a drink to raise to my lips in celebration. This is what rock bottom feels like. I started looking for whatever pills I could find around the house. Instead of a cake and candles, I had a pile of pills around me, trying to decide if I should just take them. Only thing that really stopped me was the realization that the first person to find my body would be my son. That's too much to put on a ten year old. Woke up the next morning and figured if I was willing to go out like that, then I had nothing to lose and I might as well take some risks and get my life in order. By the time my 50th birthday happened, my things were better than ever. I spent the evening surrounded by friends, my lover, my son and raising a toast to a good life.
— great_bob

My 21st. My family had done big things for my siblings when they turned 21. They all hyped me up for mine. I didn't have a single person even call me. I cried myself to sleep that night.
— biggins9227

18th birthday I spent alone with a four pack of smirnoff ice, while the rest of the guys in my block went out drinking as I had only been in my regiment for a few months and wasn't considered eligible to go out for a pint with them. My 20th birthday I was clearing out my grans house after she died, having been flown back from a tour when they said she had 12 hours left to live.
— Neddius

I spent my 16th birthday all on my own, my mother and sisters had forgotten and gone on a shopping trip without me, my friends had gone away for a few days and my boyfriend had broken up with me two weeks before. I scraped together a few quid, caught the bus to town, bought a cupcake and sat in the park and ate it. It tasted horrible and felt like such a waste.
— Flannifer

When I turned 13 I invited my whole class to my birthday. Nobody came, except the Korean girl from down the street who had an inexplicable crush on me, and my family. It was the moment I realized I was terrible at making friends, and looking back, it was probably when the depression started. Things haven't changed much. Edit: I'm a bit embarrassed. This all happened 17 years ago. I was in a depressive low when I wrote this and was feeling a bit sorry for myself. I'm rather dramatic about my childhood too. My teens were rough for a lot of reasons I've discussed ad-nauseam on Reddit. I appreciate all the encouragement, and supportive pm's, but now I feel disingenuous. Guys, I still battle depression but I'm winning. I have a wonderful wife (who is in no way Korean, sorry) two great kids, and a humble but rewarding career. I smile often and have a lot to live for. This has been very uplifting but I totally don't deserve it. Go forth and be kind to others.
— moronicuniform

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