Birthdays and such...

[pbnesbit at msn.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Jennifer Piersol" <jenP_97 at y...> wrote:

(First part snipped)
> > Jen (who is glad it's not her birthday anymore, but hopes she 
gets a 
> gift soon - and wonders if her husband had intended on giving her 
one 
> for Mothers' Day any time this year...)
> 
> (did that sound incredibly selfish?)


Jen, 

A belated Happy Birthday!  Go out and buy yourself something nice 
from you to you.  

I can relate:  not because my husband forgets my birthday (he doesn't 
forget my birthday or Valentine's Day!) but because his children 
forget his.  No card, no gift, no nothing.  It hurts *me* to see him 
ignored.  

For Father's Day, I always give him a gift from our cat and dog.  I 
know it doesn't entirely make up for being ignored by his children, 
but it helps. (2 years ago one of our then-bosses gave him a Father's 
Day gift--her acknowledgment brought tears to his eyes.) 

Peace & Plenty, 

Parker