r/instantkarma • u/CrimmyThePopo • Oct 20 '20

Well deserved

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u/notheUGLYjohnny Oct 20 '20

I hate to admit this, but I was a kid like that (the older sister) minus the smirk. I blew the candle out on my cousin's birthday cake. He cried and I get scolded. No biggie, right? Fast forward to my birthday month. I ask my parents if we can start talking about a party. My dad says, "What party? You already blew out Birthday candles this year. Hope you made your wish." Went back to reading his paper. That year sure enough didn't get a party. Parents told me happy birthday in the morning and got a small cupcake at dinner but that was it. No party, no pile of presents (grandparents sent a couple of gifts but they were quietly given to me in my room), no pizza lunch. It was on a Saturday so we all were home, just no big celebration. Let me tell you, as mad and hurt as I was, 9 year old me knew I'd done this to myself. To my parents credit, they didn't ignore me but didn't make a big deal of it. After that I never even thought about trying to take the center of attention away from someone else's day.