Is acknowledging a birthday important

Even Google has got a birthday cake!

Happy Birthday, and wishing you many happy returns Greatnan. Hope you have a wonderful day with lots of messages from your big family.

Happy Birtday Greatnan (and to my DS because they don't take much notice of birthdays in Spain.)

Thank you nellie - two hours to go!

janeainsworth a very happy birthday to you
greatnan must be time in France to wish you a happy birthday lots of love nelliexxxxx _

My lovely DIL is the the sender [and now signer] of all cards and gifts. It was the same with my parents and my grandparents. It's just the way of things, I think signing and sending cards [except for wife/girlfriend] just doesn't come into a man's mind. Not being sexist but men do not think of the minutia of life.

Aw.....I have just had several loving pm's on Facebook from assorted grandchildren. It is my birthday already in NZ! I expect their mum reminded them!

I gave up having parties for the DSs after DS2's 7th. I had never heard such a racket and, it being January, I couldn't really throw them out into the garden. But we always marked their birthdays with a treat of some kind - and a cake of course.

I made sure my daughters had a party on every birthday and good presents - I never had a party because of war-time rationing and my mother's lack of imagination. (Other mothers seemed to manage to cobble together some little tea party.) I don't remember ever getting a gift or card until my sister, who is 4 years older, bought me some crayons and made me a card when she was 14. No wonder I love her so much.

I turned 63 at midnight on the night my daughter came close to death, so the day does not hold the best of memories for me.

I would say that when sons marry its still their mother who has to at least remind them of birthdays and cards etc. I'm 52 and for some of my relatives my mum still buys me a card and just sends it down to mine for me to sign.... I know sad or what? lol

jane that's a very talented 20 month dgd you've got there

janeaninsworth Happy celebrations!

Thanks all for your kind thoughts - had lovely phone calls from my son in the States, my 20 month old DGD in Stafford, and my 90 year-old godfather in Macclesfield, so yes it's nice to be acknowledged

I might sound a bit odd, but I don't take any notice of anyone's birthday, least of all my own. My DD loves them and last year I told her that that was the last one I would recognise. But she still had to do something.

My son's birthday tomorrow too, Greatnan. The last one I spent with him was his twenty-first, twenty years ago. Oh dear, how time flies.
Of course if you are on Facebook, everyone gets a reminder.

Nellie Your birthday matters and us lot will not forget you. A well chosen card with a sincere message is priceless. Being overlooked or forgotten is miserable and unforgiveable. (((hugs)))

A card is nice - no card is terrible!

ana No, No - this was just a couple of weeks ago - I am VERY hopeful +

Working on 'Tech', at any rate...

Butter, they've been 'working on it' for months and months.....

It was a big cake

And how long ago was that?[huffy] emoticon!

Jeni - I've been very reliably informed from GNHQ that tech are WORKING ON IT! - I sent [cake] to hurry it along thank them.

Should be first please!