"Happy Heavenly Birthday!"

[Anonymous]

When people who had a loving relationship send/post the message I am fine with it. The ones that really upset me are the people who never gave their parents the time of day when they were alive, but know that they are gone post each year. My sister posts on my dad's birthday. She didn't speak to him for 20 years, continues to bad mouth him to her children but posts "Happy Heavenly Birthday Daddy!"

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's weird for people to send any birthday wishes on Facebook for close relatives. Like why do you need the validation of social media to tell your wife, whom you live with, Happy Birthday?

Even dumber to say it about dead people who won't see it at all.

Why have funerals or obituaries?

For The Living.

OK: Today would have been Bill's 75th. I miss him. Hey Carl, remember that time Bill fell off the roof? What a guy? Judy, I'm thinking about you today. I know you miss Bill terribly since you were married for 50 wonderful years.

Cringe: Happy Birthday Bill. I miss you.

Exactly my point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When people who had a loving relationship send/post the message I am fine with it. The ones that really upset me are the people who never gave their parents the time of day when they were alive, but know that they are gone post each year. My sister posts on my dad's birthday. She didn't speak to him for 20 years, continues to bad mouth him to her children but posts "Happy Heavenly Birthday Daddy!"

No one likes a hypocrite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do these posts irritate anyone else? I have several deceased relatives (mother, father, sister, grandparents), and each year my cousin sends me "happy heavenly birthday!" texts and posts them on FB. I know she means well, but I find this tradition silly. There are no heavenly birthdays when a person is dead. I am pragmatic and don't need things like that to cope. However, my cousin does, and I get the impression that she would like me to send those messages to her on her deceased dad's birthday. I don't mind a thinking of you text, but the heavenly birthday crap grates on my nerves.

I find the "heavenly birthday" bit as annoying as pets "going over the rainbow bridge."