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[quote=Anonymous]You're 28 - you can get away with such ridiculous attitudes and finding reasons to be hurt bc you're only 6 yrs out of college and lots of single friends are around. But keep in mind if you keep this up for the next decade - when people are already going to get busier and busier with careers, spouses, and kids - you will be one of those people posting here complaining of no friends. As you get older, the gift is TIME with your friends -- the TIME they set aside to come hang with you on your birthday. On top of that you can't be expecting gifts - whether of large or small monetary value bc they don't necessarily have time to pick them up; you can't even expect that if they don't get a gift they should pick up your bday tab bc life circumstances diverge and suddenly someone who was very spend-y in their early 20s realizes they need to buckle down to save up a downpayment and while they have a going out budget it gets smaller and may not include a line item that month for spending an extra $30 on you.

And BTW - we tell our kindergartner that the best part of a bday party is NOT the gifts but the friends who come to celebrate; it doesn't matter who brings a big gift, a little gift, or no gift at all -- bc them coming is what we're excited for. The 5 yr old gets it and is so excited when all his friends come that he doesn't even look at the growing gift pile . . . .[/quote]

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