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By Anonymous - 21/10/2015 04:09 - United States - Redlands
By Anonymous - 21/10/2015 04:09 - United States - Redlands
By Apolline - 24/10/2022 10:00 - France
By BirthdayFail - 14/08/2012 07:57 - United States - Milwaukee
By Anonymous - 09/01/2022 19:01 - United States - Steele
By Anonymous - 20/11/2021 16:59 - United States
By Anonymous - 11/03/2022 00:01
By Anonymous - 20/11/2010 05:49 - United States
By sicufovoshxbsjdk - 07/08/2010 02:22 - United States
By Anonymous - 10/01/2023 16:00
By WronglySad619 - 26/01/2011 10:31 - United States
By Jill - 01/11/2021 06:00 - United States - Fredonia
I think they're hinting that it's your time to take her place. Dress like her, respond to her name, and insist that this funeral is unnecessary because you're still alive. I know it doesn't make much sense, OP, but it's what your family wants.
What????
You guys obviously didn't catch the humor in this... Don't act like the commenter is stupid just because you don't understand...
Haha, nice try, guys, but I'm not buying it. We've /all/ had to replace a family member—identity and all—at some point.
I feel you OP. .maybe next year throw yourself a huge party?
sounds like someone was expecting a surprise party
Funerals proceed Birthdays... You'll understand when it's your turn to plan one. I feel bad you think this is your FML moment.
They may be more important than birthdays, but I feel it's unnecessary and rude to hold one on a family member's birthday
Happy Birthday, OP! #19 got you some condescension; we hope you like it!
You don't always get to pick what day is available at the funeral home. They tell you when its available. Plus, (sorry for being morbid) you HAVE to do something with the body before a certain number of days. They can only be kept in cold storage for so long. And before anyone starts ranting at me, I know this from when my son died.
Sorry people died near the OP's Birthday.. How rude!
Happy birthday OP. To convey it better birthdays can be celebrated every year but funerals are for once only.
I can't think of anything to say... FML!
There's always next year :/
And now they'll all fall on the anniversary of their grandmother's funeral. Forever.
I have a couple friends who had family members either have their funeral, or actually die, on their birthday. They've never gotten over it, and seem to spend more of their birthday mourning their loves one than celebrating their birthday. Yes, OP will have other birthdays, but whether they can put aside that their relative was laid to rest that day, they may not enjoy it. It bothers me the people who keep implying OP shouldn't be bothered that their birthday is now the anniversary of their loved ones funeral and the future pain that may cause.
Having the funeral that day may have been unavoidable, but OP may not necessarily know or understand that.
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Happy birthday to you :(
First of all, you do not celebrate deaths. You celebrate happy events. Secondly, from a rational point of view, you should give priority to people that are alive. Funerals can be arranged to take place on a certain day, but you cannot choose the date you were born on. Also, I doubt repeating the word '*******' three times in your comment makes it right.