[ SECRET POST #2354 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2354 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Kodomo no Jikan]


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03.
[figure skating/Brian Joubert]


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04.
[Stargate: Atlantis/ Sesame Street]


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05.
[K project]


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06.
[Teen Wolf]


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07.
[Married...With Children]


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08.
[Homestuck]


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09.
[One Piece]


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10.
[Game of Thrones]


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11.
[Pokémon Black & White]


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12.
[Phantom of the Opera 2004]


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13.
[Iron Man 3]


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14.
[Neverwinter Nights 2]


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15.
[Almost Human/Total Recall 2077]


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16.
[Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer]


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17.
[Fire Emblem: Awakening]


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18.
[A Bag of Hammers]


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19.
[Without a Trace]


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20.
[Big Bang Theory]


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21.
[The Three Investigators]


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22.
[Team Fortress 2]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 043 secrets from Secret Submission Post #336.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - personal attack ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

09. http://i41.tinypic.com/3492ipt.png
[One Piece]

Whine whine whine

[insanenoodlyguy]

So your brother and his wife focused on their kid instead of making it about you?

Wow what a shocker.

Re: Whine whine whine

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, can it you noodly moron. OP can be uspet that no one remembered his birthday, christ on a cracker.

Re: Whine whine whine

[(Anonymous)]

It depends on whether the invitation was "we're having Junior's party today, would you like to come share it!" as an offer to keep OP from being all alone and lonely on their birthday, or "Come celebrate your birthday -- surprise! It's actually Junior's party."

Of course the parents are going to put their kid first, but they shouldn't offer to do otherwise if they're not going to.

Re: Whine whine whine

[(Anonymous)]

"Whine whine whine"? Isn't this what you do on this comm all the time?
Or was is a typo and you actually meant "wine, wine, wine" - the beverage that makes your unoriginal trolling semi-bearable?

[(Anonymous)]

Happy belated Birthday!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh my god, cry more.

[writerserenyty]

OP, if the only time you're happy is when you're watching One Piece, maybe you should seek some help.

Otherwise, at least you realize you're petty. It's a 3 year old kid versus a 35 year old adult; of course the three year old's birthday is going to be the focus. It's good you don't blame your nephew because that would be really ridiculous. As an adult you should understand that children need/get attention.

[(Anonymous)]

Everyone needs a little attention sometimes, and birthdays are one of our culture's more commonly accepted ways of offering it to them. How is it "petty" to be irritated that their family chose to hold the kid's birthday party on OP's actual birthday, and completely not acknowledge OP's birthday? Hold the party on a different day, and let OP have their own birthday, and everybody's happy.

The secret wasn't, "The only time I am ever happy in life is when I'm watching this anime." It was, "My shitty family ruined my birthday and this anime was the only thing able to cheer me up."

[(Anonymous)]

Children need/get attention, but they also need to learn to share the spotlight. It would have been nice to have the parents at least acknowledge the aunt's birthday. The kid wouldn't have any less presents or cakes, but they might also learn the idea that not everything is ALL about them. Even on their birthday.

[(Anonymous)]

It's totally valid for you to be irritated that your family decided to make your birthday all about someone else. That's just a failure of basic consideration, and I'm glad you found something to make the day not entirely shitty.

Happy Birthday, OP.

[kanginese]

I agree with this tbh

[(Anonymous)]

I think I'd be a little miffed too, if my birthday didn't even warrant a mention. I certainly don't want the cakes and the balloons or any of that - just an acknowledgement, "and a happy birthday to you, too, sis" would be enough. If it's totally swept under the rug, I can see that would be offputting.

I'm much more petty in that I don't want to go to a three-year old's birthday at all. Maybe it's just my experience growing up, but we had parties with kids our own age, and aunts and uncles certainly weren't in the mix.

[(Anonymous)]

That sucks. I mean no big deal that they didn't mention it's your birthday to their kids' party guests, they were there for the kid presumably. But it sucks that you didn't get a day for you and it sounds like your family was rather callous about the situation.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess I would be disappointing that my brother wouldn't acknowledge my birthday at a gathering (and from the sidenote I'm assuming only the only people at the party that would have celebrated your birthday were he and your sis-in-law as it sounds like no one else even knew it was that day).

At the same time, I haven't expected anyone else to go to any lengths for my birthday besides wishing me well and acknowledging it since I was about 17, which was when I had my last formal birthday party.

Since then, I've taken to spending my birthday doing things I enjoy, which in your case seems to be One Piece.

(And I probably would have skipped out on the kid's party altogether with the excuse that it was my birthday and I had plans...whether I did or not.)

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it sucks, but take it from a Christmas baby; make your own damn party. Besides, you're a grown-up. Kids' birthdays are a big deal because they haven't had that many yet. Either you've 'had your turn' and it's time to gracefully pass the birthday candle torch on, or you make the birthday bash you want on your own if nobody else will do it for you.

[nan]

...maybe it's because my family doesn't celebrate adult family members' birthdays (we text/facebook message each other happy birthday! but that's it) but I'm having difficulty being very sympathetic with this.

If it's that important to you, next year host your own party?

[greenvelvetcake]

You're thirty-five and whining because people paid more attention to a three-year-old's birthday than yours? Christ on sale, act your age.

I don't blame my nephew in the slightest

Good for you, you don't blame a THREE YEAR OLD for the crime of being born around the same time as you. What a martyr.

[dragonimp]

Something tells me there's more behind this secret. We don't know the OP's relationship with his family and don't know enough to assume that this is just about the birthday party. But OP, it does sound like you're having a problem with depression.

[(Anonymous)]

Happy belated Birthday, OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Happy Birthday OP. One piece is Family, that's why it makes us happy <3

[(Anonymous)]

awww OP :( I'm sorry you were left out

[(Anonymous)]

I'd be upset if my brother decided to pick my birthday as the perfect day to celebrate his kid's birthday too, OP. I mean, what if I wanted to actually throw a party on my actual birthday and invite the same people he did? They'd probably choose the kid's party over mine, because kid birthdays are special. There's 364 other days of the year, why pick my birthday to throw a party? And I also like to think that my brother would still want to celebrate the fact that I was born even now that we're adults and check with me if I want to celebrate the day together with him and the rest of the family before deciding that "Nope, we're going to celebrate my kid today instead!". (I don't know exactly how things happened for you, of course, just talking about what would piss me off in this situation.)

A bit off topic now, but I'm wondering why everyone seems to assume OP is male? Did I miss something?

[(Anonymous)]

Something is not going well if One Piece is the only thing that makes OP feel happy or laugh. But their reaction depends a lot on what their family usually does for birthdays. If no one has ever really acknowledged birthdays for the adults in the family, well... there you go. Otoh, if there's always been a definite get-together planned around family birthdays, with a group acknowledgement or toast or similar, it would be off-putting to have that become a couple off-hand comments*.

Also, am I missing something in the secret? I can't see how people are figuring OP is male...

*(Although tbh the "comments" part of this could be taken so many ways... anywhere from "oops, sorry we forgot about your birthday but thank you for coming and oh lord there is cake all over the rug and a tiny toddler brawl GRANDPA STOP PLACING BETS" to "oh, we figured you had nothing better to do today anyw-Linda! You made it! Oh, you and little Maddy look fantastic, let's go over here...")

[(Anonymous)]

Much as it would have been nice of them to give you a mention, you're 35. Have your own damn birthday party. Were these people there for you or the kid? This secret doesn't actually have much to go on in terms of context.

My brother and I were unfortunate enough to be born within two weeks of each other on the calendar year, even though I'm a couple of years older. I raised hell when I was a kid if my parents even hinted at the idea of a dual birthday party. Mom once bought a cake for my brother and said it was for me, too (no, that is explicitly how it went; she didn't want two cakes in the house if we hadn't finished one), and I was pissed. I was also like eight at the time. Well, shit, for that matter, every fucking birthday party was an exercise in torture because my mother made me invite everyone in my class to them, and I hated pretty much everybody. Kids are assholes and they were primarily assholes to me, back then. So.

I still don't like the idea of birthday parties. Parties in general are not my thing. It's been years since I've done anything special for my birthday.

But the point of all this is--you're an adult. You've got the freedom, mobility, and self-actualization to make what you want happen, so stop whining and do something about it.