[Magdalen] I need to vent...

[Scott Knitter]

I just don't think it was necessary for Richard's sister to set up a
situation where the relative importance of the two events would need to be
compared.

I spent my 40th birthday at the Residence Inn in Deerfield, Illinois,
working on a proposal deadline for my job. My dear partner sent me flowers
at the hotel. Still, a part of me felt bitter about my birthday coinciding
with a large deadline (I had arranged for the day off but then I was
assigned to the project). By my 50th birthday I was downplaying the day
every year to avoid further disappointment. It wasn't that I had to work on
my birthday (most years I do); it was that any plans for the celebration
that evening were blown to bits by the project and I had to have my nose to
the grindstone most of that night. I remember thinking, "That's OK; I'll
just plan on celebrating my next 40th birthday."

On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 9/5/2017 11:19:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> But the  real issue is their setting that date on your birthday, which
> existed  almost 50 years before their wedding date did. Not thoughtful of
> them. I  would bet that they're going to get pressure (and rightfully so)
> from  several family members to pick a better wedding  day.>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Birthdays come and go, and I've only been lucky once and awhile
> to have someone, even my spouse, remember.  My big 80 comes
> up in two months, and we'll see (to quote DT).
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> I was a freshman in medical school when I spent my 21st birthday
> in an all-day physiological chemistry lab :-(
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> David S.
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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA