I'm not a big birthday person, in the sense that I don't require a huge celebration, lots of gifts and people wishing me left, right and centre. I'm happy as long as I have my family and close friends by my side. But since the past couple of years, I've positively been dreading logging onto Facebook on that day. And that little bar in the right hand corner of my home page is responsible for that.
Before Facebook, either people remembered my birthday or they didn't. And it was pretty simple for me. If they remembered and called/sent a message, I thanked them. If they didn't and they were close friends, they'd get a whacking from me. I still remember calling up a close friend at night and ordering her to wish me :D. And if people forgot and weren't close friends, it didn't matter.
But now, Facebook ensures that people wish you. And the wishes are more like a thousand tsunamis rolled into one!! It's slightly scary to get 25 notifications by 12:15 a.m. and knowing you'll get somewhat about 200 notifications by the end of the day. My inbox groans under the weight of so many happy birthdays. And I feel lost..
Still, somehow I manage to wade through all those wishes, thanking everyone and chatting with a few. The real heartbreak comes when you see people who call you their close friends wish you by writing on your wall. If you lose my number, then that's an exception - as happened this time with a very close friend of mine. But if you have my number AND call me a close friend of yours AND until last year, used to wish me by calling/messaging me on my cell (plus remember my birthday, yeah), then writing on my wall is not exactly acceptable in my books. Simply because I would never do it. If I call you a close friend and have your number and remember your birthday, I will call you or at least send you a message. If I don't do that and just simply write on your wall, you'd know that either
(1) I don't consider you as a close friend.
(2) I've lost your number (but I'll mention that for sure).
And there's another thing. Don't taunt me for wishing you in the evening on your birthday if you can't even remember mine. 'nuff said.
All this stuff apart, my birthday was awesome!! I spent the whole day with MFG (that itself makes my day awesome ^_^). First there was college. I bunked a class by running out of it (for the first time!! Yeah!!). Went for a movie (Aarakshan. Could have been bloody brilliant but was bloody horrible.). Met friends in the evening for an early dinner. Received the best birthday gift ever - a really sweet poem by MFG. It was such a fun day!! I loved it!
*happy dance*
well It seems to be a memorable B'day(both the ways):D..Wish you a belated happy b'day fren..hope my wish will not make u irritated :-))..may all ur dreams come true...
Posted by: wellwisher | Aug 31, 2011 at 09:43 PM
Thank you! No, it doesn't irritate me. That's a pretty silly thing to say. Wishes/comments are always welcome ^_^
Posted by: She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named | Sep 02, 2011 at 12:35 AM