How do you feel when your close friend doesn't call up on birthday?

It hurts when the people who matter to you the most forget things like your birthday! There are probably good reasons, life is so busy these days, it feels like we are running on a treadmill everyday and can't get off! They will probably feel really bad when they remember! Happy birthday to you for last week and I sincerely hope that your friends make it up to you soon!

Happy belated birthday to you jshekhar. I wish friends are more sensitive to our birthdays and wish us a happy birthday. It is a small matter but it is the thought that counts especially to friends that we are close to. My friends have never fail to wish me birthday greetings whenever it is my birthday.

Happy belated birthday! I know it upsets you that you haven't heard from of your friends on your birthday, but please don't stop speaking to them because they forgot to call. Instead of dwelling on who forgot you, be grateful for the calls you did receive. To be honest, I'm not great about remembering birthdays. I don't like to acknowledge my own. I'm not great about wishing others a happy birthday, but it doesn't mean I don't care about my friends. I think they know that as well.

Hi, jshekhar! First off let me say to you, Happy Belated Birthday! I wish you many more wonderful birthdays! I know for a fact that I would feel very bad about it. I would feel like they did not even care to remember my birthday. If they remembered it. If they didn't, I will not feel bad about it. People always forget my birthday, even my own family members. It feels bad, because I remember theirs. I wonder why? It would be nice to get an Happy Bithday every now and then. This is a special day that is worth celebrating. Another day, another life. It shoud be most cherished! If I remember my close's friends Birthday, I will contact them somehow and wish them a Happy Birthday. I am sorry that you didn't get one. Just talk to them about it and tell them how it makes you feel. I am sure they will understand where you are coming from in the end. Take care!

Yeah I have experienced that. Really happens to everyone since close friends can also be busy doing something else. There's always the nice thought that maybe they did think of us but they just were not able to leave a message for us or found a way to let us know that they thought about us. Quite frankly, I dont expect anyone to greet me on my birthday. I dont even expect anyone to remember that it was my birthday. I think its a bit easier that way and more wonderful since if they did greet you, you'd really feel remembered and you wouldnt feel any kind of disappointment by expecting them to remember you. Well, belated happy birthday to you.

First of all HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I can understand you. This happened to me and not once. The reason is because my birthday is 2 days before New Year and people are so busy with their pre holiday shopping that they don't really bother to remember me. It really hurts.

Happy birthday, jshekhar, a little late! My birthday is today (yes, it really is) and I fully expect to NOT receive a telephone call from my oldest friend. We've known one another for over 30 years and she ALWAYS calls me on HER birthday, just so I won't forget it, and to make sure I tell her Happy Birthday. But, she has NEVER called me on my birthday. Well, that's not entirely true; she did call me one year on my birthday, but not to say Happy Birthday. She had forgotten, as usual, that it was my birthday and was rambling on and on about everything going on in her life. I never mentioned to her that it was my birthday. I only have that one friend left, at least someone I've known in person. I have lots of friends in myLot! I also have very little family left. I have my two sons and my husband and some cousins scattered all over the U.S. but my cousins usually forget my birthday. I expect to receive a call from both of my sons, maybe even a visit later today, but that's about it. Today is like any other day for me, except that I will have to change my age on my home page here in myLot. It ALWAYS rains on my birthday and this year is proving to be just like all the others. It's raining right now and supposed to rain the entire day. But, I'm glad to know that your birthday was last week! We share the month of April, plus the Sun Sign Aries, if you believe in that stuff. So, you must be a pretty cool dude!!!

Well, if he is my close friend and did not call to greet me on my birthday, I'd probably feel bad too but later on I think I'd realize I have to give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe she is just too busy and have forgotten the date, or maybe she just don't have the access to greet me. I don't think I'd take that against her without giving her a chance to explain. After all, we are close friends and we need to understand each other's shortcomings.

This is a small matter to me, life is lived so fast these days that it is easy to forget a birthday, even if I have put them on my calendar sometimes the day just gets away from you. So I'll send my happy birthday wishes toyou a fellow Aries.

first off, a belated happy birthday to you. hope you had a good one despite of what happened. second, I probably would have felt the same way you did. and I probably would have dealt with it the same way. although maybe they were just busy, I know that is a lousy excuse but still, it's possible right?

oh,late birthday wish to you. If my close friend does not call up on my birthday,I will feel upset.But I can understand,maybe he/she is busy. Just forgive them,friendship is beautiful.

i feel unhappy when my close friens didnt call me in my birthday I AM so sad once when i have my 15th birthday , my beast friend was busy that day and she didnt call me until the other day .

Belated wishes to you jshekar!! Many times during my Birthdays this happens to me. But this doesn't bother me much. The reason could be, I myself is not very prompt in wishing my friends. So I don't expect them too.... Any day is same to me... All days are good and each day is a new day.. So why worry for one particular day..... So don't take it to your heart and forgive your friends. A close friend definitely won't intentinally refrain from wishing you... so just take it cool.

I know how you feel jshekhar...Often on my birthdays, the ones that i expect to be excited or thrilled about my birthday for me didn't and i know i shouldn't be that disappointed but i was because they were my close friends but well....guess maybe there were other important things besides our birthdays huh...? Well if there's any consolation in this, happy belated birthday! May you be blessed with good fortune and health...take care~

It doesn't matter. Today everybody is busy with their work and family. So I can understand that they may forget my birthday. I don't think my birthday is important. As time goes by, I am less interested in celebrating it. I love China

Hi there jshekhar! I would definitely be sad about it. However, I have to consider also the possible reasons why my friends were not able to get in touch with me on my birthday. I have experienced this several times and I know that I should not be angry at them because of it. I might feel bad for a while but I won't hate them for it.

I do agree it would be hurting if we don't get what we expect ....but i think it's not good to avoid them or stop taliking to them , we have to ask them and find reason for not calling, may be they were busy or some other reason.....just take it lightly...

well i dont have many friends , i have only 2 real friends, whom i care for, actually they r more precious for me than my family ,because they have really helped me in the baddest time of my life . and i dont think that they wont wish me on my birthday . i cant even think if they forget my birthday, they can be late in wishing me , but they wont forget.

I never expect that my friends should call me on my birthday, because they don't know it nor i invite them to any kind of party, my kids, grankkids are with me on that day.. Thank you so much for this post. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . God bless you. Welcome always.

To be honest that would not bother me as i do not do anything on my birthday.I however do call people and sometimes text people when it is their birthdays.There are alot of people that do tend to forget, so it is not like that they have not got in contact as they did not know, so it is not that they are being nasty.