I guess I know the feeling...My birthday is the same as my dad's, so past a couple elementary school parties (the kind where you are only allowed to invite the whole class or no one...which is kind of like it not even being a party for you) that day has always been more of a family cookout day on his terms. I don't really mind it in general. Last year kind of bummed me out though--I am super introverted/maybe social anxiety and I only have one close friend and she didn't even mention it, lol. I wasn't looking for anything but a "happy birthday" text or tweet or something, but 100% nothing was like...wow. Thanks for thinking of me! Which isn't fair I guess since it doesn't matter, but still.

Ummm...getting 5 people to say Happy Birthday to me would be awesome. My mom and dad always say it and maybe my one good friend, sometimes a couple of people on FB who probably only say it because a notice pops up. I hardly have any friends though and what family I do have is far away so I don't really know them.

My birthdays suck I don't care about presents, but the one person I expect to remember my birthday is my mother and last year she forgot it. She called me the next day as if it mattered I ended up bawling my eyes out for hours.. my own mother who gave birth to me..

I have it where I have ALOT of people saying happy birthday to me, but after that I have like no friends at all except my boyfriend and my family. I wish I had more friends. I always want someone else to talk to. Thought I would find people to talk to at college, I was wrong. I'm too much of an introvert to actually take the courage to talk to someone to make friends.

Happy belated birthday! I have been so inactive that I completely missed it! I'm sorry you aren't happy with how things turned out :(

To be honest, I know how you feel. Since about age 16 I stopped having birthday parties or anything to celebrate my birthday because I'm too scared nobody will come. I don't like being in the spotlight, but at the same time I like people to acknowledge and give a little thought to my birthday - to be honest, most people don't know when it is because I don't tell them. I really only have myself to blame. The well wishes I get are mainly from my direct family, my partner, and perhaps a couple of close friends. Everyone else who acknowledges it usually only knows because it says on Facebook. I think it's important to turn these kinds of things upside down - rather than being sad because a few people acknowledged it, to be thankful that a few genuine people acknowledged it. Sometimes I get disappointed too.

I feel you. My grandma came by with a card for me today because she's amazing but other than that, nothing. Not even from my parents. I've told my friends when my birthday is probably 800 times throughout the years I've known them and they still don't remember. lol

It used to bother me a lot but not really anymore, I just see it as another day. :) I'm fine being happy for myself by myself. (good lord that sounds sad. aha)

hmmm me on the other hand, funny story out of 8 people in the house only 3 greeted me XD while the other 2 intentionally didn't greet me