I've had three cars, two were used*. My current Terrain is the only one I've bought new. They had a dull blue color, which I didn't care for on a car. I wanted black or gray... I just think they look crisp and clean. I went an hour away to get it in black. They also had gray, but I didn't like it as well once I got there. Plus, the gray was a 2023, and the black was a 2024 for about the same price.
Oh, my mom did cake and invited in every child playing in the street when it was time (which I hated), and my brother loved celebrating his birthday... right up.until.he died.from.9/11 related.cancer two days before my birthday in 2015.
No care emoji like on FB. Sorry.
My youngest brother turns 50 in less than 2 months!
I agree that we need a care reaction.
We always celebrated Birthdays be they adult or kids. It was just a tradition for years and the last few years it has basically just something that I get invited to when I comes to my children separately, but we still tend to get together for my kids grandchildren and of course for mine as the reigning patriarch of the family. That pretty much means the one that is expected to go next.
That is one thing that I didn't ever do while growing up was to celebrate those milestone birthdays. I was shocked when my wife did a big one for my 50th. It was something I never heard of and felt guilty because she was older than me and I did nothing except take her and the girls out to dinner just like any old birthday. However, it spoiled me so last year when I turned 75 (another milestone birthday) one of my daughters had gone up to Vermont to visit her in-laws but my other daughter did do a small get together. No big deal. This year I think they tried to make up for it and they did well.No care emoji like on FB. Sorry.
Birthdays make me maudlin some years too.
I fled to NYC to avoid any 50th birthday celebrations. 11 months later though, we threw a big shindig for my Irish Twin’s 50th.
My middle brother, sadly never made it to 50, leaving us at 46.
My boys call me every day. Often twice a day, if I fail to end the first phone call with “Love you”, but they have never done anything for my birthday or Mother’s Day. Now that they’re long out of school, they don’t even have a clue when Mother’s Day is. They might not even know when my birthday is.
Even if the boys forget about specific dates, you can count on all your pals here to acknowledge both events with you. We're kind of a celebratory crowd to begin with, so we've got you covered!
(Except for Christmas at your home; you're all set with the family for that one.) 
Are we talking the real mothers day or your fake oneEven if the boys forget about specific dates, you can count on all your pals here to acknowledge both events with you. We're kind of a celebratory crowd to begin with, so we've got you covered!
FTFYAre we talking the real mothers day extravaganza in the United States and Canada, or the imposter one overseas?
Other than the fact we have been celebrating it since the 16th century and y'all couldn't sort yours out until 1907. Talk about late to the party
Quality . . . good things come to those who wait.Other than the fact we have been celebrating it since the 16th century and y'all couldn't sort yours out until 1907. Talk about late to the party
Where I live we also celebrate on the same date as the US
My girls almost never call me. Sometime I'll go for weeks and never hear from my eldest. My youngest has me connected with Life360 app and she checks daily to see if I have made any movements. If not she will call or at least text. I do see her weekly for Sunday dinner. I don't feel that my eldest doesn't care, she has always been that way. She shows affection when we are together and I just went to Pigeon Forge with her and her family. She, unfortunately inherited my independence gene. She is always there when I need her and I guess figures that since I have a lot more contact with her sister that if anything happens she will hear about it. BTW, we live only 3.5 miles apart. It is different now. The youngest grandchild is 12 and the rest are 21, 22 and 24 deep into beginning their own life. It is amazing how things change so quickly.
You aren't supposed to get involved in conflictWhere I live we also celebrate on the same date as the US
Blame Hallmark.Other than the fact we have been celebrating it since the 16th century and y'all couldn't sort yours out until 1907. Talk about late to the party
Mike and I “LoJack” each other on “Find My”.
It seems that LoJack is pretty much the same as Life360.
You aren't supposed to get involved in conflict
