Birthday disappointment
My birthday is less than two weeks after my LO. Last year when she was born, I was hardly present mentally or emotionally, far less ready to celebrate or anything. This year is my 30th. I have been talking about getting a Switch 2 as a gift for months, ever since that new Pokemon game came out. My birthday is this week and my partner let it slip that no one is getting it for me.
Am I sad that I'm not getting it? Yes. But more than that I feel forgotten about? Overlooked? Like this was the one thing I really wanted. I told people this. My parents usually get me a higher price tag gift so this wouldn't be something unusual. I feel like since she's been born I'm just in the background. Now I'm sitting on the bathroom floor trying to figure out how to be smiley and appreciative of whatever I do get.
I work so hard to make sure my family and friends get nice things for birthdays and holidays. I start Christmas shopping in October. I spend so much time looking out for others and then end up with a bunch of okay gifts that I don't really want. I don't know what to do or say. My partner has offered multiple times this evening to order it but I don't feel like that fixes it?
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Um, 😶 would you be able to buy it for yourself instead of buying gifts for others/partner? If cost is prohibitive, you could look into getting a used one? Just trying to be helpful here…
Also have you thought… do you have enough time to play games on it after having a child? How old is your kid?
Also, how old are you? I am not so much into gaming myself although I have a switch. But you sound a bit like my partner. Lol. He wanted his parents to get him a steam deck. He actually ended up buying it for himself. Then he bought an extra one so he wouldn’t be without one because the one he spilled water on was out of commission / sent to the service center for repairs. He was really bummed for a week when he didn’t have a steam deck to play on. Then he ended up getting a pair of XReal glasses..So much better than Meta Quest and anything else on the market. Excellent product! We are tech nerds.
Perhaps look into buying a steam deck? 👀 they are a much better product, I promise.
Girl I feeñ this!! I turned 40 this year and got NOTHING 💔 I even asked for a present and got nothing! Now its my sons 5th and ypu cant stop me from going crazy!! Im super excited
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