Feeling bleh again. Seems like a trend around my birthday each year, especially when nothing really happens for it. I know we're tight on cash and that we're trying to move but it feels like I was forgotten. Sure I was told happy birthday by everyone who matters but one of the first things my dad said to me yesterday was asking if we could pawn my switch again for gas and food money. The only gift I got for my birthday was the nice Dutch Bros worker gave me my birthday drink without scanning my app so I could get another drink later on (which I used a few hours later).
And I get that my mom also didn't get anything special for her birthday (4 days before mine) but it just feels like my birthday didn't matter. I don't know maybe it's the fact that from next year on wards she wants to have joint birthday to save on money, or the fact that after I turned 15 if I mentioned being excited about my birthday before her's happened she'd make a comment along the lines of "well my birthday hasn't happened yet so slow your roll", and now I just struggle with it I guess.
I know I'm 24 and the only "big milestone" birthdays left are each decade but fuck. I just want to feel seen an not ignored. No one even tried to hang out with me yesterday. I wasn't asked if I wanted to hang out with my mom and dad in the living room and watch tv/play games, or if I wanted to join the group call with my brothers and their partners. I was just ignored like everyone assumed I'd rather be alone watching YouTube all day. Would I have said yes if they asked? Probably not. But I would have appreciated the thought of them trying to include on my birthday.
Maybe I'm being dramatic or stupid but I just feel numb and like they only register I exist when I'm around.