Birthdays

I find it funny that when you are young everyone in the family makes a big deal out of each birthday. Then when you are old enough to be on your own, Mom and/or Dad send a card plus a sibling IF he or she remembers. Once you're in the workplace, your "friends" take you to birthday dinners on the milestone years. The sole purpose is to embarass you in public with a waitstaff that sings a little birthday ditty offkey.

I just had another birthday in June. Nope it wasn't a milestone year. So, I didn't have to endure a trip to the eatery. However, I did get to bring treats for all my co-workers. Wait! It's MY birthday but I bring the treats for the "celebration". What cheapskate thought up that idea? Whoever did should be made to sit through 20 years of offkey birthday songs... perhaps that was how the "bring treats" idea began in the first place.