Not So Caring: Rants About Special Days

By D. T. Adams

Sick and tired of birthdays? Me too

 

A series of brief but impassioned rants about birthdays. Each and every one of us has one – I have no desire to celebrate mine!

 

I really couldn't care less about them. In Not So Caring, you'll see why. It's not just my own I can't stand; there are aspects of other people's I find frustrating too.

 

But it's not all negative. After I've ranted and raved, I round things off with a final, more positive piece of writing that's about the few positive aspects of birthdays.

 

Do you hate being the centre of attention on the day you were born? Can't be bothered to deal with other people's celebrations?

 

If you're like me and you dislike birthdays, you should enjoy reading Not So Caring.

 

Buy now and see what this cynic has to say about birthdays. You may well agree with some of my opinions

• Language: English
• Publisher: D. T. Adams
• Release date: Oct 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9798223380269

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Not So Caring

NOT SO CARING

A SERIES OF RANTS ABOUT BIRTHDAYS

THE RANTS ABOUT SPECIAL DAYS SERIES

D. T. ADAMS

Copyright © 2023 by D. T. Adams

All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

CONTENTS

1. They Remind You That You’re Getting Older

2. They Put You in the Spotlight

3. When People Sing ‘Happy Birthday to You’, It Can Be Awkward

4. The Same Goes for People Saying ‘Happy Birthday!’

5. People Insist on Spending Money on You … Then You Have to Return the Favour

6. It’s Not Just Money You Have to Spend

7. They Become Less Fun as You Grow Older

8. They’re Are a Reminder That You Don’t See Special People Often Enough

9. You Have to Remember Other People’s Birthdays and Celebrate Them Accordingly

10. You Feel the Previous Year of Your Life Hasn’t Been the Best

11. People Treat You Differently, Then the Following Day It’s Back to Normal

12. You Can’t Completely Ignore Yours

13. You Don’t Get to Choose When Yours Is

Putting the ‘Happy’ into ‘Happy Birthday’

Afterword

Also in the Rants About Special Days Series

Also by D. T. Adams

About the Author

RANT 1

THEY REMIND YOU THAT YOU’RE GETTING OLDER

What I detest the most about birthdays is that they’re an obnoxious, in-your-face reminder that you’re a year older and you can’t do anything about it. Yes, I’m well aware that my age has now officially increased by 1; no, I don’t need to be told about it again and again. Yes, I was born on this same day X number of years ago; no, I don’t feel the need to jump up and down with joy because that particular day has come around yet again like it does every year. You get my point.

One of the cruellest facts of life is that bodies age. We humans have a natural life cycle that we can’t avoid. We’re born as babies and grow into men or women, but eventually we reach our peak; we do this far too soon if you ask me. Yes, life is indeed fleeting.

Once our physical prime has passed us, ageing sets in and starts gradually taking away what we used to take for granted. The longer we live, the more prone we become to developing