Combo Holidays
June 20th 2010 02:47
Every seven or eight years, my birthday syncs up with Father's Day. It's never really been a big deal, except now I'm a father. So last year, they synced up and suddenly I was like a kid who was born on Christmas-I got one "day off" instead of two. Call me selfish, but I want both! This year I get two days straight with excuses to not do much, and for the next several years I'll have two days within a week of each other. But there's always going to be that year when I get gypped! I suppose it's not as bad as those poor kids with birthdays on Christmas-they get shafted every year. They don't get the day to themselves, and often they get combo presents-"this is your birthday present AND your Christmas present!" I can't imagine for a kid there are many worse statements than that, unless it's a bigger present than their siblings may have gotten. "But they shouldn't be so selfish!" people say. Well, guess what. Kids are selfish. And materialistic. They can't help it, and they're pretty certainly going to feel gypped if their brothers or sisters get birthday presents AND Christmas presents, and they just get a combo present.
Anyway, this post has kind of veered off my original topic, but oh well. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! To all the moms, well, we'll see you after the 18th hole. Have dinner ready!
Anyway, this post has kind of veered off my original topic, but oh well. Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! To all the moms, well, we'll see you after the 18th hole. Have dinner ready!
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