U Sad happy story Anonymous 27 Ne >be me age 7 >only chi ive in kinda run down neighbourhood not hood but not exactly beverly hills either >single mom took care of me dad left when i was like >birthday coming up ask mom for a party with ice cream cake and movie >excited exe >invite my entire class >get lots of rsvps think a lot of people will show up >day of party arrives >bit nervous >stand outside with balloons to hand out waiting for people to show up >10 minutes later no one has shown up go inside >30 minutes later still nobody >mom is fuming but at the same time doesn't want to ruin my day >don't understand why nobody showed up >ery >mom comforts me and we watch the film together and she lets me cut my own slice of cake >remember this for life never had a birthday party again >ffw 15 years >at good college >doing ok for myself moved out of bad neighbourhood >moms doing ok too >birthday coming up >not really wanting to do anything for my birthday just dinner with mom and gf >on the day of my birthday get text from gf that we weren't going to have dinner anymore because the restaurant cancelled our reservation >no matter she says just meet her at her place >bit sad looking forward to dinner and seeing mom but itis what itis >tum up to gf apartment lights out its dark >step in >SURPRISE >my gf and mom comes out with a bunch of my friends >confused.exe >tums out gf heard from mom about what happened when i was 7 and orga >have a good time >this time actually get to share my cake with others >people i liked turned up >my friends turned up