Remember Her Birthday
In the beginning I made the error of believing once my friend said she wasn't bothered about her birth day. I bought her a card, but I didn't organize anything or make a birthday-cake. I cannot even recall whether I purchased her a gift. What a mistake.
She became really upset with all of her mates and demanded at the last minute that we cancel our plans to accompany her to toast her birthday.
Now I realise that it is simply what she's like.
Some people like to make all the decisions on their birth day. She prefers for someone else to come up with a plan. In her case, the best bonus about a birth day is that you don't have to take a decision, because your day is still replete with friends and outings that you like.
Once my mate awakens and comes into the kitchen, she requires everyone to have already assembled, prepared for her having the candles already lit on her birthday-cake and waiting to break into "happy birthday". We enjoy birthday-cake and cups of coffee for brekky. Following on from a leisurely brekkie, we all go into town for the surprise outing, usually organized by me. In past years we have gone to the football, on a ghost tour, and to a gallery. It doesn't actually make much difference what it is if it's a secret and the girls are all there. Then it's time for a tardy lunch and some refreshments before heading home to get ready for the evening's activities. Obviously the venue ought to be a secret. This year we're heading to a live music performance, and after that to a nightclub.
Every summer in the month before her birth day my friend does the same thing. She maintains she doesn't wish to make a big deal of the big day and that she doesn't intend to arrange any plans for going out. She maintains it's just one more day and that she does not need anybody to make a fuss. I have been friends with Emma for years, so these days I'm aware of how the whole thing pans out.