I suppose I gotta take the blame because I dare to have expectations. Seriously , is it too much to expect a birthday present...........just something to show that you were thinking of me? I tried not to expect much from him, and even spent my B-day at my mom's. I returned home to a totally impersonal card, and a slice of cake. Can he really be that ignorant? Then, I look at him, and ask, "That's it? Where my present?" And he sheepishly looks at me, and smiles and giggles, like he's saying, "Ooopsy." I ask again, "Is this a joke, you're kidding, right? No present?" At this point, I have tears welling up. I just calmly walk away, and now he knows he's done something wrong. But, he just says he was gonna take me to a movie and dinner, then goes back to playing his precious video game. I told him earlier I was eating at my mom's, so I wasn't even hungry. If he listened, he would've known that. I feel like he was happy he got to be alone, and didn't even think of me on the stupid day of my stupid birth. Then, I asked him what he was thinking, why he thinks I wouldn't be hurt if he didn't get me a tiny little gift? Why the heck can he never sign his freakin' name on a card too? Then he starts apologizing, and I can't stand it because all he's still thinking about is himself and how he doesn't want to feel guilty anymore. I thought he even cried a little, and asked him, but of course not. The guy would never shed a tear for me. Then, he tries to turn it around on me, "I don't know what to get you! You are hard to shop for!" After sifting though his BS, he finally admits that he doesn't like doing things for people, it's too much effort. But, then he races out to Walgreen's and dumps a bunch of made in china toxic junk in my lap..............just so he won't feel guilty. Do men do this when they simply don't care about you, or are some of them truly this ignorant and selfish? It's taking me awhile to accept either idea. Guess I should be grateful that at least he remembered my B-day. I can't understand when I hear about men forgetting their GF or wife's birthday's. How could you forget something like that? And if you do have a really poor memory, write it down for god's sake. Funny, how they remember what days/times the football games are on for the whole freakin' season though.