I stood up to my then partner’s abuse. He told me I had no power and he would make sure I was left with nothing if I ever left him.

I knew if I cried he would use it against me and try to convince me I was crazy and emotional. He would do that so I would know my place. So I held my tears and bit my tongue.

30+ people invited, 1 showed, mother’s friend’s kid. (I was ~6-8), parents didn’t do birthday parties for me after that. Next birthday get together I had was @16 with 3 friends. I’m not an only child but it was just me in that situation.

Grandma died

Party was canceled because my grandpa died

I was born, and I took great offense at that.

My 16th birthday we were on a family vacation. I was upset that day cause I wanted to be with friends, my dad was pissed cause I was unhappy and didn’t even tell me happy birthday. Sounds like not that big of a deal but to teen me it was devastating

Nothing

Got raped

My 5th birthday. I had mumps, but my mother had already organised a birthday party for me, so I lay upstairs, confined to bed, listening to a roomful of other kids having fun downstairs.

This was a very long time ago, before children were routinely given the mumps vaccine.

Had to pay $200 for a covid test because my families insurance had just dropped me because I turned 24

These happened on different years but a really close friend died, one of my grandfathers died and my childhood dog died

Damn, reading the comments here really puts things in perspective. I was gonna say something about getting a bunch of Rick and Morty stuff despite having no interest in Rick and Morty, but damn y’all

I got murdered

Not as bad as others thankfully but mine is: the world shut down due to a global pandemic.