blowing the candles

Personally, I don't really buy the whole idea of celebrating birthdays.
As ungrateful as this may sound, birthdays may sometimes ( or most of the time ) burden those around you.
Birthday celebrations are more like a responsibility or an expected call for making an effort as to make sure the celebrated person's day is special.
The person celebrating it will be looking forward to the big day, having imagined the dreamiest surprise party being thrown.
Family members and close friends will have to come up with new ideas because nobody digs the same kind of celebration every year.
It becomes an even bigger confusion for people whom you've met for not a very long period of time or just got close to.
These people may not even know the celebrated person's interests well enough to start with.

Insincere birthday wishes, group singing of birthday song, random hugs, wishes on Facebook's wall ; all these are being put-on on that particular day.
To me, it is better off that you act like you don't acknowledge my birthday rather than wishing me half-heartedly.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

ryan

He brings me out for dinner.
He buys me flowers and chocolates.
He carries my things for me.
He walks me to college.
He drives me to places I needed to go.
He accompanies me while studying.
He asks about my day.
He prepares healthy meals for me.

And I pushed him away. Sorry.