That made me grin when I read that you are having a birthday celebration to make yourself happy. LOL... I'm sure I'd be doing the same thing.
My older brother seemed most of his life to have no problem about birthdays, celebrating his or others, but then sometime in his 50s, all of the sudden he seemed to no longer interested in being celebrated for his own and he seemed quite weirdly serious about it. He still had no issues being part of celebrating everyone else's. I never knew the story behind it, if there really was one that anyone else would understand.
A girl must keep herself happy even when her insufferable guy is a grumpy bum and won't celebrate his own birthday right?
As I said, I know his reasons and it's understandable - not a story for Hive - but I like to try and make it special for him in little ways. I know he'll love this particular one though, or pretend to at least. I know I'll love it however.
Becca 🌷