Thirty years @Appleblossom?  How I wish we could mend all of our broken families and learn to talk things out.  So much unwarranted pain.  I'm so pleased your son has made a response to you and hope it is the beginning of better things ahead.

Yes, it's wonderful of @Shaz51 to do the birthday threads and I'm sure it must make a big difference to so many of our lives.  I expect there are a great many of us who are never thought of on our birthdays.  I have now put several of our birthdays on my calendar.  I'd love a whole lot more.  It feels really good to feel that I have a human connection - an alternative family.  And a new birthday list!

I let something go by me today myself.  Really had to hold myself back from responding.  People can be so disrespectful when they are members of a clique.  I'll be regarding everyone with considerable wariness from here on, for however long I can tolerate having to do so. At least you got an apology! 

It's really difficult to get along with people!!