Asking Eric: My Parents Have Hijacked My Birthday

Asking Eric: My parents want to celebrate their 60th anniversary on my birthday ... that’s an issue

DEAR ERIC: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday. The expectation is that I drive two hours to celebrate them all day, doing whatever they ask of me then drive two hours to go home.

Asking Eric: Parents’ 60th anniversary party stomps all over middle child’s birthday

Dear Eric: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month.

Asking Eric: Parents always treat my birthday as second-class, and it borders on abuse

Dear Eric: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday. The expectation is that I drive two hours to celebrate them all day, doing whatever they ask of me then drive two hours to go home.

Asking Eric: Parents want to celebrate anniversary on my birthday

Dear Eric: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday. The expectation is that I drive two hours to celebrate them all day, doing whatever they ask of me then drive two hours to go home.

Asking Eric: My parents have hijacked my birthday

Dear Eric: I’m lucky enough to have parents in their 80s in pretty good health and who are celebrating their 60th anniversary next month. The issue is that they want to celebrate it on my birthday. The expectation is that I drive two hours to celebrate them all day, doing whatever they ask of me then drive two hours to go home.

Asking Eric: Once again, my parents have hijacked my birthday and made it about them

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