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Happy Graduation/Birthday?

Tonight, my immediate and extended family were supposed to celebrate my 18th birthday and the fact that I’m graduating from high school tomorrow. We were gonna have a great dinner, and we were just gonna go somewhere simple like Olive Garden to accommodate everyone.

At least, that’s what we did the night before my sister’s graduation.

Last night, though, in the middle of a conversation I find out we’re just getting pizza. NO ONE told me this. Then my dad said we’d get some takeout from Outback (my favorite chain restaurant) to sort of my celebrate beyond our usual Friday treat of pizza.

I get home tonight, my dad brings back pizza. I ask him, “so what happened with the bloomin’ onion?” and he mentioned something about me having the coupon. I don’t know what the hell he’s even talking about.

And now I’m eating fairly crappy pizza. “Happy Graduation/Birthday! We know you’ve worked hard, but we honestly don’t care.”

Should I be mad?