A tradition has been broken, and it pretty much ruined my bday. Every year, for the past 5-6 years on my bday my wife would buy me ceviche. Ceviche is a peruvian dish, which my grandmother would make for me since I was a kid. it's an unusual dish to say the least. Chunks of fish cooked in lemon juice, usually served with rice, corn and onions. A serving of it is not expensive, about $10.
Early in the morning, I was told by her she wasn't going to buy it, because I didn't deserve it. I hid my dissapointed well and said I wasn't expecting it...but it hit me like a truck inside.
The whole day I thought maybe she said it to throw me off and surprise me...nope, I was wrong. Of course.
However it seems the rest of the family disagreed with her, and I guess that gave her some guilt. So guess what replaced the ceviche...she bakes me a cake instead of buying one. I appreciated the gesture, smiled when they sang happy bday last night and enjoyed a few pieces of cake.
Still it hurt my feelings deeply that she wouldn't get me the one thing I look forward to the whole year.
Could I go out and buy it? Sure, if I had a car and if I still had my driver's license. It's a very long walk to the place that sells it, and asking to get driven there would start a slew of problems with her I think.
Well, at least the kids cheered me up a bit. I got my bday hugs early in the morning, that did make me very happy.
I got to find some job to work from home, I need to make money for a lawyer.
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