That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, and ugly words .. .

Debbie Howells
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This quote is about birthdays in a family. The children are trying to have a fun birthday party for the birthday girl. However, all the kids do is act mean and nasty toward her. The parents are trying to make it a nice birthday celebration, but the kids are not having it.

They are being awful to the birthday girl. And, at the end of it all, they have no cake or presents to give her.

Source: The Bones Of You

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