My husband doesn't like celebrating his birthday because he says every year if he celebrates his birthday something bad always happens. He thinks his birthday is cursed. He grew up having bad birthdays because he had very abusive parents. He got adopted at 15 by his male teacher and his first birthday after being adopted his mom called him drunk saying awful things. Next birthday his best friend got into a car accident. Birthday after that his then girlfriend had a miscarriage. He just won't celebrate on his birthday anymore. I told him he's not cursed and he shouldn't just never celebrate his birthday. So I told him we were gonna have a good birthday this year. He agreed to give it and try. We were gonna have a good party. We invited friends. We were gonna drink. Plus this was his big 3.0. 30 is a big milestone. An hour before his party starts his adoptive aunt calls him saying his adoptive father is in the ICU because he had an allergic reaction and went into anaphylactic shock. My husband dropped his phone. Mouth opened wide and went into his room and broke down. He's not a cryer. So we spent his birthday in the ICU with his dad.... I feel bad because he's clearly never gonna want to celebrate again after this