WORST BIRTHDAY STORIES
Today I'm 62! 43 years ago I was in Army Basic Training at Ft. Jackson, SC and we did our gas chamber training. If you've ever been gassed, you know the outcome.
What is your worst birthday ever?
7
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
15 comments
Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I was attending SIU Carbondale during very turbulent times. Students were protesting daily and things were escalating. It was May 6, 1970, and went with a friend to The Rathole, a bar in downtown Carbondale to get my first ever legal drink. We had only been there a few minutes when a whole squad of police burst in. Relaxed was for I for real proof of legal age was in hand. HA! Martial Law had been declared in Jackson County - All bars had to close and a curfew was imposed.
Feeling cheated, my long-haired hippie friend and I proceeded to drive to the next very rural county and settled on Pinkneyville as a likely destination...well, that did not turn out well either.
MikeEC
Level 7
Jan 6, 2020
1
Lilac-JadeCanada
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
0
Happy birthday sweetheart ♥️ I hope u having a great day ♥️♥️♥️
Pralina1
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
4
I went to work as usual, but it was an OK day.
Happy birthday! I don't remember any really bad birthdays, thank goodness.
Tomfoolery33
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
3
I remember that training. At one point we had to hold on to the shoulder of the person in front of us, remove our masks and walk out of the chamber. Interesting but definitely not fun.
My worst birthday was 2016. My late partner was dying and did so a couple of days later.
JackPedigo
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
5
I did my basic training at Ft. Jackson, but almost 61 years ago. I remember the gas chamber training well. When you went through, did they still use the infiltration course training, with live machine gun fire overhead?
wordywalt
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
4
By the way, it was on my 22nd birthday that I was inducted into the Army.
HAPPY happy Birthday! Hope today brings only positive thoughts and feelings! Happy events throughout the day.
I was 67 yesterday. I've not had any bad birthday experiences.
silverotter11
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
5
OK first of all im very impressed you were in the military! You are such a strong woman and I wish you much. My worst birthday was when I was eleven.. My mom and dad were gone.. I was alone.
Cutiebeauty
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
6
Oh.. Happy birthday!
I am so sorry for your loss at such a young age. My mom passed on when she was 45 and I was 14. I miss her always, I missed her most when my babies were little. There were so many questions I wanted to ask her. I am thankful to be here to get to know my grandbabies, and my kids as adults. As for being strong, yes because I had to be. When the only option is to be strong you never lose that. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, "A woman is like a tea bag, you don't know how strong she is until she gets in hot water."
@HippieChick58 so many questions! Yes! But just to talk to her! Yes, I miss that soo much..
My 25th by far, I decided to climb into my amoir and never come out. I was drunk and being an asshole (acting manly). I so pissed off my sister she threw my Bday Cake at me and Missed! It was my favorite, Rum Cake. I was not a nice man.
Charlene
Level 9
Jan 6, 2020
8
@altschmerz it was tragic..a symbol of what my relationship trajectories for the next 26 years..
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
Share this post
Categories
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.