Birthday reminder

There is a worse crime then killing someone. It is forgetting a friend's birthday. I am guilty of committing this crime. Not once but multiple times. Forgetting bottles of multiple friends good have been forgiven. But I forgot one particular friend's birthday several times in a row. I know that makes me a bad friend. Guilty as charged.

Let's call my friend as H. H was my friend from the office. Well initially I had avoided her a lot but later we become friends. When we first met that time she had been working in a night shift. I was leaving from the office that is when I saw her entering the office. She had seen me on our production floor. I had another friend with me who was also friends with H. H said to my friend that you guys leave so early. That definitely was a taunt. She later said that she was kidding. I did not believe her. But also I was not upset because I did not have to justify my working hours to a stranger.

Anyway later after sometime to get our we became friends. H was very different from my other friends. She would open they speak about relationships. She had no filter. She would speak her mind even though it may sound little inappropriate. She did not care about the world. She just wanted to be happy. The way by which she would against never matter to her.

After we had become friends it was her birthday. I had no idea that it was her birthday. She was wearing a very nice dress that day. I know test and complimented her. She was looking at me in disbelief. She angry told me that it was her birthday. I wished her. He said real friends know each other's birthdays. Again ignored what she said.

Next year I was out of town on her birthday. I realised very late in the night that it was her birthday. She was a married women and that is why I was unsure whether I should send a message late in the night. I wish her the next morning. This time she again got angry. I did not explain anything to her.

She had edit her birthday on the social media. Hence for the next few years I rememberd it and wish her on the time. Every time I would wish her she would remind me that I had forgotten her birthday quite a few time. I used to ignore her tauntings.

Then 2 years ago she had removed her birthday from the social media. Of course none of us remembered. Nobody wish her on her birthday. We all rememberd the very next day. I was feeling really guilty this time. Mainly because I had forgotten her birthday is every time. It was the social media that was reminding me of her birthday otherwise I was always forgetting. Surprisingly I had rememberd everybody else is birthday but hers.

This year the story repeated itself. We had forgotten her birthday. I remember 2-3 days later and I called up my other friend. I told her that we had forgotten H's birthday. 23 days had already passed we decided that we would not wish her belated Happy birthday. If we do she will again taunt us. She will say that we are bad friends. I was in no mood to listen to any criticism. So me and my friend both of us decided that we will not wish her. It has been 2 months since her birthday and still none was have wished her.

I know she will be furious at me. But what can I do? I forgot. If she says anything I am going to blame it on my age. I would even properly say that because of the old age you are becoming more grumpy.

But whatever it is now I think that it is fun to tease her. For her next years Birthday I have already believed a reminder in my calendar. But still I am not going to wish her. This is my way of teasing her for all the taunts.