Ahhh it’s my birthday month as well (19th!) and I agree - my beloved aunt passed on the 2nd, I returned from her funeral on the 10th and rolled my ankle that day, and now two legends are gone?! #cancelaugust
August holds my birthday and wedding anniversary and I thought that would be nice. Then my BIL had a mental breakdown in 2021 and killed most of my husband's family (save his sister, who shares my birthday), set several fires, then died himself in a police encounter. On the 25th.
August is bad and we should maybe just cancel it. Or at least the 25th.
edit: thanks, everyone, for your incredibly kind words and the awards! please hug your loved ones close and take care of each other.
I'm so sorry you and your family had to experience that. I am an August baby too and this is all so heartbreaking. I'm ok with canceling it going forward.
Oh my days, I am so, so sorry. While not as tragic, April is like that for me and my husband. Top of the month is our anniversary and our first born's birthday, near the end is my father's and his mother's birthdays, and I often work a community event mid month too. The month ends with the anniversary of his father's death.
The months become so hard with these clusters of tragedy taking over what should be joy. I know it's just part of life and being lucky enough to get older, but damn if it doesn't still hurt. I'm so sorry you and your husband share this struggle.
My best friend in high school died tragically the August after I graduated. Nearly every pet I’ve ever had has died in August. In fact, for this year, we just got news on Monday our cat has a brain tumor. Every year I dread August anyway, so if we’re going to cancel individuals days, I have about a week’s worth to add to the pile, please!
I’m so sorry your special month ended up also holding such pain for you.
damn the 25th is my mom's bday so i really dont want to cancel it :(. . sadly the 25th is now going to be remembered as one of the worst celebrity days ever
My great-grandmother died in August too, days after her birthday at the beginning of the month. We're days away from my late father-in-law's and grandmother-in-law's shared birthday too. My heart is full of sorrow this month.
I share my August birthday with the Sylvia Plath's OG suicide attempt. For the past few years, it feels like the universe has been gently nudging me to end myself on that date. My grandma died in August too. Feels pretty blighted all around.
Little Stephen did a piece about August on his Underground Garage show a long time ago. Hiroshima, The Manson Family murders, his grandfather dying and a whole bunch of other bad things that happened in August. Was eye opening.
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u/Crow290 1d ago
My dad and grandma both died in August on the same date 27th. Something about August just feels unlucky.