QOTD 0
Pepper Schwartz:
I have seen this phenomenon: persons for whom each holiday or birthday must be better than the last and who expect their family and friends to see to it that this happens.
Each and every one, of course, cannot be better than each and everyone that came before, so almost every holiday or birthday became a disappointment and a cause for acrimony towards the family and friends who failed to scatter enough pixie dust.
I believe in having low expectations of such events.
One is not disappointed and may be pleasantly surprised.