Dear Carolyn: I’m in college, so my friend group is not together during the summer. Two of us are from one place (City A) and three are from across the country (City B). The City B friends all have birthdays during the school year. I threw each a party at my apartment, baked them their favorite type of cake and got them a present I really thought they would enjoy. I put in a lot of thought and effort to try to make them feel special. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

My birthday is in the summer, so my City B friends sent me birthday wishes via text. I was calling them the other day, and they brought up their birthday ideas for our other City A friend, who also has a summer birthday. One of them even mentioned he had already sent his present.

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