It was Lucy’s birthday recently… and she spent it at a very late and very long school concert, sitting on some very hard plastic chairs… perhaps not the birthday she expected! But it got Lucy and Kel talking about birthday washouts, those wonderfully chaotic, hilariously unfortunate, or just plain bizarre things that happened when all you wanted was a slice of cake, some pressies and some peace.

One listener shared about getting into a car accident on their big day and spending it with paramedics. One couple had to cancel dinner plans and spend the night digging a grave in the garden after their cat met its untimely end.

Lucy even shared a family story: when her mum immigrated to Australia, she quite literally lost her birthday due to the international dateline. Left on the 13th, arrived on the 15th, and forever jokes that she skipped the 14th, which makes her officially a year younger, of course!

But here’s the beautiful truth: even when our birthdays don’t go to plan, when the cake is burnt, the party is rained out, or a random cat decides to steal the show, those are the stories we end up telling (and laughing about) for years.

So if your birthday’s ever been a total washout, don’t worry, you’re in excellent company with Lucy and TheLight family!