Probably over-generalizing here and may get downvoted. I am always suprised how much effort rich people put into birthdays. I remember growing up that birthday

Probably over-generalizing here and may get downvoted. I am always suprised how much effort rich people put into birthdays. I remember growing up that birthdays weren't really a thing when we were poor, but as we became more middle class, we celebrated with cakes and eventually decorations came in. I once got invited to a birthday party at a special venue and thought, wow! this is grander than a wedding. The inverse was also true, if someone did not celebrate their birthday they felt so sad, like no one cared about them and made a big deal about it. On the other side we were brought up with "well, no one cares about you other than your family, so be nice to each other and don't expect much from life, you get what you sow".