Why does it always work out that the people you know have their birthdays clumped together to cause maximum inconvenience
March and April is a nightmare for me and then there is Septemeber and October. Loads of the sodding things all at the same time
There are so many of the buggers that all inconveniently have their parties , drink ups and dinners all at the same bloomin time. Plus which you have to batch buy presents - but that counts as shopping so is not too problematic
You should be able to nominate alternative, more convenient, dates for birthdays if it is a particularly busy time , or even if it falls on inconvenient days like Christmas or New Years Eve.
The Queen can have 2 - all I'm saying is have the 1 but at a time when I can enjoy it. It's not much to ask