Birthdays

Birthdays are supposed to happy occasions—which can make it all the more devastating when they go wrong. Here are some of Reddit's worst birthday stories.

My life was a nightmare after we moved in with my stepdad—but nothing was as heartbreaking as my first birthday in that house.

Memorable birthdays run the gamut from amazing parties to get-togethers so traumatic that you wish you'd paid Pennywise the Clown to kidnap your guests.

Birthdays are supposed to happy occasions—which can make it all the more devastating when they go wrong. Here are some of Reddit's worst birthday stories.