Man relieved to spend his birthday alone, refusing when his wife springs a surprise sushi reservation on him instead of the chill night he wanted: ‘I have been burnt out from work’

Everyone in the workforce has experienced periods of dismal fatigue. Burnt-out employees spend every workday fighting their projects, getting pushback from management, and juggling a noncompliant sleep schedule, and it seems that, in these desperate times, it's impossible to catch a break. Likewise, when life at work seems to be crumbling, the foundations at home seem feeble as well, adding to the stress of life in an exponential way. 

It's in this moment that it becomes clear that you need some R&R. 

With no end in sight for his work trials to fizzle, this burnt-out worker decided to take his personal time to rest, counting on his birthday celebration to mirror his lack of social motivation. As many introverts understand, it requires a great deal of effort to dress up, play nice, and be social all night for your birthday. Although you love your friends, family, and this fancy restaurant, it's exhausting and can require days of psyching up. 

This man was psyching up for a different kind of evening, beginning to dream of a simple meal at a simple spot that required zero effort. And yet despite his protests and his very clear desires, his wife ignored his one birthday wish and scheduled that uppity dinner he'd been dreading. 

When the time came, he totally refused, digging his heels in and making his own birthday wish come true, with or without his wife.