Boyfriend made me cry on my birthday today, what would you do?

[Anonymous]

My boyfriend and I are currently in a 16hour time difference long distance relationship. Besides that, we have been together for almost two years and a year and a half of it has been spent physically together.
Today is my birthday and my boyfriend skyped me around 10pm my time to bring in the day with me. However from several little things that were said that Skype session (including him picking at one of my insecurities that he knows I'm insecure about) by the time it got to midnight, I was hoping for him to say some very sincere things to me; instead,8 got a generic happy birthday message from him. Besides that, he didn't get me anything, not even a piece of paper with how he feels written down on it for me. I started crying at this point and I could see he felt really bad and he even said "I can't believe I did this on your birthday" but still didn't apologize for anything.

It's almost 10 am my time right now and I won't be talking to him until 9 pm because of the time difference and a class he has to go to. We were supposed to watch a movie together tonight but while I was sleeping he told me he's going to hang out with a friend tomorrow so I don't think we'll have time for a movie.

what should I do about this? I want to enjoy the rest of my day but the thought of this will be in my head and everyone will be asking what'd he say to me or what he got and with either question I don't have a good answer.

[adviser962]

It sounds a bit overthought. Maybe he was just having an off day. I'd say talk to him about it. Tell him how it made you feel. Tell him you were really looking forward to the movie with him and you know he's hanging out with a friend but it would mean a lot to you. He should make you his priority no matter the distance. Its obvious you care about him but a lot of relationships are ended because instead of talking to each other people go to friends or sites like this and nobody but the two of you can fully understand the situation. If you've been together that long it should be no trouble to go to him and say "hey I don't know what's going on but this is how that made me feel. Is something wrong do you need to talk?" And go from there.

[WhoStoleMySock]

Get a new boyfriend. This long distance won't work.
Wake up. Not everything is a fairytale.

[pooper89]

When it's his birthday don't even contact him

[Karōshi]

Make him cry on his birthday.