Birthdays are often spent surrounded by your closest friends and family - but sometimes plans fall through and we're left feeling deflated. One woman was devastated when she invited her pals out to celebrate her milestone 30th birthday only to find that they all declined the offer.
Taking to popular forum Mumsnet, the woman admitted that she was "really upset" about the ordeal as she's now faced with spending the trip abroad solo.
In the post, she wrote: "My 30th birthday is in March and I plan to travel abroad.
