Today is my 24th birthday , and it is also my first birthday without my father . I did n't really want to celebrate it at all , but my sisters and my mother convinced me that I should . It is also my brother in laws birthday as well .

Question: Why would my mother and sisters convince me that I should still celebrate my birthday even though I did not want to ?
Answer: They still wanted to party with or without my fatherNone of the above choices .They knew my father would want me to still celebrateThey did n't care if it made me sad or not