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Technically I just turned 22 today in KST time. (it's funny b.c it's still 7:50am Thursday 20th)
Instead of writing a whole story, I'm just gonna get to the point...
Is it just me/our family who doesn't celebrate birthdays(like partying, giving out presents etc..?) or are there others?
(We still eat cakes though)
I'm not really bragging/whining, its just I cant remember when was the last time i actually got any presents and I'm not sure is that a good or bad thing.(as in u have to get a present just b.c it's my B day)Obviously I won't get anything this year also...
To be honest, I don't really care whether i get one or not because Its just been so long I actually received something on this day.
(Although I have to admit that today is one of my laziest day
of the year...sweet)
So is it okay not to celebrate your birthday?
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Roffles
Pitcairn19291 Posts
I honestly don't care. It's just another day, plus I always feel kinda depressed cause I'm another year older and another year of my life has gone by.
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Me
I just don't give a fuck.
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Russian Federation42 Posts
I know some people (and also myself) who dont celebrate bdays at all. It's ok )
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There are many ways to look at it.
A birthday signals that you have one less year to live. But instead of plunging into depression, you try to be with friends to make yourself feel better (and not kill yourself)
A birthday party celebrates your achievement (of leaving your mother's uterus for the first time in your life).
A birthday party is an excuse to get lots of presents.
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I normally don't care about my birthday. I even find it awkward to receive presents. But for tomorrow I've invited some friends, and to my great surprise, not a single one has declined. I'm still puzzled how I'm supposed to fit 16 people in this place.
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I have had years where I celebrate it and years I dont. Honestly I lost the whole magical day kind of thing. Its mainly an excuse not to go to class, get drunk, or be lazy.
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I didn't celebrate my birthday when i was 22, i got married, and now we celebrated both of my birthdays since. Birthdays are fun if you have a fun group of people to celebrate with.
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This was probably the first birthday I didn't really celebrate. Ironically it was the 25th. I mean we got invited for lunch by my godmother and I invited people who texted me (not too many, thanks to fb) for a glass of wine in the evening, but that was about it. Felt kinda weird but I just don't feel like partying a lot anymore.
Might be the age 
EDIT: Oh, happy birthday btw.^^
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My birthdays generally include me not caring as much as my mom, who loves taking pictures of everything. But usually it just includes a cake, a couple presents, opening cards from relatives, and that's about it. Also I don't like cake so I usually don't have much.
Even when I was younger, I didn't really like birthdays much (19 now).
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Eat cake, nothing else, really. A few happy birthdays here or there but I generally don't care.
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I haven't had a birthday party since grade 3? It's not a really big deal to me. My family and I go out for dinner and I usually get a present from them. I haven't been getting presents lately because my dad hasn't had a job for the last 2 years. Not really a big deal though. Like people posted, it's just another day. Sometimes I feel kind of sad that I don't get to share it with some people but again I rationalize it as another day.
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FuDDx
United States5014 Posts
Ill be 34 in a day and I still love my birthdays !!!!! Having a BBQ and at this point in my life any present is great...... free stuff is always great....34 years old though you do not seem to get much hahah.
Happy birthday sir!!!
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On January 21 2011 01:58 FuDDx wrote:
Ill be 34 in a day and I still love my birthdays !!!!! Having a BBQ and at this point in my life any present is great...... free stuff is always great....34 years old though you do not seem to get much hahah.
Happy birthday sir!!!
heey same birthday date..."high five"
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My immediate family usually gets together and goes out for a dinner for our birthdays. No presents, parties, or anything like that. Extended family wise, there is still usually family birthday parties for my younger cousins and such. I don't think it is unusual as all as you start to get a little older. I don't think I've personally had a birthday party (family or friends) since I was 12 or 13. I didn't even really celebrate my 21st (mostly because it was in the middle of the work week lol).
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I hate birthdays... I want to be seventeen again, seventeen foreverrrr....
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same here, i havent had "normal" :D birthday since i was 11 years old, and its np for me, i dont realy like birthdays anyway.
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I have never celebrated my birthday to my memory. I consider myself particularly well-adjusted and socially competent.
The voices tell me I am pretty.
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Hmm birthdays, when i was a teenager (and now) my relationship with my parents was tenuous at best, what i mainly remember is that when i was 16 after a custody battle i was sent to my dads, turned 16 up there a month or two after and you know what they did? After fighting so long to get me, they left for San Diego the weekend my birthday happened, that was my bday present to be left alone at home and it was great cause i hate those fuckers. So no, some people don't celebrate birthdays, but I do. I get wasted with friends.
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I normally get a shitload of presents, but I don't rly care too much. It actually sucks, because when it's your birthday, people feel forced to get something for me; but therefore, when it's not your birthday and they see something that I might like, they refrain from doing so, because "birthday is the time for presents". Which sucks.
And yea... I never liked celebrating that much. To get me partying on my birthday, it always took some hardcore friends who just wouldn't let go :/
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