How important is your birthday to you?
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Anonymous
Milestones are important to the Hallmark company. That's it. |
Anonymous
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Others celebrating it? 0
My own internal celebration that I made it another year without croaking? 10 
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Anonymous
How pathetic that you see it as “forcing.” |
Anonymous
| Mostly 0. I don't care about presents/things, although I do appreciate that my husband will cook my favorite dinner/do the dishes on my bday (and I do the same for him on his). |
Anonymous
| I was born on Leap Day so I do like doing stuff for my actual birthday. On off years I don't care at all. |
Anonymous
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Zero. I am also not particular about the day either. We can celebrate anytime in the month. LOL!
What do we do? We usually herd the family and relatives together and either go out for dinner or cook/get take out at home. No presents. Though my SIL always gets me something very nice. When my dad was alive, he used to celebrate my birthday and invite all my aunts and uncles at his house for a feast and a black forest chocolate cake. I am an immigrant and most of my family lives in another country. It would be very sweet to call home and have everyone sing "Happy Birthday" to me. My mom remembers and wishes me early in the morning. I call my siblings, ILs etc, early in the morning and tell them to wish me, so that I can carry on with my day and not miss their call. Friends and neighbors text, ring, email or whatsapp me. I am not on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. |
Anonymous
| Zero. I am annoyed to not have gotten to have a birthday where it’s done how I want. |
Anonymous
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3 maybe. I'm a summer bday so my bday was always weird, usually away at camp which was fun in its own way but didn't have the in school attention or a party that exact weekend. As an adult I am very often on vacation for it. So I get texts and calls but they're quick. Dh usually remembers to order dessert in a restaurant which is nice, but I swear it's always what he's craving and not anything I would ever order for myself.
I guess I'm a 3 becuase I want it to be acknowledged and it would be nice if there were a couple of thoughtful gestures in there, but I'm also not going to throw a fit if the day ends up lackluster. |
Anonymous
Life is made of failures and disappointments too. |
Anonymous
| Oh I admit I'm a 7! I do NOT need to it to be expensive or elaborate, but I love getting breakfast in bed from my family, love going to do something together like a fun hike. I take off the day from work if I can because I hate working on my birthday (I don't work in the type of place they bring cake to celebrate everyone). But take me out to dinner and get me a homemade card or gift and something small I want, send me a text, wish me HBD on Fb....and I'm a happy person 😄 |
Anonymous
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The one year my parents didn’t call, I was very upset. |
Anonymous
| Serious question but what’s the significance of birthdays once you are out of child phase? Obviously I have never cared for mine. Just another day to me. |
Anonymous
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I love to celebrate birthdays and Christmas. Some other holidays l’m a zero though - Valentine’s Day for example. |
Anonymous
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I no longer care. I mean, I guess 1 because I’d be upset if my family forgot to at least say something. But I could take or leave my birthday in general
I actually kind of feel that about most holidays. Generally just forced reasons to spend money. My husband had a meltdown that we didn’t make him a cake a few years ago. Seriously, dude? We took him to dinner and dessert afterward. But he needed a cake for us to prove our love |
Anonymous
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It would make me sad if close family members forgot and didn't send a text message. But I do not expect anything else - no gifts, flowers, a phone call, cards in the mail, plans, etc. It's just nice to have it acknowledged, and a simple text is sufficient. |