do u still celebrate ur birthday?
By rahul_2689
@rahul_2689 (634)
Hyderabad, India
September 12, 2007 2:28am CST
if yes, how?
if no, why?
i've started this discussion just to know how many people around the world still celebrate their birthdays.
so how do u celebrate ur birthday. still cut cakes or something. lets share some moments of the most favorite day of our life.
i'm also more curious to know wat ppl do as i've almost stopped celebrating.
all i do on my birthday is to hang out wid frnds all day and go for dinner wid my family in d night.
so if there are ppl who dont celebrate. why?
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23 responses
@eprado (1467)
• Philippines
12 Sep 07
Hello rahul_2689, Yes I still do celebrate my birthday. I usually celebrate it with my family by having dinner at home. I'd buy a cake and ice cream for the kids and we would have a several foods serve on dinner.
For my friends I celebrate days scheduled before my birthday where we would go out and hangout at bars. :-)
@ashleyna (30)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 07
I celebrated my birthday once with my few of my friends when I was maybe 14 yrs old. That's all. In my family they celebrate my eldest sister's birthday every year, and two of my youngest brother's. I do mind a little because I can only watch em getting many presents while I don't. But my other siblings also never had their birthdays celebrated so I never made it as an issue. Now I'm big already, I don't really care for my birthday celebration. Except for my babies! *wink*
@karthima (111)
• India
13 Sep 07
No. I do not celebrate. I try to spend that money for a service or orphans or people who will be benefited by that money. Celebrating was going on in the age of schooling and college. At times even while working,. people celebrate when they are very happy and have the capability to spend. I'll say celebration is when the people around them wants him or her to happy not only on birthady , but everyday.I will celebarte my birthday only when my wish fulfils , etc,.
@eachen2002 (889)
• United States
13 Sep 07
My parents and my daughter take me out to eat usually,I hate my birthday now.It's just another day.
@Ricko82 (584)
• Philippines
13 Sep 07
I don't celebrate my birthday anymore. I do before when I was young, but now that I've grown old and found better use of my money, I don't celebrate no more. My friends and family though, they always have something for me when it's my birthday. I thank them for that. However, if I already have tonnes of money to waste, I might reconsider my stance on celebrating my birthday again.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
12 Sep 07
I don't really celebrate my birthday - I'm usually too busy with work. I'll have a family dinner with cake, and my husband will bake me a cake and buy me a present, and that is about it.
@whimsystoryteller (1743)
• United States
12 Sep 07
Yes, I still celebrate but how I celebrate is different every year depending on the current situation. Some years, celebration has just meant a meal out by myself and other times it means a group of friends celebrating with me. It just depends.
@kevsgirlalways (5883)
• Malaysia
13 Sep 07
I still celebrate my birthday :D. I like to celebrate my birthday hehe. Be it from going for a vacation to just a simple, nice dinner with priceless companion(s). most of the time I will take leave on my birthday. Birthday’s come once a year and I just want to have a good time on my birthday, celebrating it with my loved ones ^___^
@daveisdavid (878)
• Singapore
13 Sep 07
I used to have birthday party when I was a kid. When I was a teenager, I hoped to celebrate my birthday with friends or family members but turn out to be a disappointment. I guess is because of the disappointment that makes me stop celebrating my birthday. There was one birthday that my colleagues gave me a surprise dinner and I thank them for the effort but unfortunately, the enthusiasm is no longer there.
@Sharon38 (1912)
• Jamaica
12 Sep 07
I dont celebrate because from a child my birthday was always forgotten and somehow I got used to it. To me its jsut another day but what makes it fun for me is when my coworkers makes a banner and all of them sign their little jokes and love notes on it. I still have last year's banner and now with our change of Government these special friends are gone so I am back to not beign remembered I guess. Oh yes my former boss calls me and wishes me happy birthday too and I feel tickled to know tht even though she is somewhere else she took the time out to let me know that she still cares.
@vidyasma (91)
• India
12 Sep 07
I do not remeber anyone celebrating my birthday. may be my parents would have done that wheni was one year old. now iam 32 years old and iam married and mother of two childrens. till now no celebration and i do not deman for that, but at times that makes me feel sad that no one is doing that for me.but isee that i celebrate both my kids birthday every year so that they do not repeat what i say
@xiiaotiing90 (4)
• Singapore
12 Sep 07
YES ~!!
i will celebrate wib my fellow classmates , frens & most of all ... MY FAMILY ... RELATIVES (=
my family member will get me an ice cream cake for my bifthdae celebration ....
i will hang out wib my frens ....
slacking ~
why do ppl dun celebrate ?
cos i tink dey find its nort important ...
i always tink everydae is my birthdae
so dat i can be happy everydae
cheers ~
winks ... LOL
bleahx ...
@lucyobythomas (276)
• China
12 Sep 07
well i dont celeberate it in a big way.it is either i do it with my friends and family or i go out and celebrate my self
@sirus14 (97)
• Taiwan
12 Sep 07
Not anymore, because I feel indiferent to it. My parents may have celebrated it during my 1st, and they may have reason. In my 7th, in our place, that year shld be a grand celebration, so my father gave me one. In the debut, most choose it to be grand but I did not celebrate it, maybe bec, I hate crowds and parties, and I can see no reason why those indifferent turned acquanintances people should celebrate my birthday.
Now, that I decide for myself, If anybody can just forget that tradition, I will be happy. I am often feeling anxious when my birthday is coming near, that people would tease me to give them a treat. I might will, but that doesnt mean anything. Except for companies that give extra bonus during an employee's birthday.
@Karlo111187 (237)
• Philippines
12 Sep 07
I celebrate my birthday. We go out and eat dinner outside together with my family.
@medstudents4 (826)
• India
12 Sep 07
hi rahul..well yes..i do celebrate my birthday till now..and yes i consider it one among my most favorite days in the year if not the most favorite..LOL..well i celebrate it with cakes.chocolates,by inviting my local friends and having a small party kind of a thing you see..i like celebrating it till today because of many reasons like this is indeed my day and i feel special importance and attention being given to me on this day by everybody be they from my family or my friends..so it feels great..and i receive a lot of gifts too..my friends send me greetings online and wish me in many ways online..so for everything i feel so special on my birthday and will keep celebrating it till i get bored..which i think i will never feel..:-)
@violeta_va (4831)
• Australia
12 Sep 07
I dont have a big party but in a small way I do celebrate my b'day. As my husband's name day is one day after my b'day and we have lots of people over for his name day I cant and wont have 2 parties in 2 days. Plus I am buly prepering for the name day to think about my b'day. My husband gets me a cake and my parents and sister come over and we have a cake and all that but thats about it. We go out for dinner before or after my b'day.