Do you still celebrate birthdays as you get older?

I am 16, turned it in June. We just got together, had a family dinner on my choice, then ate homemade cake and talked. I enjoyed it. My boyfriend and i shared the same birthday and we exchanged gifts, but my family did not get me anything. It made me kind of happy, feels like i am growing up much faster. (Not expecting toys from my family every year.) Guaranteed it would not have been this way if my grandmother was still with us, but give or take, i am alright with change.

I think I don't have celebration to every my birthday since 6 years old. I don't have money to celebrate it, that's why I not celebrate it. many thing can I do that its more urgent than my birthday.

We still have birthday parties for the older family members. They don't get as many gifts as the kids do but we still have a cake and ice cream. Or sometimes they are taken out to dinner at a place of their choosing.

We always at least have a cake on everybody's birthday no matter how old they are. But as for parties and celebrations it's kind of limited to dinner out now or something small but nice like that. After the 30's most of us only started really celebrating decade birthdays. I had a big party on my 30th birthday. For my 40th my husband and I went to Las Vegas, and I tried really hard to ignore the fact that I had just turned 40. 50 is a long way a away but I would love to go to Italy for my 50th birthday. So while we don't celebrate very much yearly any more we save up for a really big celebration every 10 years.

Yes, I still celebrate birthdays but the way it's celebrated is a bit different now. I don't get a birthday cake - that's fine actually. Gifts? Yes from my wife and parents (it's a cultural thingy). It's not a big do now. We'd just go to a restaurant and have a nice meal with the whole family. Well, no matter how a birthday is celebrated, the important thing is, we remember the date :)

My family does not make a big of a deal of birthday as when I was younger. We do still celebrate mine with my brother since our birthdays are just two days apart. Those that come are usually just the immediate family. When I was younger I invited tons of friends and so did my brother now we just keep it within the family. We usually have a cake and everyone sings. Though one time we went to a mexican restaurant for my birthday and they gave me fried ice cream as a gift that was excellent.

We never had huge celebrations with "tons " of presents but as kids we would have a party with just the family with presents in bed in the morning following a procession of siblings singing "Happy Birthday To You" In the evening we had cake and softdrink to accompany our meal. My children occasionally had birthday parties with school friends and cousins in attendance and 21st birthdays were usually always marked by with a largish party. I like to send family cards for their birthday and I try and make a phone call. I think birthdays are special, even my own. It's my granddaughter Emily's 12th birthday today....

The birthdays in my family vary for the older ones. I used to take my children and their "significant other" to dinner, and then stopped doing it, since 3 of the 4 of them were born around the holidays and we were always so busy........Nov, Dec and Jan! Now I will call them. For my siblings, we call each other, and if there is anything else, it is our own doing, unless our children do something for us. For my 50th, my 4 children gave me a surprise party at the park. It was wonderful! For my 52nd, I gave myself a dinner birthday and gave gifts of picture frames and scratch off lottery tickets to all who were there. This year I am planning a birthday dinner, and even have 2 email friends from OUT OF STATE coming to celebrate with me, one with husband in tow. I only have a couple weeks to wait and I am so excited. I even have a sister getting a cake for me!

When I was young,I had many times,then the family and friends birthday left a good memory,but as I grew older,the frequence decrease, Birthday just in special age or feel time for leisure, think my friends when the party's birthday.Anyhow,the time of birthday is happy .

Yes, as I'm getting older, I still like to have people to celebrate my birthday with me and receiving birthday gifts, I think it is a big thing for everybody, I know somebody doesn't though.

hi there, yes the way we celebrate birthdays changes as we grow older.....as kids its such a big day....friends, gifts, baloons, party and the birthday song.....ha ha.... ...and now, the way we celebrate the b'day is different... but i think the excitement remains...... its just that we are not kids anymore....:) have a nice day.

When I was younger I used to have birthday parties but I got older I prefer to have intimate dinner with my family. Just us eating in a our favorite restaurant is enjoyable for us. For birthday ideas kindly visit http://www.gifti.us

Of course I do celebrate but the ways had changed. Like when I was child used to have grand party and used to give return gifts to all the members attending the celebration party, but now it has changed, instead of return gifts there are drinks and dinner. But CAKE still remains the important part of celebration. The number of members attending has also decreased and is limited to only close ones, but I guess things will always change as we grow, weather it is Birthday celebrations or throwing parties.

ya i enjoy my bday..in the daytime i finish up my work and have a great get together with my friends.after this i celebrate it wid my family.we cut the cake and have dinner together..its a great day for me.

I do not celebrate birthdays but if people celebrate for me, I do not refuse. Often my friends will call for a celebration as we have the habit to celebrate each and every one of our birthdays. Celebration is dining out at a restaurant and a movie or a karaoke session. No birthday parties.

Yes i will celebrate my birthday as i get older.Such kind of occasions come once in a year.I will buy a cake that day and celebrate it with my family.I will also take my friends out for a treat.I will also ask my mom to prepare the favorite foods i like.I will also fell happy about the cards i get.I will also get a surprise from the gifts i receive from friends.

You should try it after you’ve had almost fifty of them! It gets to the stage where you would rather not acknowledge yet another birthday! When we are over forty I suppose we should consider ourselves fortunate to be having birthdays at all (lol)! I celebrated my 48th in June, yes that one I actually acknowledged! I must sound so old to you!

This year 2009 im going to celebrate my 50 years old birthday,and im proud of myself that i reach this age.In my point of view i think we dont feel sorry because our age getting older instead we need to happy and contented,for me we need to celebrate our birthdays every year. We only celebrate it once a year so why dont we say thank you that we reach this old age. Happy my lotting my friend.

Ah, c'mon, celebrating birthdays is great !! no matter what your age, you appreciate everyone making a scene over you !!! I do ! HA! I am 60 and will be 61 and want a cake with candle, the whole shebang LOLA A nice fun present or two is nice :) If you don't at least say Happy Birthday, the person has to feel kinda left out? Give me a break, at least get a cute little card !

LOL I really enjoy celebrating birthdays. No matter whose birthday they are and i just like the atmosphere and the cake!!LOL.... But I think maybe when i become older, I won't enjoy the birthday of myself because it remind me that i'm getting older. I don't like that but i will still enjoy other people's birthday.