now that you are older, do you still celebrate your birthday?

It's not a big deal to me like it was when I was a kid, but I still celebrate my birthday. My husband and my kids usually make a nice dinner and a cake or other dessert. Then they do all the clean up, which is really nice. I usually get a gift from my husband, one from my kids, and something from my parents. Sometimes I get a few cards from family members, too. I don't think you ever get too old to do something special for your birthday.

Hi 7thbird, Age doesn't matter so still celebrate my birthday. there will never be me without that date. There's a need to celebrate life...young and old we need to to be thankful and make it a special day.

Hi there, I don't really celebrate birthdays and never have. I'm not sure why but I have never been one for celebrating my birthday even as a kid. When I was a kid my parents learned really early on not to invite a bunch of people over and make a big deal out of my birthday. A small family dinner, cake and Icecream was the best. For me, it has nothing to do with age but more that I just would rather keep it low key. My girls all got together when I turned 50 and threw me a huge surprise bash. I did have fun and it was great to see some old friends that I hadn't seen in a while but given the choice, a small get-together would be more my style. I actually would have no problem if everyone forgot my birthday.

well birthdays are special to me and actually there is no need to count your age on every birthday..........well I pray and thank god for his blessings on my birthday and always expect a gift from my husband and a dinner.......But often I have to extract the former from him since he is so forgetful and I have to give sufficient hint in advance that my birthday is approaching..........

My oldest son was born on my birthday. So, eversince then, that day has just been his birthday. Mine would just be an afterthought. If people would remember, they would just say, oh yeah! I forgot, it's your birthday too! That's fine by me. As long as my son does not forget to greet me to on his birthday. It's nice forgetting one's birthday. The aging is also forgotten.

i do not need to remember my birthday as one month before the very special day, my friends will remind me. They will remind me to treat them on that day. LOL well, i seldom (or i should say never again) celebrate with my family members. i just celebrate it with my friends.

Hi seventh bird!^^ I'm getting old, going to my late twenties but I still celebrate my birthday. And it's always with a blast. I mean, I celebrate it like I'm still young, with lots of food, drinks, dancing and singing. I'm the sort of person too that doesn't like being asked how old I am because just the way people ask it makes me feel more old and therefore, embarrassed. But it's not a problem when me and my friends celebrate our birthdays because we rarely talk about how old we are. We just celebrate to get merry and forget things for a while. ^^

Every year that passes, my birthdays get more and more depressing! I used to get excited, but it's always so disappointing that I've learned not to get my hopes up. Last month my partner was too poor to buy me a present and I had to buy my own cake. My mother gave me eight bottles of shampoo and conditioner, wrapped individually. I know she has a few screws loose, but she really topped herself this year. The year before, the highlight was watching Kung Fu Panda. I think birthdays are more fun when there's not a global recession.

i still celebrate my birthday. although, i must admit that the past couple of year's, the celebrations were low-key unlike before when i would have aseperate celebration for my family and another one for friends. i think that celebrating one's birthday is important. it need not be a grand event but a simple dinner shared with family, friends and loved ones will suffice. that's what i did last year. this year though, i'm planning a bigger celebration. hopefully, it pans out right. i'm planning a dinner with my family and a seperate all out drinking binge party with friends from highschool and college plus a friends from work. lol!!!

Well, I'm thirty-four years of age and I guess birthday celebrations are a thing of the past for me now! There's nothing wrong with this although there are people that love to celebrate every single birthday regardless of their age and this is fine as well. Having said this I still like to treat myself to a treat and this might be a new gadget or just something that will make me feel good inside, I think that it's very important that you treat yourself on these occasions! Andrew

Whilst I still get the occassional card from family and a present from my folks it's been a long time since I actually celebrated my birthday. In fact I struggle to remember how old I am, that's how incosequential my birthday has become these days.

Oh yes..I still celebrate. I celebrate that I have made it another year..lol..I don't look forward to it like I used to as a child but I do enjoy the day. We actually get a paid day off of work for our birthdays so I get to sleep in and do pretty much what I want.

Yes i do. Though it may not be a grand celebration, I still celebrate it through hearing mass and having even a little pizza in the house. It's good to remember birthdays.

I am still relatively young, so I guess I have yet to reach that stage in my life where my age starts to become an issue I believe you are never too old to celebrate your birthday. You should find every excuse you can to just enjoy life, in my opinion

I never like to be reminded of my age so would never want to celebrate my birthday. My birthday just pass off like any other day. After reaching half century, the joy of celebrating birthdays is no longer fun. Only kids love to welcome their birthdays every year as it means receiving presents too.

I do celebrate my birthday in my only simple way. It's one way of acknowledging the blessing of still being alive rather than looking at it ironically as just being older. I have to attend mass on my birthdays, to thank God for the opportunity to celebrate my birthday, then I usually just have food gatherings with my closed friends, girlfriend, and family members. Sometimes my parents still like to celebrate my birthday so they would put up a much bigger party than I originally planned. With or without a grand celebration, I'm just happy being alive on my birthday.

Hello Seven, When i celebrated my birthday last month, it was alos the inaguration of my cousin's home made second floor relaxing area. but instead of putting that inaguration in the balloon she put my name on it, which was humilitating at my age? is she kidding me. thank god the only people who came to visit was a my famiy.

well i hate when my birthday comes as i need to treat my friends. its a custom celebration here in our place that you must treat your friends when its your birthday and i hate that custom. they should be the ones to treat me since its my birthday. that's why i really hate when my birthday comes.

When I was younger, my birthday was a big deal. It was something that I had spent the entire year gearing up for. However, as I entered my teen years, it started becoming less and less important. Than as I was older, I did not really celebrate my birthday all that much. It was just another day for me. I was another year older. I might go out and eat something nice. Maybe open some cards and a couple of presents, but for the most part, it is not really that much of a big deal. Perhaps a small celebration when I think about it, but for the most part, that is the absolute extent of my birthday. Just another day, perhaps treating myself to a little extra and then getting on with my life the next day.

Seen i have become older i have stopped having those massive parties that i used to have in school. Now I am more subtle with my birthdays, I don't like a huge number people, just a few close friends and family. Just have a few drinks and have a good time at a disco or at home. Basically I like a small celebration as well.