Poll: Does your birthday matter?

[PoliceBox63]

I didn't see the point of celebrating birthdays for a while but after some reflection it is the societal norm to celebrate it and just because it's simply Earth's period of orbit it's still something that's done on the planet and hey.. if we don't take every opportunity to enjoy ourselves we're wasting our time here.

 

[WINDOWCLEAN2]

I take any oppourtunity to have a party.

So Yes my Birthday is important to me because Fun is extremley Under-rated.

 

[Icehearted]

Another wasted year behind me and another year closer to the grave. Not too shabby.

 

[ChaoticKraus]

Sure i like it, i get free stuff and people suck up to me all day. But i tend to not do anything lavish. A dinner with my relatives and an evening where i and a couple of friends stuff out mouths full and play smash brothers.

I turn 18 in november however, and you better fucking believe that is a big deal though. I'm already planning something big (I assume it's going to involve the sacred swedish tradition of getting drunk on vodka and beer). Also, i have bought a champagne bottle i'm going to personally drain.

 

[PopperThingi]

Every opportunity to get together and eat fancy food is a good occasion, so go birthdays!

 

[amucha98]

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[Haunted Serenity]

Eh. my wedding anniversary is in the same month and a few days after my birthday so that kinda killed my birthday the year I got married then last year it was all about the 1st year anniversary so I'm not expecting much or anything this year. Plus I have to work on my b-day.

So far my girlfriend and I have cleverly (but intentionally) managed to keep birthdays and major holidays and various other events/anniversaries all separate from each other, for the most part. We still even have a few decent months available that a wedding anniversary could fit into with no overlap, but we'll see how that works out.

As far as my own birthday goes, it's not really a huge deal. It's nice to get people together for it sometimes, but I hate organizing things like that. Mostly I'm fine if just the people I see/talk to on a regular basis acknowledge that it exists but don't do anything special or get me anything. If I forget or screw up my girlfriend's, though...

I got married 8 days after I turned 18. Lucky on keeping it seperate. My wifes and mine birthdays are apart from holidays but no we couldn't wait a year for a summer wedding we wanted fall. And considering snow can come as early as August here...

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Since I'm now 28 and steadily speeding toward 30 with the speed of a bullet train and the next stop is 40 yr. old virgin, no I don't exactly look forward to my birthdays.

 

[Fraught]

I think it's very sad and pathetic you don't care for your birthday at such a young age.

OT: Birthday's do matter to me. They are one constant routine in almost all cultures and can be a very special moment for someone if they approach it the right way.

Eh, not seeing what's so special about being one year closer to death. That's not something I'd like to celebrate really.

Fucking Christ, I will kill a man if I hear this one more time.

What if due to the celebrating of one's birthday, you avoided getting into an accident? Then you're (though unknowingly) celebrating living much, much longer, and many, many more years.
And what about any holidays? Every year you celebrate Christmas, you know that last Christmas you were "farther" from death. Of course I understand that birthdays are meant to celebrate how long one has lived, which is connected to when one will die blah blah blah, but that's beside the point.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Fucking Christ, I will kill a man if I hear this one more time.

What if due to the celebrating of one's birthday, you avoided getting into an accident? Then you're (though unknowingly) celebrating living much, much longer, and many, many more years.
And what about any holidays? Every year you celebrate Christmas, you know that last Christmas you were "farther" from death. Of course I understand that birthdays are meant to celebrate how long one has lived, which is connected to when one will die blah blah blah, but that's beside the point.

You're assuming I celebrate holidays. I don't. I don't really care about them, and even if I would I wouldn't necessarily connect them with me living and as such not think about those things when celebrating that particular holiday.

And I don't see how such a random occurance would make me, all of a sudden, feel happy about my birthday. Such a thing can happen on any given day.

 

[Ymbirtt]

To me? Not really. To everyone else? Strangely so...

 

[RikSharp]

my birthday tomorrow and i dont really care for it too much, as mentioned earlier, why wait for one specific day to have an awesome time? just do it whenever you want.

Awesome we have the same birthday only you're older than me

Happy Birthday!

 

[crazygator]

I think that your birthday is very important. Yeah the routine gets boring and you grow out of the presents and the attention ( some people ), but you should remember that you are not celebrating your age. You are celebrating the anniversary of your birth. The number doesn't matter. Its the fact that you were born at all is what the celebration is really about. And don't for one second thing that its not special. Consider this, in all the quadrillions of trillions of atoms there are in the universe, the ones that make up you are very obligingly holding together to make you, and for a limited time only. After that they will go on to be other things, I don't know. Hats or something. The point is, you are very rare, when you consider the big picture. Not only is there only one of you, you will never be again. So Celebrate! If not for the chance to be selfish once a year (like most people), then celebrate for no other purpose than that You are alive, and that's awesome!

 

[Andalusa]

It's not overly important to me, it's just a day in the year that gives me an excuse to have a party. Not necessarily to celebrate my birthday. But parties are fun and I quite enjoy them, so any excuse for a party.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Snip

Then what does that tell you?

Try to make a difference and maybe this years birthday will be different for you.

Hm, I guess. If I'd know how, I can't even take care for myself, let alone make a difference to someone. As it is now I don't even know where and if my next birthday will be celebrated at all, I don't dare to look ahead another year, scares the living shit out of me.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Fuck yeah. It's my birthday, damnit! I get presents, food, money and have my mates round to eat a load of food and watch movies!

 

[Betancore]

Well I get money, presents and attention, so I guess I don't mind it. Sometimes I'd rather be left alone though - it gets tiring by the end of the day. But it's still sort of nice, to see that people care enough about you to wish you a happy birthday. And I've found that birthdays at the high schools I've been to are always quite interesting. I wonder if it happens elsewhere.

I'm not sure that my birthday matters, but I do enjoy it anyway. Depends how old I'm turning. This year, I will be goddamn overjoyed to be one year older, because I'm turning 16. Same goes for when I turn 18. After that I don't think I'll bother caring, because I'll be...old. D:

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

I have BETTER reasons to bring friends together, without all the unneeded social scripting and obligations.

 

[DarkLordofDevon]

It makes little difference in the long run I find. Every day is just another day, regardless of festival or celebration.