Birthday ???

[JMWahrer]

Okay my birthday is to day and that got me thinking how other people around the globe do the birthday thing?
where i come from we eat cake open presents maybe go out to eat .
what dose every one else do for there birthdays in other places(I live in American) ?

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Okay my birthday is to day and that got me thinking how other people around the globe?

I think you're missing an ending to that sentence, something like "celebrate their birthdays?"

Since you asked, I eat cake, or any other food which happens to be given to me, I open presents, groan at unwanted ones, force a smile, stop forcing smiles when I find something awesome, read cards and then fall asleep.

On notable occasions I've done some fun stuff, like go snowboarding, or, one time, I got to go see Bullet For My Valentine for my birthday party, although that was a few days after my actual birthday.

Oh, and I live in Britain. Not so far away, nor so different.

EDIT: Happy Birthday as well.

 

[VitalSigns]

I usually get drunk out of my face.
other things are kind of hazy, it just might be the alcohol.
Point is big party with lots of friends, i'm not a cake person so I don't care about that. Last 3 of my birthdays have been extremely enjoyable.

 

[Matronadena]

heh, mine is coming up tomorrow actually ( the 11th)

as a kid I guess you could say I did the stereotypical cake/party thing..... but from about the time I was 14 it was mostly getting cards " usually with decent amounts of cash"...and a free ticket to slack for the day.

now well into my life as an adult and a parent...megh......I still get birthday cards, mostly from parents, in-laws, and such...and still get some extra cash to " pamper myself" but other than that it's just another day...If I work, I work. If it falls on a day I can afford to take the day off ( which Im my boss so no worries there) then my spouse will make sure I get to at least sleep in.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

where i come from we eat cake open presents maybe go out to eat .

Same. I'm English though.

 

[SmartIdiot]

I live in Britain.
Birthdays go something like this : "Get pissed!" "I'm so drunk I can't even spell my own face!" "Oi! What the fuck you looking at!?" *hospital*

Happy Birthday!

 

[WrongSprite]

I usually have a few mates over to sleep nowadays.

Obviously did the party+cake buisiness when I was little.

 

[Eskay]

(I live in American) ?

Yes, I've heard they're quite roomy

In UK its pretty similar, most of mine are fairly boozy. Dinner with friends then hit a pub or club.

Went to a Mormon's birthday the otherday, so had to behave and there was no drinking. We played party games like musical chairs and things, was surprisingly fun. Everyone got into it, ended with some rather silly dancing. Sounds weird, but was good to act like a six year old again!

 

[slevin8989]

pretty much nothing i stopped caring for my birthday It's just a regular day, but when i was younger my family had party with food and a pinata.

 

[SecretTacoNinja]

Eat unhealthy tasty food, drink alcohol and open presents.

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

Happy Birthday.

I'm British we kinda do the same thing if we remember.

 

[the_tralfalmadorian]

i don't really celebrate my birthday. I generally get a call from my parents. If i happen to be with my dad, he'll buy me a beer. Last year i pulled an all nighter for a biology test.....one of the shittier birthdays i have experienced.

 

[bodyklok]

I don't do anything special for my birthday, having a drink with a good friend is always fun though.

 

[Simon Hadow]

I get a couple presents, maybe a cake, and have dinner with my family... that's it.

 

[crypt-creature]

Eh. I usually do nothing. Maybe get a card or two from various family members, but I don't go out and celebrate unless my parents want an excuse to get out of the house and have a family dinner somewhere.

 

[sanomaton]

Well, I haven't celebrated my birthday since... I turned 15? Probably, I can't even remember anymore. I'm turning 18 this year but I won't be celebrating that either. Though my mum will make a cake and grandparents will give me a gift, friends might give me something at school. That's how it's been for a few years now.

When I was younger though I would invite the whole school (there were only like less than 18 kids at my school so... ^^') to my home and we'd eat a cake, open the presents, play games and... Yeah, play games. -_- It was fun though, I think. I can't really remember anymore.

Oh yeah, and I live in Finland.

 

[EeveeElectro]

heh, mine is coming up tomorrow actually ( the 11th)

as a kid I guess you could say I did the stereotypical cake/party thing..... but from about the time I was 14 it was mostly getting cards " usually with decent amounts of cash"...and a free ticket to slack for the day.

now well into my life as an adult and a parent...megh......I still get birthday cards, mostly from parents, in-laws, and such...and still get some extra cash to " pamper myself" but other than that it's just another day...If I work, I work. If it falls on a day I can afford to take the day off ( which Im my boss so no worries there) then my spouse will make sure I get to at least sleep in.

My brothers is tomorrow... crap, I have to get him something.
Happy birthday for tomorrow.

 

[Samurai Goomba]

Mine is in about a week. Mostly I just get together with family, have dinner and open gifts. Then I go home and hopefully play some new video games... Being a penniless college student isn't always so awesome.

 

[Zykon TheLich]

Funnily enough, mine is tomorrow. I usually go and get an unhealthy amount of my poison of choice, so the same as most days actually.

 

[HentMas]

Well, here in Mexico we always eat, it is always ritual to have the "mother" cook a lot of food and invite several friends and family over, (the family almost never goes in full, but those that go are cousins of the same age and their parents) there is beer and one (or several, deppending on the tastes of te family) bottles of alcohol, if the party is for Kids, well... better said 15 yo and under, there is always a Piñata wich gets beaten to death and the candys fall to all the Kids, if there are Kids of all ages, there are 2 Piñatas (one for the little Kids and another one for the Big Kids) and in some not so rare cases there are 3 piñatas (the last one for the Adults)... i remember in my 18th birthday i bought a Piñata and filled it with condoms and little plastic bottles of alcohol, also some bottles of flavored lubricant and other things like that (popsicles shaped as "you know what" etc)

its kind of funny but having a Piñata party is really great, even more when everyone is half drunk and you give him a pole, cover his eyes, spin him aroud the amount of years he has had and trow him thowards the piñata hopeing he doesnt hit someone in the head... good times, good times

OOOH!!! there are several diferent traditions, some times it is also a tradition to have instead of the "mother" cooking, we buy a bunch of meat, prepare several sauces, Guacamole, buy tortillas and just preaty much grill everything we have, also, me and my friends have this tradition of kicking the birthday one in the butt the amount of years he haves, we go in one by one kicking the birthday boy 23 times in the butt each, we are 5 close friends who do that, and it is funny because some remember how hard we kicked them in their birthday, so there can be some really interesting conversations...

-ok, are you ready??-
-not so hard!!!-
-Dont worry, i will kick you as easy as you kicked me in my birthday-
-oh, ok... wait what??? UUUGGGHhhh-

HAHAHHAHAHA oooooh, good times