Poll: Does your birthday matter?

[StBishop]

It's pathetic you're 14 and already hate happy things that's all.

I never said i hate happy things i said that i dont care about my birthday its not like im some emo kid who hates life

It's cool man. There's alot of morbidity on the internet and it's easy to give - or infer - the wrong impression.

I agree that birthday's are silly. I also don't understand people who get upset if they're forgotten.

You're not alone but I think the Escapist's want you to try have fun. It's no good to see young people who don't enjoy their youth and we all just want you to be happy.

Long story short; yeah, it's silly. Have fun anyway. =]

 

[cartographer54]

I gave it up. (btw school always starts on my bday too)

 

[Chrono212]

It's my 18th soon so...nope.

"I don't like getting bothered by people saying happy birthday"

Just not the centre-of-attention-party-about-me guy but I think it would be a shame to miss this one...

 

[Sansha]

There is a point where you're supposed to stop getting excited about your birthday - that time is age 11.

 

[Beryl77]

I don't celebrate it for some years now. I used to like it but now I don't do anything special anymore, no cake, no presents, just another day.

 

[Diligent]

Alright im pretty sure that pathetic isn't the best word for that sort of make you a huge dick. Just because i dont care about my birthday i am pathetic?

It's pathetic you're 14 and already hate happy things that's all.

Did you ever consider that maybe for some people birthdays aren't necessarily "happy things"? On my 14th birthday my parents argued so much that my birthday dinner was canceled. I can tell you that I didn't give two shits about my birthdays through my teen years, because that's the type of nonsense I associated it with - enduring my crappy family.

Being a bit older now, I don't mind a birthday as an excuse to go to the pub with some friends and have them buy me some drinks

Point is, it's not "pathetic" to not care about a day.

 

[Nalgas D. Lemur]

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...

 

[Kris015]

I'm only 16, so yeah i make a deal out of it

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

I've got 2 days off a year:

One's Christmas and the other is my birthday. So yes, my birthday is important to me.

 

[Vunts]

I have a birthday in less than 2 weeks and I couldn't care less. Even remembered my birthday just a couple of days ago...

 

[Im Nightmare]

Only birthday that will matter to me is in 3 years so meh.
Im 18 you can guess which one in talking about.

 

[MasterChief892039]

I just had my 19th birthday, which sort of requires the obligatory bar-hop celebration since 19 is the legal drinking age where I live. Last year for my 18th though, I didn't do shit-all. Even my parents forgot about it.

Birthdays aren't really a big deal for me, especially seeing I'm trapped in the physical body of a 12-year-old.

I especially don't like expensive presents.

I feel guilty that someone spent so much money on me, this is magnified by my obvious lack of a desire to spend even half that amount on almost anyone in my life and the fact that everyone know's it.

Most definitely agreed. For my birthday this year, my boyfriend bought me an Xbox Elite because my 360 had died. He also bought me Dragon Age, so in all he probably spent around 350$ on me. You know what I did for his birthday? I made him a cake. It tasted like crap because I don't cook, and it cost all of seven dollars.

 

[InnerRebellion]

I get money so I like it.

 

[Amphoteric]

A year closer to death.

 

[Argtee]

I don't really celebrate my birthday anymore.
I have some family members come over to my house and give me cards, but I don't have parties anymore.

All of my parties have always ended up being kind of...boring.

 

[CRoone]

I don't make a big deal out of my birthday. It usually winds up being just another day for me. Sure, I get the chance to take a break from my savings plan, pull out some cash, and go get myself something nice for a change, but I wish my birthday was a litte more eventful sometimes. Still, I've got my friends at college, and we can always go hang out and have fun any time we want to, so what's another day out of the year?

EDIT: Other people's birthdays are cool, though. I like trying to look for cool stuff to get them, and the free food (that is, food I don't have to pay for) is a plus.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Think of it not as another step towards death, but a milestone to look back at what you have achieved.

Think about "It's a wonderful life".

George makes a difference in a lot of areas, think about the differences you have made through your choices and celebrate your existence with the people you enjoy and care most about.

I suppose that's possible, though you can celebrate having a wonderful every single day.

If I would actually have achieved anything, or have a wonderful life that's worth celebrating. Which I have not. Absolutely nothing really. Neither have I made some sort of difference or impact that's worth celebrating.

There's just nothing to celebrate.

 

[latenightapplepie]

I dislike birthdays. Others and my own. I'm not quite sure why. I guess I don't like getting the attention and praise for living another year. And I don't like other people's birthdays because there's too many of them and buying good presents is stressful and difficult.

/humph.

 

[Marik Bentusi]

Ideally, it'll be just another day. I don't even tell people my birthday date, just makes the day awkward. I wish I could erase the date from the minds of my relatives, too, every year the same dull lines repeating themselves over and over again.

 

[-Samurai-]

I try not to celebrate my birthday, but my friends and family always insist. I usually go to dinner with my family, and party the night away with my friends.

I don't tell people when my birthday is, though. The friends that do know when it is have known me for 10+ years. The others just like to party.