Poll: Does your birthday matter?

[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.

 

[yoyo13rom]

I gave up on birthday parties after my 18 th birthday, because they're just too expensive(unlike in civilised countries, here customs state that the birthday boy has to pay for every little expense).

I really feel that my birthday is special; I mean it's the day I was born.

Technically speaking it's the day I begin a new year(from my point of view), so I consider it far more important then most holidays (it's even more important that New Year's Eve!)

 

[Mr. Google]

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

 

[The_Echo]

I like the free money and stuff. That's pretty cool. It's like "Hey, you aren't dead yet, so have this!"

 

[fullbleed]

When you're old enough to drink birthdays become a lot more fun. Plus you get presents! How can you not like that?!

 

[Broken Boy]

It's just another day to me. Most the time I wish people would forget it but that never seems to happen.

 

[Phoenixlight]

The last option in the poll sums up my feeling towards them quite well: A birthday is just one year closer to my death so its a little depressing. I feel sad if anything on the 21st of January thinking about this.

 

[emeraldrafael]

I think certain birthdays matter. Maybe every ten years, your 18th, 21st, and the ones where you are obscenely old, like after you're 80.

But other then that, its just a family gathering for me.

 

[Klepa]

In my books, celebrating an actual real person is better than celebrating for example:
the planet going a full circle
Jesus
workers unions
the sun
Jesus again

While I don't crave any kind of presents, I like going out and having fun. I try to remember the birthdays of my closest friends, and offer to buy a pint or two on their birthdays, because I can't think of a better reason to celebrate, than my friends.

I went all mooshy there. So what? Go die in a fire!

 

[Enemy Of The State]

I always have a sleepover party, with 3 friends so we can 4player splitscreen.

Fun times

 

[AwesomeNinjaPowers]

*shrug* Meh. It's just another day really, though it is kinda nice when you get prezzies =D

 

[Harlemura]

It's a day that gives you an excuse to relax a little. Do something special that you like, let your hair down and other such metaphors.
I don't go throwing any massive parties or anything, but since I don't get out very much, it's nice to have an excuse to spend an evening with pals eating pizza, playing games and being generally unhealthy.

So, yeah. I like my birthday as something to look forward to. Plus, presents. Sure it's greedy, but that doesn't stop me requesting a free game every year.

 

[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.