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Author:  pcernie [ Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:10 pm ]
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Inspired by Spreadie saying he didn't (hope it's a good one anyway!).

I never gave a sh1t about mine, I just see them as another day. I don't even remember it is my birthday until way later in the day!
Author:  timark_uk [ Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:14 pm ]
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YES.
More than anything else during the year, my Birthday is special to me, it is personal, so why not celebrate it?

Mark
Author:  jonbwfc [ Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:58 pm ]
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Sometimes. I have a very geeky friend who only celebrates when his age is a prime number.
Author:  rustybucket [ Mon Aug 24, 2015 11:26 pm ]
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Nope - I don't understand why we bother celebrating the continued functioning of gravity.
Author:  big_D [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:10 am ]
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Sort of. My wife's family gets together on birthdays and drink coffee and eat cake. Presents are only given to children from relatives until they reach the age of majority. Then it is only direct family that give presents to each other (brothers and sisters and parents). My step-daughters and I have birthdays within a month of each other, so we often pool them up and have a family BBQ on the weekend after the last birthday.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 5:27 am ]
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I was 16 when i realised birthdays were no longer about getting "bigger" but older. We went to a theme park for the day etc but I realised how it would always be downhill from there.

For me, a perfect birthday would be me just getting on with my job and not doing anything special. Except I get all these texts and cards, and my family wont leave me alone. Historically, if I worked on my birthday, it would always be a rubbish day - every birthday I worked in hospital resulted in some sort of emergency just as I was walking out the door and meant I left much later than I should have. Which is why I now book the day off.
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:24 am ]
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Yes - especially as SWMBO loves parties

Anyway I want my presents !
Author:  John_Vella [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 6:34 am ]
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I tend to go out for a meal with the wife and kids, unless it's a x0th birthday, in which case I try to go away for a week or so, as I can't stand "family parties" at the best if times.
Author:  oceanicitl [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 7:50 am ]
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Yes I do. I always take the day off and do something special.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:38 am ]
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Yes. Usually have a thing with family and a thing with friends on the weekends either side.
My brother and I have the same birthday (no, we're not twins, just freakish timing from our parents). We both normally take the week of our birthday off to veg out and just not be at work.
Author:  jonlumb [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:22 am ]
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They tend to get celebrated in some way, but I'm completely ambivalent over it. These days getting a decent lie in is about the highlight of it. When I turned 18 I didn't even realise it until my mother wished me a happy birthday that morning. The Wench is far more attached to these things than I am, so we'll do more for hers and of course for the boys' birthdays.
Author:  Zippy [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:44 am ]
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I still celebrate with my family, whether it be a dinner out together, a party at home, or a huge BBQ affair that we did this year for our 40th, I don't usually take the day off work and it's not really a massive deal, but it's important to my parents so there's always some kind of get together and cake...there's always cake !! 8-)
Author:  oceanicitl [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 9:45 am ]
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Zippy wrote:
I still celebrate with my family, whether it be a dinner out together, a party at home, or a huge BBQ affair that we did this year for our 40th, I don't usually take the day off work and it's not really a massive deal, but it's important to my parents so there's always some kind of get together and cake...there's always cake !! 8-)


And what a good BBQ it was too :D
Author:  Spreadie [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 10:04 am ]
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pcernie wrote:
Inspired by Spreadie saying he didn't (hope it's a good one anyway!).

I never gave a sh1t about mine, I just see them as another day. I don't even remember it is my birthday until way later in the day!

To add a little clarity, lest I be labelled as a miserly tw@t, I don't celebrate my birthday; but I do make the effort for my family members' birthdays.
Author:  BigRedX [ Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:15 pm ]
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I like birthdays. There's presents and some kind of celebratory meal (even if I have to wait until the weekend for that).

Last year I celebrated my birthday by playing a gig with my band. Then went out the following weekend for a meal with my friends. Excellent times.
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