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pcernie
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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!
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timark_uk
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:11 pm
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Location: Belfast
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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?
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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Sometimes. I have a very geeky friend who only celebrates when his age is a prime number.
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rustybucket
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Nope - I don't understand why we bother celebrating the continued functioning of gravity.
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big_D
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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.
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cloaked_wolf
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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.
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hifidelity2
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Yes - especially as SWMBO loves parties
Anyway I want my presents !
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John_Vella
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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.
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oceanicitl
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Yes I do. I always take the day off and do something special.
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davrosG5
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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.
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jonlumb
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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.
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Zippy
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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 !!  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx" This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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oceanicitl
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And what a good BBQ it was too  _________________Still the official cheeky one
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Spreadie
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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.
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BigRedX
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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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