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Yeah, there's a certain age after which you kinda stop caring about your own birthday.
That certain age for me was 13
Exactly. Most men tend to stop celebrating their birthdays in their early teens.
no
I kind of dread people celebrating me, usually in part because the times around that celebration are busy and stressful for me so I can do the performative gratitude that people expect when it happens.
Then it devolves into conversations of what is wrong with you (why are you broken) or what is wrong with this (why do you hate me).
I don't need to celebrate too much, but taking the day off work and going out for dinner somewhere nice is something I like to do.
Not since my late 20s. But it's nice to have a day to celebrate yourself, we all deserve it, but it can be any day you feel like pampering yourself.
I like to celebrate other peoples birthdays and see them happy and show my appreciation for them but I donβt really care about mine much
Doesn't it seem so selfish? If OTHERS want to celebrate MY birthday that's nice and up to them, but I've always felt weird inviting my friends to MY OWN BIRTHDAY party jfc. XD
I do secretly cringe a bit when someone forces everyone to wish them a happy birthday, it really does feel selfish. I guess it is a day about the person but have some modesty, yeesh
I like to keep to the same routine when possible. Birthdays and holidays interrupt that. No good. I can't do much for holidays, but since my birthday is supposed to be my day, i can demand this from everyone around me.
No. I won't tell people when my birthday is.
I'll be 43 soon.
I really don't give a fuck about birthdays anymore
Birthdays are for children and 100 year olds