I think that birthdays just aren't that exciting after 16. I say this having turned 21 in New Zealand, where 18 year-olds can drink! I'm still in my 20s, so birthdays are fun, but usually low key.

At work I wish no one even knew it was my b-day. I hate being put in the spot light for my b-day. At home I don't expect anything spectacular but I would be mad if they forgotor just ignored it all together.

MY BIRTHDAY SHOULD BE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY!
I'M THE ULTIMATE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

but i have to say, this year will be the first time i will feel truly sad to be getting older...i feel like 25 is a big one! but that won't stop me from partying and being a birthday princess!

I turn 21 this week and I'm excited. I like my birthdays. I do it BIG with my friends.

im not a birthday-girl-zilla but i do like to be acknowledged on my birthday. it really is the one day of the year thats ALL ABOUT ME!!!!!!!!

I love Birthdays. Especially my own. Even though I am now over 30 - they are still a great reason to get together with friends and celebrate.

I do like my birthday. although i try to not hype it up. if i do i always get disappointed. low key for me.

You reach a point where your birthday no longer means you're getting a year older, it means you are getting a year closer to death. I never thought I would be the kind of person to freak out over birthdays, but turns out I am...every birthday since 23. I do realize how ridiculous it is, but I can't help it!

I love my birthday and I love birthdays in general! I love to celebrate, have fun and take whatever the night brings!

I don't have to have a party or anything (and usually don’t), but I like when the day is acknowledged.

i always make sure to make a big deal about other people's birthdays too
there is nothing worse than people who downplay someone else's birthday because they're broke/stressed/grumpy etc.
i always buy balloons, a birthday girl tiara, a singing birthday straw...i find it's things like this that make the day all about you, and they're affordable gestures

I think the last time I had a birthday party or celebration of any sort was 12 years ago - when I turned 11. My friends have never, ever remembered my birthday (maybe because I don't make a big deal about it), I might get some kind of acknowledgment from one of my siblings, and my father and grandfather always send cards without fail, but that's it. I didn't do anything for the "milestones" (16, 18, 21) either. Man, that's pathetic...

Haha, I wouldn't even celebrate my birthday if it wasn't for my family. They take any opportunity to come together and party.
I just turned 18 (nothing spectacular here, I may get my driver's license now, but that's it, basically. We may drink here from the age of 16, but I don't drink anyway) and just had some cake with my extended family. My auntie had just come back from Ethiopia with her adopted children, who were the centre of attention, of course.

I think my 25th was the last birthday I tried to get excited about. Now, I just like celebrating milestones with my boyfriend ... privately.

I like my birthdays. I like the fact that I'm getting older. When I have my birthdays I like to celebrate them but I love the fact that people actually remember that it is my birthday. Over the years my family has forgotten that it's been my birthday more and more. Thankfully this year they didn't forget. My 21st birthday is tomorrow. I don't plan on having a huge party or anything. What I do plan on doing is going downtown with another friend of mine who turned 21 on Saturday. Then I was hoping to go bowling all night!

i like celebrating my bday because it's in may - so the weather is great and everyone looks forward to partying outside after a long winter!

i try and have a get together with friends and family. though when it falls on the weekend, theres no excuse.. i have to have a birthday weekend.. haha. try to anyway. last time i had a party was wheni turned 21

birthdays are mostly fun because of the cake!

I still like to celebrate my b-day with my family and closest friends, but it's definitely not the same as you get older.

There is a local bakery is absolutely terrific and my birthday is an excuse to get a cake from there. As I've gotten older my birthday doesn't feel like it as fun as it used to be. I'm only 22 so I guess things go way down hill from here huh?

I love my birthday....... I look forward to celebrating it every year.It's also in the summer which makes for some great parties!

Birthday girl here! I just had my big 25 and had a blast with some friends that even came in from other cities to help me celebrate the milestone!

I don't like to make a big deal out of it... I never have. I haven't had a party since I was a tween. Just cake and dinner, something like that. I don't think about age too much yet.

Of course! Haha, perfect timing for this post because my birthday is on the 28th! 17! hehe

I celebrate my birthday every year with friends by going out to a low-key dinner. It's this Mexican restaurant with great margaritas and fajitas and even though I've been going there for about 10 years now I'm not planning on stopping any time soon!

How sad for the people who feel like celebrating a birthday is one year closer to dying! I don't mull over birthdays and what they "mean". It's just a day!

I'm not into the birthday celebrations anymore. I imagine that later this year people will try to make a big deal about my 30th, but I'm not so into that crazy celebration anymore.

I think I'd be cool with cupcakes & wine with my BF.

I am starting to feel like my birthday is nothing special and I hate that feeling. I want it to be celebrated and enjoyed every year. I need to work on that. It's a little over a month away.

I'm a huge birthday girl, for mine & especially for my loved ones. To me, it's a day to celebrate the blessing of the people I love.

Pop, I do the same thing. I have a small neighborhood restaurant that I have lunch with my mom & best friends at. Then my parents take me out to dinner at what ever restaurant I like. Then I have a Mexican restaurant that my in laws take me to, during my birthday week. The only time the restaurant changes, is the dinner one. I have been doing this for 14 years now!

My mom also bakes me the same 8 layer chocolate cake. It's so good.

I can't wait to have kids, so I can make a big deal out of theirs! It feels great to pamper someone on their special day.

Another reason I celebrate mine is that it means I'm on the right side of the dirt still!

I don't really celebrate my birthday. I'll go out for tea with my friends or to the theatre maybe, but thats it. I don't want everyone knowing. The earth managed to orbit the sun one more time, thats more interesting to me.

eh. i used to like it. but i also expected to be married to my long term ex by now. and while it was good that we broke up.all the sudden my thirieth in just found months sounds daunting....

I actually don't get that excited about my birthday. There's always something that goes wrong on my anniversary, so I just don't bother anymore :-s

I think birthdays are great because EVERYONE deserves to have a special day that's all about them. You can spend it whatever way you prefer (I usually opt for low-key dinners or going out of town to some exciting city) but as long as you spend it whatever way you want and you have fun, that's all that matters.

I always celebrate my birthday, but I really just use it as an excuse to eat cake and ice cream (I LOVE cake and ice cream! ) and to go do things. And I try to take a trip or something rather than get presents from people, like I got my family to just go with me on a rafting trip one year which was super awesome!!!!

I just had my 25th Birthday this past week and it was the best ever!!

I love love love my birthday!! It's my special day and it's all about me lol
My s/o and I celebrate birthday weeks. Where the whole week is yours. Like this go around my bday was on Tuesday so from that Tuesday to the next it was 'my week' and I got to pick everything - like movies, dinner, etc. I love it!

As for the whole "one year closer to death" thing. Isn't each day ... "one day closer to death". So do you look at every day as some horrible thing?

I get Birthday blues sometimes...

My birthday has always been in the shadows since it falls on a holiday, but I still enjoy my day. Whatever I want to do, I do and I don't give a damn about anything else.

I love all birthdays, mine included. I always do something special with myself and then I do something with my friends. I love to shop on or around my birthday with all the gift cards I receive from stores and after take myself to lunch. It's a highlight to the craziness I have with friends.

I love the time for reflection, it is really intimate for me. I don't dig big bashes though. I get shy and awkward at big celebrations for me.

Birthdays are fun! Some get upset with getting older, like when they turn 30. Which I did a year ago. I can't stop it or stop the ageing, so I might as well enjoy it and be grateful I made it to this age!

I love my birthday! What a great excuse to throw a party and guilt people into coming

I love being the birthday girl, but I hate getting older.

I'll be 26 this year and I have to say each year I get more blah about it.

I loathe bdays...I always have..I don't like the attention and I don't like getting presents.. And i hate opening presents infront of other people..

my mum doesn't have a picture of me smiling on my birthday until I was 16.. And I have been known to shout I hate you and wish you would die when a surprise birthday party happened

And I will lie to anyone who asks about my birthday and I would just prefer it didn't exist..

But i do love cake

My birthday is tomorrow so I'm super excited. Actually I've been celebrating it since saturday! haha, but I still haven't gotten my birthday present from my parents so I'm waiting for that, but yeah I'll still go and party tomorrow with friends. The only thing different this year is that I don't want cake, so I'm hoping I'll get starbucks frapp instead (:
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I enjoy whatever attention comes my way on my birthday, but I never anticipate it or think about it much; except with my fiance. He likes to make it a 3 day event, so he makes it fun and special and plans all sorts of things.