Birthdays

[Aryana]

Taking a poll . How many of you remember and celebrate birthdays especially those of your romantic partner versus those who don't remember birthdays or tend not to want to celebrate them?

 

[Judge]

While never a fan of so many social rituals, birthdays were always acknowledged and celebrated in my family. Taking into consideration friends, relatives and of course, lovers.

Is it common in our ranks to not pay so much attention to birthdays? Or can a birthday associated to romance and relationships seem like something intimidating to some?

 

[Outdated]

Birthdays weren't all that exciting for me as a kid. As a teenager and in my early 20s I had some great birthdays but after that I sort of stopped bothering. These days I often forget about them until they've been and gone again and I don't like people reminding me.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

I almost always remember birthdays. I forget the exact date often, but I do try to find out if I have forgotten.

To me, it's important to have one day a year, at least, where my loved ones know how important they are.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I like birthdays, and I usually remember them, especially those of my close ones. My partner, however, doesn't like his birthday and doesn't like celebrating it. We compromise by him letting me make a cake and me asking exactly how he wants to spend the day, no matter what that is, usually going somewhere to the forest. We both don't like big parties. I would never throw a surprise party or something for him, he would hate that.

 

[8398]

I forget birthdays and ages a lot within my family. Only exception is with a partner, I put a lot of effort into it and will always remember. As for my own, I get nervous I don’t like the spotlight and prefer being the gifter.

 

[Stuttermabolur]

I'm very bad at remembering birthdays and don't particularly care about my own, though I let my grandparents invite me out for dinners as I know they like that.

My partner however doesn't celebrate any specific days or events. I can't remember her birthday, but she wouldn't want me to anyways, so we are both happy.

 

[Tom]

I am not so good at special dates with a few exceptions, those being immediate family B-days and Christmas as those are our traditional gift giving ones and I have to plan ahead to get the gifts.

 

[Aspychata]

I just did a off birthday for my mom. We never celebrated her birthday this year due to timing. I found out that her very close lifelong friend had just passed, and we surprised her at the pizza place with balloons, and teas, Chai, fig jam, honey, and dog toy in a gift basket, she was shocked. It was several months after her birthday. Lol. It was at Mellow Pizza, which is a great restaurant in Florida. We ordered a unknown drink for her, to further add surprise, and she quite liked it. So birthdays can happen whenever you want them to l guess. She took home pizza and seemed quite happy.

 

[Forest Cat]

Birthdays is a great opportunity to do something for people I think. So I love other peoples birthdays. It's a chance for me to find gifts and get cakes and maybe make a surprise party.