do you still celebrate your birthdays? how?
By joshboz
@joshboz (1209)
Australia
October 9, 2007 5:15am CST
they say in a birthday the mother should be the one to receive the thanks and joy because she is the one who suffered and risk her life to bring you out in this glorious day of your family.
so tell me friends if you are still celebrating your birthday by tretaing everybody with foods or tour them to a place? do you prepare a celebration for it?what are you thinking when this day comes? is it really special to you still comparing when you were still young?if not! what do you do then on this day?
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@braveheart07 (2601)
• Philippines
9 Oct 07
Hi joshboz! Yes, I do celebrate my birthday every year. Mostly, I celebrated my birthdays at home. Sometimes, we go out with my family and significant others to other places, which I think maybe nice and desirable to celebrate my birthday!
Have a nice day and God speed!
@faith210 (11224)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
Hi joshboz! I still celebrate my brithday but just like I usually do, I just celebrate it by having a simple dinner with my family and I have another day set aside for all of my nieces and nephews, and we go to a mall or go to a picnic. And I have another celebration with my husband. I guess, it didn't differ so much when I was younger because the happiness of celebrating it with the family is my ultimate joy inside my heart. Take care and have a nice day.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi faith wow you have a great day on your birthday. i think you have many birthday and its a special day alotted to all your loveones. to your husband, niece and nephew and other family members. i wish you the best faith i can really feel the joy in your heart whenever you are with them. may god bless you and hope more more more happy birthdays to come. good day and thakns for responding my friend.
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@rogue13xmen13 (14403)
• United States
10 Oct 07
Usually with my family, but this year it will be with my family and my boyfriend.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi rogue i hope your birthday will be a good one because you have your family and your special one.advance happy birthday. i can imagine it will be full of fun and excitement and for sure you are happy on this day so i wish you the best.thakns for responding.
@tujiagirl (368)
• China
10 Oct 07
The 4th of this month was my birthday. I celebrate it with a special friend. We went out and had dinner together. You said right. The one who should be receive the thanks and bliss is my mother. Lucky that I have kept a tradition that is call my mother and say thanks to her on my birthday since I was 18,the colleage age.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi tujiq girl. first of all. i greet you with a belated happy birthday. secondly, i admire you of what you are doing on your birthday and that is calling your mom and thank her. a few people in this world do that that's why i find it amazing becasue you do it. i hope more happy birthdays for you to come and continue to thank your mom as well as thakn God for nmaking it possible.thanks for responding.
@izathewzia (5134)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
I still do celebrate my birthday. But just like my previous birthdays, I celebrate it ina very somple manner. i just had few family, relatives and friends with me at home. We eat and drink and be thankful that I earn another year of my life. I don't throw parties and really big celebrations. Just a simple get together is enogh for me.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi friend. you celebrate the way i celebrate my birhtday too. its really simple, just a simple dinner with loveones and friends and im satisfied because everybody is happy on this day. odf course, i pray to god on this day for making this day possible once more.its one of the essence of birthdays and that's why i love this day. thakns for responding.
@xiaovivien (154)
• China
10 Oct 07
Yes,I still celebrate my birthday,I will invite my friends to come to my house to have aparty,of course,my parents will get together with my,on that day,I will cook some food by myself,and play games with my parents and friends,it must a good party that I held:)
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi xiaovivien. imsure your birhday is full with fun and joy. i love birhtdays too but when i celebrate its very simple because i invite only close friends and some relatives usually we celbrate it at home. we eat and laugh. after the celebration is over, i always pray to god and thamk him for everything, for making this day possible. thanks for responding.
@sharone74 (4837)
• United States
10 Oct 07
I am about to celebrate yet another birthday, I am about to turn 33 years old on the 24th of October. I still celebrate birthdays. Though I am definitely beginning to feel old. (Especially since my 17 year old daughter seems to specialize in making sure that I feel old.) I don't know what I will be doing on my birthday, that depends on how much money I have then. But I guarantee you that it will be fun.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi sharone try to celebrate in a bizzarre or unexpected way that your daughter will find it amazing. i cannot suggesta specific idea sorry for that but you know yourself make everybody happy on this day. happy happy advance birthday. dont forget to thank god for this day because this is the day you where born and without it even your daughter wont be here. thakns for responding.
@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
9 Oct 07
I don't usually celebrate my birthday. Sometimes we might go out for dinner with our family but thats about it. My sister's birthday and mine are only 2 days apart. This year my mom had a small picnic at her house for our birthdays.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi ravinske. yes going out and eat is the traditional way of celebrating birthdays. i hope you will enjoy the party your mother prepared for you. i know sle loves you much for doing it and she just want to be with her children. hope you enjoy it.good day to you.
@meemingNEW (2226)
• Philippines
9 Oct 07
Yes. I still celebrate my birthday. When I was still a little child, my parents would always give me a birthday party with lots of guests so that I can have lots of presents too. lol.. But now, I prefer spending my birthdays together with my family.. Like a family dinner or going out. Also with my friends, each birthday... I treat them to some place.. mostly music venues or bars where we can drink some margaritas, eat some chips and celebrate my birthday. :) I still want birthday parties.. But I just feel like I'm too old for that stuff. :_) Maybe special birthdays such as my 18th birthday , I can consider having a huge party with lots of guests. ;) Best of luck!
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hey happy advance debu. what is the date of your birthday? wow im sure you will assure that your loveones and friend will have a good time on your birthday. jsut treating them to bars and special dinner is a good way to remember your birthday. have a good advance happy birthday.thanks for responding.
@kevsgirlalways (5883)
• Malaysia
9 Oct 07
i love to celebrate my birthday! there were times when i get to go for a vacation on my birthday, but most of the times it's just like dinner with my loved ones. there's no finer way in celebrating your birthday surrounded by the people that you love, and those that love you :)
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi there friend. i agree with you, there is no way other than eating with your love ones. more than that the presence of this people gathered to celebrate the day you were born. as for me, we also do the traditional way of celebration and that is through eating. thanks for responding.
@jlawrence (54)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
yes I am still celebrating my birthday but not like when i was onyl six yers old or ten years old that there should be a cake in our table. Now I dont want to spend much money for my birthday. I am contented with wha ti only have during my birthday. It is not neccessary to a birthday that there should always be a cake or a ice cream but the most important is that you have a good health every day and you have trust and faith to God. That is the most important ojn a birthday for me.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi friend. wow you talk in advance of your age but i guess your right. hey if ever you will graduate form school and earn money from work. do celebrate with your family and friends, your treat, eve for once. so atleast you have manage also to celebrate your birthday of your onw. yes i also pray on my birthday i thakn him for making it possible. we also have a special dinner with my family and friends.sometimes with cake or without cake it doesnt matter as long as they are present in that day.thanks for responding.
@prEttyNbluE (299)
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
yes, i always celebrate my birthday. since i i'm not used to having parties on my birthday, i usually go to church to pray and thank God for another year of beautiful life. i treat myself with a cone of ice cream or chocolate.. :-)
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi pretty blue.we have the same routine during our birthday. but i celebrate it together with my family and friend.we celebrate it in a simple way. usually, a special dinner in our house no cake is necessary just smile in our face. i also pray to god for making it possible and thaking him for everything. thaks for responding.happy advance birthday soon.
@goodsign (2287)
• Malaysia
9 Oct 07
Thanks for that photo cake, my eyes really take it with good sights and feelings. Yes you are right there for mother/parents should be gratified with our birthday and I will take your statement to do something different for my birthday next year (Jun 02). Next year I will visit my parents to celebrate it. Much appreciated to your sincere idea and thought. And again, thank you very much.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi friend.well its my honor to have change your decision. yes, atleast you must treat your parents atleast in your birthday be with them becasue such moments are real treasure here in life and we are lucky to do this for there is still time to do it. i will also do that next year because i have a job now and that's why it will be my treat next year too. febraury 8 is the day. god bless you and i hope you wont forget what you have said when you decided where to celebrate your birthday. thanks for responding.
@chinaman_ddp (90)
• China
9 Oct 07
i do celebrate my birthday now.although my family want to celebrate in culture ,i didn't do so for several years .i bring my friends to a little party when my birthday and play games with them.besides, i call my family to thank for their pray and to tell my feeling of happiness.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi there chinaman. i appreciate you because you express your feelings during your birthday. i think its very hard to do this for me. what i do during my birthday is have a eating ceremony with my guess( friends and relatives)then after i pray to god silently and thank him depp down inside for giving me this day again. thanks for responding friend.try also to see my other topics and maybe you want to respond on it. thanks for responding.
@sudiptacallingu (10879)
• India
11 Oct 07
I usually don’t celebrate my birthdays now as in proper ‘celebration’. Being an only child, I had a pampered birthday in my childhood which continued well upto my early youth. I had friends over and my mom used to cook lovely dinner for all. But now being a mother of an 8yr old, I don’t celebrate with many people. Just the family. My hubby will gift me something and so will my parents and in-laws. There is no cake of course, but some special dishes will be cooked or got from a takeaway and we will enjoy the evening together. Oh! my son also gives me something…he usually takes a ‘loan’ from his Dad which he promises to repay from his pocket-money (but all of that goes into his piggy bank of course) and the ‘loan’ in never repaid lol!
@beyonce03 (2331)
• Canada
12 Oct 07
Of crouse I still celebrate my birthday, but not always on the exact day. I will go eat at my mother-in-law house the weekend after my birthdate an I will try to fid a day to go eat at my grand-mother house.
Of course it's different then when I was young. I was goin to a club at my birthday ebfore, but now I'm going to places like the casino :P
@soleya (1100)
• Latvia
10 Oct 07
I love my birthdays and I always celebrate it. I love to gather all my friends together and have some drinks, snaks and a lot of fun. It is almost one day a year when all my friends can come and have some great fun together. I really love it and always waiting for it.
@Inky261 (2520)
• Germany
9 Oct 07
No. I do not velebrate my birthday any more. Some people think of my birthday anyhow. So there is very little ceremony, coffee and a fancy cake. Basically I am getting to old, I do not want to be reminded of my age by many people.
Maybe I will celebrate my 75th birthday big again...
Happy mylotting.
@joshboz (1209)
• Australia
10 Oct 07
hi friend. at least you do celebrate your birthday and you get to treat other people by coffee drinking. wow of course you need to celebrate your 75th birthday big time. continue to live and enjoy your life at fullest friend. good day here in mylot and thanks for responding.
@tintin7978 (102)
• Philippines
12 Oct 07
Yeah I do. I still celebrate my birthdays. Last September, I celebrated my birthday with my entire family and my boyfriend. We prepared some food and we sang songs using a karaoke. I love these ocassions, my family can gather together and have fun.
