Do you celebrate your birthday?

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I do, but usually to myself. I am open to going places with Very close friends and family, but not usually a large group of people; and the places that we go must not be very populated or it kinda ruins it for me.

My birthday is days away.

When I was younger I celebrated.

Now the thought of celebrating makes me feel literally exhausted. All I want is a peaceful day and some good food.

Yes.

Why?
Because it's a good excuse to do stuff that I enjoy and eat cake.

I usually just have dinner (and cake!) with a few family members.

I celebrate it with my close friends usually go out to eat, or play video games together. My birthday is in may and I already got palns, they usually release awesome super hero movies around then so we will go watch a movie and go out to eat at Shane's

I celebrate my birthday with my parents. I only had a birthday party once and only one person came so I quit on those. On my birthday, I eat cake, go out for dinner and get a present. No huge parties like some people I know.

I celebrate my birthday, because birthdays are a celebration of life.

Yep, and I make sure everybody knows it. I don't do a lot normally -- just eat at a favorite restaurant or hit a museum opening or something like that. But I like the idea of a special day for someone, so I try to acknowledge my family and friends birthdays too. It's my way of saying "I'm glad you were born."

my mom does but I dont see anything about my birth worth celebrating

No, I don't like the attention. I prefer that no one remembers it.

I do.
Because I get presents and eat a lot of sweets.

Past the age of 20, it's no celebration really. You are getting OLD. It means you are approaching death.

But the birthdays of my family are the days to remember them. Birthdays are kind of an excuse to cheer.

I never understood anything about celebrating birthdays. Not others', not mine. And nowadays I hate it more than ever, what with the local custom of spending lots of money just because someone you want to be on the good side of is having their birthday celebration in THEIR chosen restaurant. You have to dish out for a good present, plus your part of the restaurant bill (which includes a part of the bill of the person having a birthday), in addition for gas and parking to a place you would've never chosen to dine at. It amounts to so much money as I'd never spend on myself, birthday or not. I don't know how people do it when they have lots of friends and family. I'd go broke!

A close acquaintance 'NOTIFIED' me recently how she'd chosen to celebrate her birthday this year: a show and then a restaurant or bar. So I had to plan how I was going to pay for all HER choice of going out (I hate shows and bars). No way. Nowadays I just pass, and if they want to be offended because I can't afford their having been born, so be it.

It's just another day to me. I wish my family felt the same way.