Birthdays

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anyone else get really anxious when its their birthday?, i really don't like it all that much because of having to be the center of attention and i get really kinda nervous but im glad when its over.


its my 19th birthday today (at the time of posting, so 10th june at about 11:03pm is the time i posted this...ish) and ive been thinking how weird it is being fussed over (which i dont really like...i sort like to fade into the background)

Firstly, Happy Birthday. I hope today wasn't as stressful as most of yours and that youn got to enjoy yourself some. My sister's Birthday is today as well.

I can understand where your coming from. When I was younger and had birthdays with large groups of kids, I found it rather stressful and annoying to be the center of attention, especially if the kids usually had nothing to do with me.

It got easier when my parents got the idea to make my celebration an evening cruise on a lake. It would mainly be my family and possibly one other person if I wanted to invite them. I could go on the dance floor or sit out on the deck if I liked. It was a lot less stressful than before. I found the whole thing much more enjoyable and meaningful that way too.

Happy birthday!

Yeah, I hate being the birthday boy too. I hate the focused attention if I have guests, and most of all I absolutely hate receiving anything.

I like to disappear somewhere on my birthday. I go as far as disabling social networking accounts for the day.
Looks like my plan will work out well this year. Everyone will be out of town for 4th of July, and I have an injury excuse to have a few days to myself. It's gonna be great.

Yeah- strangely enough... I dislike it to! As an adult- i've just stopped telling people when my birthday is XD, if they ask I tell them, but I basically ignore it. When I was a kid my parents were obsessed with it- but friends and other people (in elementary school and then again from HS) people would KNOW explicitely it was my birthday, and then ignore it- but for everyone else would do something.
So, then I chose to stop doing anything.
Also, I hate the gifts, and my parents deciding everything and making it all melt-down worthy, and super un-enjoyable and stressful... So now I don't bother lol.

Happy B-Day!! !!

I used to like birthdays when I was a kid but at some point it changed to not liking them due to being the center of attention somewhere in my late teens or early 20's. Due to my current situation I never have to worry about them. nowadays I only get B-day cards with no party.

I like birthdays because I get cake. ^.^

Sometimes it gets kind of embarrassing when I'm getting a lot of attention (like when everyone sings Happy Birthday) but mostly it's fine.

I usually just order out pizza or chinese food.

Happy birthday! Mine is coming up soon, I dread it for the same reasons you said, and more so because it just feels like those people are doing it out of obligation rather than because they actually care anything about me.

Happy birthday! Don't stress out.

The last time I had a birthday party was in primary school, when my parents organised the events and invited a few children.

I don't care about birthdays or other celebrations. My son is the same. He does not like anyone else to visit our house. He enjoys his birthday presents, and we jointly make a birthday cake, but there is no big celebration, and no one comes over to visit us.

When I got married we turned up in our usual clothes with a couple of friends, and the celebrant suggested that we should leave the room because a wedding would be taking place. I had to explain that we were the people he was waiting for

I also don't tell anyone when my birthday is. It's easier when you grow up and become more independent. Birthdays aren't something that people ask you about, it is something people tell others about. So at work people will tell workmates when their birthday is coming up. If you never tell people they don't really notice that they don't know when your birthday is and it can pass by unnoticed. Same with friends, again people expect to be told, they never seem to notice that they don't know when your birthday is.

The biggest problem with birthdays is that people expect you to remember their birthday. I am terrible at this.

I'm terrible at remembering other people's birthdays. The only birthdays I remember are those of my dad, mom and my brother since I need those in filling up applications most of the time. Aside from those three, I sucked at remembering.

I don't have problems with people greeting me individually for as long as they do not make a scene. I hate people greeting me as a group and singing "Happy Birthday to you" with other people noticing about it. I always feel I would like to vanish into thin air. It always makes me feel embarrassed. So I make sure not to tell a soul when my birthday is in order for me to avoid such things.

Happy Birthday! I used to enjoy my birthdays. Now I'm starting to dread them because once people reach a certain age, they're supposed to "Act your age and act your gender!!"

Happy birthday for yesterday.
I don't really enjoy my birthdays anymore, what with the family coming over and being the center of attention etc it gets a bit stressful and becomes too much for me to cope with. In some ways I wish that I didn't have a birthday.

The anniversary of my birth day means I have survived another year, something to celebrate.