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Today's is my birthday and yet i feel like treating it like any other day......

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  1. teluphone

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    I've turned 23 today and to be honest I can't really seem to care much seeing as it is mostly a day you become a year older and often I do get bewildered when people go all out to have a birthday celebration with presents and stuff but as for me, I've been going about most of the day doing work and reading books etc. Not sure if that's supposed to be a normal feeling or something
     
    #1 teluphone, Jul 15, 2014
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    First of all, Happy Birthday! and I do get what you mean. I think as we grow older we don't really seem to care anymore and I feel the same way with Christmas like I'm already happy if I get a new pair of socks.
     
    #2 tulipinacup, Jul 15, 2014
  3. Candace

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    Happy Birthday and that's exactly how I feel on my birthday :grin:. I'm just happy that God lets me live that long to begin with :slight_smile:.
     
    #3 Candace, Jul 15, 2014
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    Happy Birthday! :slight_smile:

    You spent the day the way you wanted to spend it, and that's cool. It's normal. The way you spent your birthday, sounds pretty much like my cup of tea. I'd do something pretty similar.
     
    #4 Mirko, Jul 15, 2014
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    It depends on the people I guess. Many people just like an excuse to go out with friends and get presents. It's really only as special a day as the person makes it. There's nothing wrong with spending it the way you did :slight_smile:

    That said, happy birthday.
     
    #5 Opheliac, Jul 15, 2014
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    it's your birthday...you celebrate it how you want...if that's curling up with a book...or doing nothing then that's fine...who says it's normal to want to go out and get blazing drunk on your birthday anyway...
    Happy Birthday and enjoy the rest of your day...as you want x
     
    #6 Tudor, Jul 15, 2014
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    I like recieving gifts but being the center of attention for a whole day? No thanks.
     
    #7 Yosia, Jul 15, 2014
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    Happy Birthday!! (*hug*)

    Everyone likes spending their birthdays in different ways. You can spend your birthday however you want to :slight_smile:

    ---------- Post added 15th Jul 2014 at 11:51 PM ----------

    Also, what you're feeling is actually normal :slight_smile:
     
    #8 person57, Jul 15, 2014
  9. chloecoo

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    Happy Birthday!!! I think it's your birthday so you should just do whatever you want or feel like. :slight_smile: Hope you have a good day.
     
    #9 chloecoo, Jul 15, 2014
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    Happy birthday. And nothing wrong with that!
     
    #10 Richie., Jul 15, 2014
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    The older you get, the less important your current exact age is.
    Enjoy the day anyway :slight_smile:
     
    #11 Nick07, Jul 16, 2014
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    I totally know what you mean. I find that the older I get, the less my birthday seems like a special occasion and more just an ordinary day. That's one aspect of being a kid I miss, is how magical birthdays and holidays always seemed.
     
    #12 TurtleCat, Jul 16, 2014
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    I feel the same way about my birthdays. It's just another day. I go out and have a nice meal to celebrate, but that's it.
     
    #13 thekillingmoon, Jul 16, 2014
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    Yeah, I know how you feel. I spent my eighteenth birthday cleaning out my grandmother's loft because she was moving house lol.
     
    #14 Hexagon, Jul 16, 2014
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    Happy birthday. :slight_smile:

    I never really do anything memorable on my birthday either. I forget it, everyone else forgets it, and it just passes like any other day. Sometimes I would rather it be forgotten.
    Though how you spend your days is entirely up to you, just enjoy them :slight_smile:
     
    #15 Emulator, Jul 16, 2014
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    Happy birthday
     
    #16 Peacemaker, Jul 16, 2014
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    Happy Birthday!! :icon_mrgr

    My birthday is just another day for me so I don't do much either, most bdays I'd just be busy studying for some exam anyways so rarely had the time to celebrate :/
     
    #17 Silas, Jul 16, 2014
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    Happy Birthday maty:slight_smile: am not one for celebrating my birthday that much my 18th birthday was quite bad ended up in A&E least said about that the better I think .
     
    #18 ahardlife, Jul 16, 2014
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    I found for me too, as I get older birthdays mean less and less. There are the big milestones for us U.S. Citizens (which I see you are not, you must have your own though)

    The last one was 25 - cheaper car insurance!
    The next one for me is 60 - it's when I'm going to retire. Hoping my 401k/IRA keeps growing at its current rate. Only 32 more years :lol:
     
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    Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone and glad i'm not alone in this :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:

    Probably when i'm 80, then I will start to really cherish birthdays as a reminder of the number of years I have left
     
    #20 teluphone, Jul 16, 2014
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