Do you like your birthday?

[Croconaw]

Do you make your birthday public on social media if you’re on there? I’m not on Facebook anymore, but I had my birthday listed as private due to not wanting to be upset by someone not wishing me happy birthday. I am also not very vocal about my birthday either. I live it just as any other day.

I would typically deactivate my account on my birthday and reactivate it a few days later. This was when I had Facebook. On other social media, my birthday isn’t public at all. I dislike the attention it draws, but I appreciate the birthday wishes. I do have it listed on the few forums I am registered on. Forums are more laid back and friendly than social media.

The one thing that tipped me off was when one of my relatives wished me a happy 19th birthday on my 21st birthday, when she was literally there for my birth. I don’t understand how you could mess that up. It could’ve been a typo, but I really don’t know.

How about you? Do you make your birthday public on social media? Do you celebrate your birthday or do you dislike the attention it draws?

 

[Mariah]

My birthday is two days after Christmas and it’s usually forgotten by everyone.
It’s a very upsetting day. I love giving people gifts for holidays and birthdays and I just wish I could feel the joy of receiving something on my birthday.
Or Christmas.
I mean thanks, parents, for the card with money in it but you’ve known me my entire life and couldn’t come up with a gift? My mom even signed my dad’s name on the card because it was too difficult to ask him to?
I see people online that celebrate their birthday for a whole week and I envy them. They get gifts and balloons and decorations. I get to sit at home alone.

 

[Violet Witch]

I disabled my birthday from Facebook years ago as I just got annoyed with people wishing me a happy birthday who I hadn't spoken to in years. I also don't make a big fuss about my birthday in general and would rather have well wishes from those I speak to on a regular basis.

 

[Croconaw]

I disabled my birthday from Facebook years ago as I just got annoyed with people wishing me a happy birthday who I hadn't spoken to in years. I also don't make a big fuss about my birthday in general and would rather have well wishes from those I speak to on a regular basis.

Same. I’ve had people I went to high school with that I no longer speak to and for them to wish me happy birthday is kind of off-putting. I don’t want to be rude, but it feels like the whole copy and paste birthday message to everybody on your friend list. It’s the same feeling when people on Facebook used to do “like for a tbh” and they’d tell you “tbh you’re cool.” It’s the equivalent of “I don’t know you and/or talk to you, but I don’t want to be rude.” It’s not really the same, but it’s the same feeling. So, yeah, I agree with you.

 

[StarlitGlitch]

I like getting the birthday wishes on FB personally and will check to make sure people can comment beforehand haha Sometimes I can start up conversation with people I haven't heard from in a while (I do this with other people's bdays too) so I like it. It's a good excuse for me

On forums I typically prefer to be private and will keep it up but sometimes I'll make it private right beforehand to see if I get any messages.

What can I say? I love positive attention!

 

[_Donut_]

I'm not on facebook so usually the only birthday wishes I receive are from actual friends & family. I also don't really care if people sometimes forget it (it is right in that limbo week between christmas & new year after all, lol). As a kid it was fun to celebrate birthdays in big groups or go somewhere but nowadays I'm just happy to pay for drinks or a bite to eat with close friends only.

 

[Livia]

I don't like my birthday because it's 12 days before Christmas. It bugs me that when I was younger and used to get gifts, relatives would only give me one gift and say it was for both birthday and Christmas, but if my birthday had been in literally any other month I would have received 2 gifts. I'm not on social media, but I think if I was I would have my birthday public. I have trouble remembering most people's birthdays so it wouldnt bother me too much if mine was forgotten. One time though I got really upset at a "friend" because we have the same birthday and he forgot mine even though I wished him happy birthday.

 

[xSuperMario64x]

my birthday is in June right near the end of springtime and it's always such a lovely time of year so yes I like my birthday a lot ☺

I honestly don't pay much attention to whether or not people send me birthday messages/wishes/etc. I do appreciate the messages though.my birthday is public on here as well as facebook but I think that's it (tbh they're the only places I socialize with people anyways).

 

[oak]

I enjoy my birthday but I don't hype it up like I used to. I haven't had a big party in years. Also my birthday is 2 days after Halloween so a lot of times my partner and I would have a Halloween party and kinda smush the birthday celebration into it. My birthday now is just as excuse to buy an expensive cake from the grocery store that I usually wouldn't buy.

 

[daringred_]

i haven't used facebook in years, so that part doesn't matter. i have it visible on here, and most other places, but this is the only place where i'm active enough for it to matter. it makes me feel awkward when people wish me a happy birthday because i never know what to say back, and that's why i usually don't wish other people happy birthday, but it doesn't bother me enough to hide it. i don't really celebrate it in general anyway and haven't in years. i'll get a cake from my parents and some presents, and sometimes we'll go out for dinner at a pub, but we're always on holiday around the time of my birthday so there's no party, no family to visit, and my girlfriend can't come over. when i was younger, it'd be during the summer holidays, so i only celebrated it with friends a few times, because it was too much advanced notice, and it felt kind of awkward since i wouldn't typically see them between then and the end of school. (the only two celebrations i remember was one when i was 10/11 and went to the cinema with a few friends, but the movie we'd gone to see wasn't showing, so we had to see another after i cried my eyes out lol. the other was when i was 13/14 and went ice-skating with some friends (all paid for by my parents) and some of the other girls, including my crush, just ignored me most of the time and soft-bullied me. it would've sucked completely if not for my two closest friends spending the whole time with me and trying to cheer me up.) not celebrating it is a personal choice. it just doesn't feel any different to a regular day to me, and i feel especially awkward when the cake comes and people start singing. what the hell are you supposed to do when that happens? i've asked that people don't sing -- sometimes they listen, sometimes they don't.

on the bright side, i like when my birthday is. august is usually warm/hot here, and my birthday fell during a heatwave once, which i loved. as previously mentioned, we're also usually on holiday, which means i get to smell the sea breeze and enjoy the weather and stuff. summer is, naturally, my favorite season!

 

[deana]

I have my birthday hidden on Facebook now because I had to hide it one year due to a specific incident but in the time since then, I've never felt the need to put it back. I still get some nice messages on there from my family and a few people. My twin sister still has her birthday as public so I think that's how people still find me.

I have my birthday public on here just for fun. I love to get birthday messages here. I try to send out birthday wishes too, when I remember or when I see a recognizable avatar in the birthday list on the home page.

As far as actual celebrations I don't usually do much, but I do wish that I could. Obviously the whole covid situation doesn't help, and living in a city where I don't know anyone doesn't either. But I usually treat myself to a meal of whatever I've been craving at the moment and some kind of dessert thing. I would like to get back in to celebrating birthdays more as I don't think I take enough time to treat myself.

Spoiler: The incident

Back in 2018 I was kicked out of my previous living situation, so I was temporarily living with my boyfriend and his dad until I could get to a new place. His dad absolutely hated me. During my short time there, my boyfriends grandma passed away and the funeral was scheduled for my birthday, so I went around to wipe away and evidence of my birthday anywhere that his family could find it because I knew that if my boyfriends dad found out he would be mad at me for having a birthday.

 

[nightglow]

Birthday is just another day. My parents will take me out to eat sometime during that month and I may by myself a cake but that is pretty much it. Has been for a very long time. And, I am happy with that. It is simple, not stressful, and has no expectations.

It is a hit or miss to be told happy birthday by people. Actually TBT was the first time in a long time to have multiple people wish me a happy birthday. Other media things I had I usually hid it simply because if I don't I get random messages for about two weeks saying oh sorry I missed your birthday and it was just, annoying? Sometimes it would be from people who wouldn't say anything about my birthday for a few years and then they send that out of the blue so it was just awkward to me.

Oh, yeah I forgot, yes I do like my birthday. It is in June where there isn't anything going on beyond father's day and a couple of anniversaries in the family. June is also a nice month. Not too hot and not too cold.

 

[Midoriya]

I enjoy my birthday, but I don’t really try to draw attention to myself for it. I’m fine with people wishing me a happy birthday and sending me gifts, but I don’t ask for it. There was a time where I didn’t like it at all, but I’m over that now.

 

[moo_nieu]

i like my birthday, its another level up in life. i dont use social media aside from being active here on tbt so theres no promotion or posted photos or anything. i dont make a big deal about it being my birthday, but its nice to celebrate it with my loved ones and go out to dinner or do something i like for the day (or just to receive happy birthdays wishes from loved ones and buy something for myself). i think the birthday before last i just wanted to play divinity all day lmao. so i dont think i celebrate as much as some people, but i definitely acknowledge my birthday and look forward to it.

 

[Princess Mipha]

I have the need to always fill out my profile as much as possible (without giving out too much private information ofc), so yeah my birthday is visible for everyone who's on my friendslist (on facebook at least). I don't like the attention I'm getting from it, but I'm still happy when people wish me a Happy Birthday. However, while I absolutely love to get presents and money, I feel really awkward about getting them, especially from the family of my fiancé. I don't want them to think that I'm greedy when they ask what I'd like (they don't, but I always have that feeling). I do like to "celebrate" my birthday, but not in a big way. I love excuses to eat unhealthy / too much, so trust me I'll eat a whole cake and Pizza on my birthday, if I want to.

 

[LadyDestani]

I like my birthday but I don't make a huge deal about it. I prefer to just celebrate quietly at home with my husband and maybe a few close family members. I don't mind receiving birthday wishes from others and I have mentioned my birthday plenty of times on this forum. I didn't actually realize that we could hide our birthdays in our profile so I just realized mine was hidden and changed it. It's not a big deal to me either way, though, and I'm not on any other social media sites.

 

[Bluebellie]

I like my birthday but I don’t really like celebrating it

I don’t like being the center of attention.
I like getting presents but don’t like parties, and It’s ok if people wish me a happy birthday. It’s also ok if they don’t since I normally don’t point out that it’s my birthday or anything. if someone asks me when it is, I also don’t try to hide it. It’s more of a Me day. I don’t go to work, but dont do anything in particular. I just like relaxing on my birthday.

 

[AppleBitterCrumble]

my birthday is 08/08 which I think is a sick number

 

[Suntide]

I have my birthday set to private on facebook because it annoys me when people wish me a happy birthday only because the website told them it was my birthday and not because they actually remember/care. But only on facebook, doesn't really happen on other websites ime. Other than that I like my birthday; it's a good excuse for me to take some time off work and sit around doing whatever I want. It's not really any different than any other day, and I haven't had a party or hung out with friends for it since high school. During college my birthday depressed me because all of my friends had moved away for school and I didn't make any new ones in college. While things haven't changed much in the years since (I still don't really have any irl friends outside of work since all of my old ones moved away because I don't like to go out and meet new people due to shyness and hating most social activities people my age like to do like going to bars etc), it just doesn't bother me as much. Pretty much all I do for it now is convince my family to buy me food lol.

 

[Shipper-Girl-27]

Yup. My birthday is public everywhere it can be. I really don’t care about displaying it because I hardly use Facebook anymore and people usually doesn’t tweet out birthday wishes. Celebrating it, I’m going to say not often anymore. Just a cake and then we’d move on with our lives.