Do you make your birthday a big deal?

Like if people don't celebrate you, don't wish you happy birthday, forget, don't come to your celebrations etc., does this bother you?

I try to say my birthday isn't a big deal and this year I really tried my best to just be grateful I'm alive for another birthday, but it's a big deal to me and maybe I should just embrace that it's something important to me 😂

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The month of December is a national holiday ✌🏻🤣

I grew up in a big family with my brother's birthday 5 days from mine, and my dad's right after that. Now my husband and I have our birthdays one day apart. I sorta celebrate "our birthdays" and we go shopping and buy ourselves something nice and get to pick dinner and stuff but overall I don't make it that big of a deal unless it's a milestone. I make it a bigger deal for my kids

I usually don't expect anyone to make plans/come out to plans that get made with me, I do get a little butthurt if I don't at least get a "Happy Birthday" text from my family/close friends lol

I don’t expect anything from anyone except my husband to actually say happy birthday… this man will bring something home to eat or take me out and never say that phrase 😂

My birthday was yesterday and I did absolutely nothing. I had a baby 10 days before so there was zero desire to do anything. But even on years I haven't had a baby (both my kids were born in July) I typically just want dinner and a treat.
My husband got me a ninja slushi as a combo birthday/push present. So he's been making me treats.

I didn't grow up in a big birthday celebration family. We did cake and things, but we never had big parties or anything and never more than just the one day. I just don't see it as anything super special. I share a birthday with approximately 22 million people- it's just a day 🤷🏽‍♀️

My birthday is that whole weekend i celebrate all weekend (same as Mother’s Day) and I’ve sent out invites a couple weeks earlier to celebrate w my gfs. My hubby takes me out on a date night separately, and on the day of whatever day it falls on, my sisters come over w cake and they sing happy bday and I blow my cake and they eat and chat and stay till late but we do that for everyone in the extended family.

It’s a big deal to me. I’ve never worked on my birthday , and I’m always going to plan something for me to do.

I would love for my birthday to be a big deal but now me making the big deal.

My friends of 8+ years have never remembered my birthday. Even if I go out of my way for theirs, to remember kids/husbands and their anniversaries. My birthday this year was ruined and I’ll never celebrate another again🥲

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