# Is your birthday a Big Deal to you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-a-big-deal-to-you/1022139>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 16, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-a-big-deal-to-you/1022139 "2025-08-16T15:26:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-a-big-deal-to-you/1022139/61 "2025-09-03T02:50:38Z")

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Stopped caring when it stopped being a count up and essentially turned into a count down 💀  
Heh.

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-a-big-deal-to-you/1022139/62 "2025-09-03T15:20:34Z")

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I usually take my birthday off from work, if possible. But that’s about it. I don’t tell anybody about my birthday because I hate to “go fishing” for a party or gifts. At work, they have everyone’s birthday on a list and we have a quarterly group birthday cake.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-a-big-deal-to-you/1022139/63 "2025-09-03T16:05:38Z")

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My birthday hasn’t really been a big deal for years. I just turned 73, and outside of some birthday wishes from some of my family there was nothing.

I did start the day as I’ve done for the past few years: playing The Beatles’ “You Say It’s Your Birthday” (I don’t think that’s the real title, but that’s how I remember it.)

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**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-birthday-a-big-deal-to-you/1022139/64 "2025-09-03T17:39:34Z")

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I used to look forward to it but then after decades together, my wife stopped making me a special meal and scheduling a “sexy date night” that night, so now it is usually a nice restaurant meal, maybe a dessert.

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