Did you ever notice that the older people get the less they celebrate their birthday? Maybe it's just me or my family, but it seems like as the number of candles increases on the cake the less we celebrate.
When we were kids our birthday was a big deal. We invited all of our friends and threw parties. The last big celebration I remember having was when I turned 21. It seems like after 21, birthdays are just downhill until you get so old people can't believe that you're still alive. I can't remember the last time I went to a party for an adult that wasn't because they were like 90.
Anyways, no one in my immediate family really celebrates their birthday all that much. Sure we may get together, have a meal, cake, sing, and give gifts to the birthday person, but it's certainly nothing like the sweet 16 stuff you see on TV.
It also seems like the older you get the less your extended family cares about your birthday, if they even know when it is. I haven't gotten a card or call from most of my Aunts & Uncles, Cousins, and such since I was really young.
I guess I'm thinking about this because my wife and I have a birthday one day apart, and they just happened, the second and third of October. I'm now 32, and my wife turned 30. We didn't get a cake for each other or even exchange gifts. People kept asking us, "What are you doing for your birthdays, it's Sarah's 30th right?" We kept saying, "Nothing." The funny thing is no one pressed the issue with us, they just seemed to understand.
The other funny thing is that my facebook page was inundated with birthday wishes from friends and family. Ah the digital world. I do appreciate that people care enough about me to write on my wall, and I think I would be lying if I said I didn't. But that doesn't change that fact that I really have no desire to have a big birthday party or celebration.
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only the one who doesn't care when their birthday rolls around. Well, "Happy Birthday," anyways! Thanks for reading my silly thoughts.
