Ideal Birthday | Pad Patter 01.19.23

I'm somewhere in the middle. Definitely not an ALL month person. We usually go out to eat with family and my boys will pick out a bday cake. This year I'm turning 40 so I think I might want a bigger party, but I'd still be totally fine with dinner and a bday cake from my boys.

 

It used to be going out to dinner with mom & dad but after she passed away 26 years ago, that didn't happen much. Dad ended up moving to NC in 1999 or 2000, so it was rare that I even saw him on my birthday. There was one year when his Navy reunion was in Chicago the week before my birthday. They drove here and stayed for a few days before going to the reunion. Then when it was over, they came back here for a couple days and Dad, Martha and I went out for dinner on my birthday. They left for NC the next morning.

But I will say that from 2001 to 2016, I was working 10 hour days on my birthday (unless it was a weekend) because of corporate year end falling just 4 days before my birthday... I worked in the accounting function. So it was just another long work day. The year Dad was here, I told my boss I was out of there normal time so I could at least spend part of my birthday with my dad!

Any more, it is just another day but at least I'm retired and if I want to do something special, I can. This last year I was sick on my birthday, sicker than I've been in a long time. I think it was food poisoning, the frozen dinner I had the night before just didn't taste right in the last few bites.

 

I don't usually celebrate big, although I enjoy getting Happy Birthday phone calls, texts and/or emails.

For my 60th b'day, a friend and I flew to CA and spent the week at Disneyland. That was a lot of fun!

 

I like to celebrate... take me out to dinner. Buy me presents.. give me back massages..lol.. let me sleep in.. bring Me breakfast in bed.. birthday sex? Mm yeah.. need I say more???

 

As an adult I’m not a fan though I loved it as a kid. But back then it was a party: everyone came for you and you didn’t have to do or think about anything. As an adult I have to clean the house before and after, buy all the food, invite and plan. It’s basically work.

 

I usually like to do something with just hubby and kids. Our anniversary is close to our birthdays so we usually celebrate all of those with a weekend away and then we come home to a yummy cake made by my kids. I would totally not want a birthday party with a bunch of people.

 

I’m not a huge one for fuss on my birthday as an adult, for one it’s in the middle of winter here so the chances of me wanting to go out are slim to nil. Last birthday was an at home affair mainly because I didn’t want to deal with any food intolerance issues if I somehow got glutened while out so I asked for a roast chicken dinner as my birthday also lined up with one of my mums days off.

 

I like to celebrate for at least a week.
I like multiple smaller friend groupings/events.
A great gift for me would be something that I wouldn't buy for myself, and yet something that resonates with me and lets me you "know" me so well.

 

I'm a all year round Grinch. I don't like any of the holidays, and I don't like birthdays. To be honest, my mom ruined it all for me, and I've never bothered to "reclaim" things. (Other than my son's birthdays and Christmas when he was a kid.) Mom made every holiday (including other's birthdays) be all about her and how she would want it. For us kids, it was all about shine and be happy for her sake - no matter what day it was.

 

I like to spend the day with family. That's it. The rest is trimmings that the people around me want/like but I can live without.

 

I like my birthday and usually use it as an excuse to get out of cooking. My favorite is to go out to dinner with my family, have ice cream and then open presents. Even better if I get to have a weekend birthday and get to sleep in too!