Do birthdays mean more to parents or kids

[Wendy1985]

Sometimes my birthday means just as much to me as my parents there are some like this year that my birthday means more to my mom than me she is not happy when I schedule anything that is not fun on my birthday

This year taking a class is a requirement

Btw after typing this out, I think I figured out that every day I am busy with adult obligations that one day out of the year she wants me to have fun but tomorrow my friend and I are going nothing but celebrating me

 

[lanejudy]

I think it depends on the person, really. I'm not big into birthdays, my daughter loves to celebrate birthdays. We do the cake and gift, maybe go out to dinner, but it's not a big deal. However I know many adults who make a really big deal out of pretty much anybody's birthday.

 

[tvguy]

Sometimes my birthday means just as much to me as my parents there are some like this year that my birthday means more to my mom than me she is not happy when I schedule anything that is not fun on my birthday

This year taking a class is a requirement

Btw after typing this out, I think I figured out that every day I am busy with adult obligations that one day out of the year she wants me to have fun but tomorrow my friend and I are going nothing but celebrating me

My mom always said MY birthday was her Mother's Day.

 

[gmi3804]

Kids. Because parents make such a big deal out of it.

 

[Wendy1985]

My mom always said MY birthday was her Mother's Day.

I think of it that way too

 

[slo]

We’re BIG into birthdays here

To answer your question - it depends on the family/individuals.
My DD19 loves her birthday because we love her birthday and do something special for her every year. We love her birthday because she’s our special gift from God and that means a lot to us. For our family, it’s probably a tie - DD19 and us love her birthday equally.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

My birthday’s pretty much just a regular day since I got married at 19. My husband’s never made an effort to do anything. I do refuse to cook though. Once in awhile we’ll go out to eat but usually it’s just a pizza that I order and pick up myself. No gifts, very seldom a cake, or even cards except homemade ones from my 3 granddaughters. That’s about it. It’s just a day where I’m another year older. Next month will be 61 for me.

 

[Rogue1677x]

My husband could care less about his birthday and appreciates when no one says anything. Although he did love when our daughter made an enormous ice cream sundae that could feed 4 people and said that was for his day. He can't resist ice cream.

My daughter loves her birthday because we always have something planned. Last year it was backyard movie night and smores. This year we're going to be in London over her birthday so we'll be at the zoo on her birthday.

Mine falls close to Christmas, so my husband tries to find different things to surprise me with. Last year we opted with an overnight trip to Universal and had an amazing time.

 

[NAB]

When kids were still home our tradition was putting balloons on the stairs , a sign with their age and a gift. After they went away to college and don’t come home as often . Really don’t do much. Send them money and if they happen to be home dinner out. They had 1st Birthday parties with family and maybe one or 2 with schoolmates.

For husband and I it is dinner out and that’s it. Heck we have everything , Christmas is hard so birthdays not much happens.

 

[georgina]

DH and I don't care much about birthdays at our ages (over 60). I did celebrate my 60th at Disney World, but we would have gone then anyway. When our kids were little we made a bigger deal out of it, now they are ages 28 to 33 and don't live at home, only one is within 3000 miles of us, not that much of a big deal. We will see DS this summer on his 31st bday, maybe will have a brownie/ice cream dessert. Really now it will be all about grandson.

 

[Southernmiss]

We're an hour and a half into a 2.5 drive on Sunday evening at 5 to have dinner with our son who turned 26 on Friday.

He works 12 hour night shifts. We're celebrating on his schedule!

Tomorrow's a work day for me and dh. We'll be back home after bedtime!

But our son is worth it.

 

[easyas123]

B'days aren't a huge deal for us. I do have a BIL that has always treated the day like it was a coronation/Christmas/New Years and whatever else all bundled up into one massive day that the world was supposed to stop and fawn over him- I must admit that always puzzled me!

 

[DCLMP]

Parents for sure.

 

[Boopuff]

I think it all depends on the family. My family always had a family get together for the birthday. Usually dinner at birthday persons choice restaurant, after cake and gifts. My DH family did nothing. He did get a gift from his parents and a cake. However, we don't subscribe to the "must celebrate on the exact day"

 

[nw6675]

My DD LOVES her birthday except that it Is at Thanksgiving. I think we celebrate for the entire month. It's fun to see her so excited and it makes my heart happy.

DH and I could care less on ours. We used to go somewhere since our birthdays and anniversary are close together, but we don't even do that now.

 

[Deb]

I would say kids, but I know/know of a few young ish adults that actually refer to their birthday months. Not as in "I was born in January" more "these are the plans for my birthday month"