These days every other child is having a birthday party..
I wanna ask you!
Did your family celebrate your birthday when you were young? or were they the traditional old school family who never did.
Personally, never ever celebrated my birthday.
What do you think? Should one’s birthday be celebrated? Leaving out the religious point of views please. Thanks.
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For 7 straight years, I have had awesome birthday parties - the text book parties with the huge gatherings and pile of gifts and what not...
It was fun and looking back at snaps from those days make you feel awesome too...
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We only celebrated it with our immediate family at home and that was it. My parents never even mentioned that our b-days were coming up to other people because they felt it was like asking people for gifts.
I dont ever recall asking for a party or feeling like I was missing out on anything. I was content with my b-day being acknowleged/celebrated by family only...it was enough for me and still is.
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^
immediate family members as chacha, taya and families - that made a huge gatherings as well in my case...
I guess in my case, it was so because I was the first son, brother etc. of the house... hmmm
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^ immediate family members as chacha, taya and families - that made a huge gatherings as well in my case...
I guess in my case, it was so because I was the first son, brother etc. of the house... hmmm
by immediate family I meant...mom, dad, and sisters (brothers if you have any).....which is how it is defined here in America :p
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hamaari immediate family maiN first cousin bhee shaamil hotaY haiN 
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These days every other child is having a birthday party.. I wanna ask you! Did your family celebrate your birthday when you were young? or were they the traditional old school family who never did. Personally, never ever celebrated my birthday.
What do you think? Should one's birthday be celebrated? Leaving out the religious point of views please. Thanks.
I'm not sure what you mean by old-school, even the most desi-est of parents, have birthdays for their children..but those are usually meant for family get togethers...
i had the typical family get together birthday til i was in HS, and after HS, let me just say....birthdays have NOT been pleasant for me, haven't been for 8 years now. it used to bother me a lot then, why i could never have nice birthdays like i see others having but i dont' get anything (not talking about gifts here)
But now, at this age, what bothers me is WHY it bothers me. I really wish that i didn't care about celebrating and all that, but I do and it still hurts remembering the past years.
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^ just realized this is your birthday month as well.
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Sikh hu kiya woh sousions ko bhi behan bhai kehty hain:snooty:
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As am the first male kid from my naniyal and dadiyal … so you can imagine the reception I normally get …
Birthdays … well celebrated till high school and couple of them were big bang yokes…
Birthdays parties in our family is picnic time specially the summer birthdays , they are always celebrated at beach … Having fun with cousins 
The last , I celebrated with my family was in 2003 , where we all went to a farm house and stayed for couple of nights … memories :hinna:
Since then , on my birthdays I just go out and treat me self nice … or if staying in , ask few mates to come over for a dinner …
There are four days in year, where am compulsory off.. I don’t work on them .. At any cost …
Eid-ul-fitar , Ashura , My father’s death anniversary and my Birthday
Some custom I made for myself ……
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isi liy itna bigry hoy hu:barbie:
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Hoon Kahan .. Phalay Tah .. Ab tu Bohat sudhaaR gaya hooN:snooty:
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When we were younger my brother and I used to have joint barbecue birthday parties, as our birthdays are a month apart in the summer, until we moved house when I was 11. Family friends and neighbours were invited and the house used to be full.
I didn't realise at the time what an event it was but I was talking to one of my relatives a while ago who I hadn't seen for years and he asked me if we still had the barbecue parties because they used to be the highlight of his year.
Nowadays we just have a family dinner, dua by my grandfather and a little bithday cake.
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my dad has never celebrated birthdays (he doesn't even know his own, does anyone find a lot of their elderly rels or parents dont their their birthdays?), but mum always gave me or my sisters presents or money. now we just get cards lol, and only me and one sister celebrate, my other sister doesnt anymore cos she says birthdays are pointless, and my cheapskate brothers have taken this up too lol.
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my dad has never celebrated birthdays (he doesn't even know his own, does anyone find a lot of their elderly rels or parents dont their their birthdays?), but mum always gave me or my sisters presents or money. now we just get cards lol, and only me and one sister celebrate, my other sister doesnt anymore cos she says birthdays are pointless, and my cheapskate brothers have taken this up too lol.
yeah my hubby is the same way, he doesnt know his date and he doesn't really care. guess it makes things easier for me :@:
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Well parents celebrated my first birthday then I didn't have any birthday parties till I was 8. Since the age of 8 till now (20) I have celebrated each and every one of my birthday :D
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When we were younger, we had a few bday parties with alot of people invited and all but alot of times ammi abbu wont tell people they are being invited for a bday party. But since we moved to the US, bdays are celbrated among immediated family with parents and siblings.
Last year was my first bday with hubs and he took me out for lunch on top of the John Hancock center in Chicago. It was totally lovely 
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i remember having birthday parties when we were younger...with close family and friends coming over...
then later on ,during college years used to have just a few close friends over for a small get together....it actually used to be fun and we used to look forward to attending those...and i still have fond memories of those days.....:)
i don't think there is any thing wrong with celebrating a birthday...especially kids....its just another excuse of having a good time with family and friends
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yesssssss i used to have huge birthday parties when i was a tween & I still Do! :D
its just a funny reason to have a party :D & i don't think i celebrate it as if i have turned another year older or something, i just like the cake & the preziies & the party :D
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Many of the kids in our area have birthday parties every year. These are not cake and games parties though, they are at "chefs for kids", "Leapin Lizards" or "Dino Dig", build-a-bear, salons. To have a party for 15 kids runs well over $500. Thats too steep for us. So we've done a party for each boy but we dont do it every year. Special birthdays - like when turning 5 and in kindergarten is a good way to do it I think, then another in their first year of middle school and their first teen birthday. Otherwise, we do cake and gift at home and have a nice dinner out.