Who is it that expanded birthdays into birthday weeks? By definition, a birthday should be one day - a single 24-hour period of celebration. More and more women are getting behind this birthday week phenomenon, expecting 3-7 nights of parties, presents, and “Happy Birthday” sing-alongs.
In reality, birthdays are like dreams: People really only care about their own. So when she goes and extends hers into a whole week, she’s really just torturing her friends and loved ones by forcing them to endure half a fortnight dedicated to her.
Ladies, your birthday is not Hannukah. It’s only one day. Enjoy it while it’s here, because it’s not coming back for 365 days.
I find it really strange that most guys could care less about their birthday. I think the whole week long birthday started because most people have birthday parties on the weekend…if your birthday party isn’t on a weekend then you get to have two days to celebrate in one week! I love birthdays, they are always a good time…why wouldn’t you want to celebrate a good time all week? I am a women, I love my birthday, I am trippin’
I agree with Katie, mostly. I love to celebrate my friends’ birthdays as best I can, but sometimes my schedule doesn’t allow for a saturday brunch or friday night clubfest. We usually end up planning like two or three things to do as “birthday things” and then whoever can show up does. I have the added blessing of having a birthday on 9/11, so it’s only been in the last two years or so that I’ve felt comfortable enough to celebrate on the actual day. If you’re woman is the type to expect a full seven days of presents and parties though, she definitely is trippin. Tell that beeach this ain’t Hannukkah!