Comments on Cranky Fitness: Birthdays: Love 'Em or Hate Em?

Happy Birthday Crabby!! I must say, I'm with you...

2009-06-10T12:32:52.517-04:00

Happy Birthday Crabby!! I must say, I'm with you 100% on the birthday post. I love, love, love birthdays....mine, my kid's, my husband's, my friend's, my neighbor's, the random stranger on the street's.....well, you get the idea. My personal philosophy is that birthday's are the one special day every year that's just for you and everyone deserves to be the center of attention and celebrate themselves a little bit!! So, Happy Birday to you (and me in a couple of weeks!!) let's all enjoy a little cake and a lot of fun!

Like you, I hate the attention, and I also feel th...

2009-06-09T20:17:11.518-04:00

Like you, I hate the attention, and I also feel the song is a little lame, and usually always a forced one. I would rather just have nobody know how the hell old I am! But, here's to you, and have a happy one, and many more to come!

Happy (belated!) Birthday! Bravo, another great p...

2009-06-09T09:47:52.774-04:00

Happy (belated!) Birthday!
Bravo, another great post... you summed it up perfectly for me and how I feel about birthdays. I LOVE birthdays, especially mine =) And that's not just because I'm still young, either. I will always love them!

My dad says there's an age when birthdays should stop being celebrated with lots of presents and cake and celebrations on that day, and that age is about 11 years old. I disagree! By not celebrating someone's birthday, it's like saying you don't care about the day that person came into existence, and you don't care they're alive-- so celebrate away!!!

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Thanks, Crabby!

Mine is now less than 2 weeks away... I feel the...

2009-06-09T09:05:14.923-04:00

Mine is now less than 2 weeks away... I feel the day should be marked but I don't need to go crazy: cake (chocolate), champagne, and a selection of cards (usually some hand made by my kids) are what I like. I won't say no to gifts either but my hubby is great at small gifts "just because" when he sees something I will like which takes pressure off the birthday itself

Thank you SO MUCH everyone! You really helped mak...

2009-06-09T06:16:06.159-04:00

Thank you SO MUCH everyone! You really helped make my birthday special.

Had a lovely day, which include my favorite "rock walk" out on the jetty; a massage; a wonderful dinner out at a favorite restaurant; great presents from the Lobster; and of course, a cupcake! Well, there's more than one in that little pink box and I can't just let them go to waste...

Happy Birthday! I love 'em. Every year gets bett...

2009-06-08T22:49:45.687-04:00

Happy Birthday! I love 'em. Every year gets better. Will be 50 on my next one in 2010. When we lived in Korea, my hubby pulled off a surprise party for me with a LOT of people there. It was very fun. Most of the time, they are low-key.
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Happy birthday! (mine is Friday, and I know some ...

2009-06-08T21:49:08.918-04:00

Happy birthday! (mine is Friday, and I know some other bloggers this week - must all be great, right!)

Well, let's see...love 'em or hate 'em, eh?

I guess I'm in the love 'em even though they're sometimes bittersweet camp. It's not that I don't miss my mom (who started the "we eat wherever the birthday girl wants" tradition) and it's not that I'm in love with the (drat) inevitable effects of aging and thinking "I actually AM old enough to be this guy's mother - ack!", it's that, almost 3 years out from my cancer diagnosis....
I'M
STILL
HERE
and lucky enough to have a DH, family, and friends who are glad I'm here and who love me most all the days, even when I'm not as lovable as I might be.

I only want attention from people close to me though - average coworkers who really couldn't care less, I don't even want to hear it from. I love celebrating other people's birthdays - a day to make a special fuss about how glad I am they exist and share their lives with me. (I do try to express that plenty of other days as well.)

I do find it best to not compare birthdays now to birthdays as a kid - it's kind of like comparing Christmas - it's not the same, it can't possibly be, so go with the now and smile about the memory.

Oh, and then there's cake. And cupcakes. And cookies. And biscotti. And any and every other food I might crave and usually skip. And getting to do whatever I want (ALWAYS take the day off work! only once I couldn't) So I'll sleep as late as I can, work out, maybe get a massage and who knows what else.

I was going to do a birthday weekend, but I will have to give serious thought to starting the birthday week tradition! Have gone on vacation that week in the past a couple of times.

Happy Birthday! I usually enjoy my birthdays, but...

2009-06-08T21:27:05.884-04:00

Happy Birthday! I usually enjoy my birthdays, but I just turned 40, and I'm not what I thought I'd be. When I was in my 20's and trying to figure out life, I envied the women on talk-shows that loved being 40. So, I looked forward to it. I thought I'd have it all together by now...I'd be wise, healthy, full of confidence, a light in others' lives, know what I want, not care about others' opinions of me, be awesome in bed, etc.

I gotta say, though, I'm so glad I'm not in my 20's anymore. I have come a long way...but, oh, so far to go...

To celebrate, though, I really like walking/hiking in nature (forest, beach, desert...wherever I happen to be at the time). I'd give up my birthday cake for that.

See what I mean? I got so caught up talking about ...

2009-06-08T19:08:56.553-04:00

See what I mean? I got so caught up talking about my birthday, I forgot to wish you a happy one. Happy Birthday...hope your day is fabulous!! :-)

I love everything about my birthday: from the atte...

2009-06-08T19:04:05.501-04:00

I love everything about my birthday: from the attention to the spoiling!! i just turned 33 in Feb and I'm still telling people it "was" my birthday LOL...actually I celebrate it the whole month long....I know...I have issues :-)

Happy Birthday, Crabby!!! I love all birthdays, i...

2009-06-08T18:35:26.851-04:00

Happy Birthday, Crabby!!!

I love all birthdays, including my own. (Kind of hard not to with three eager faces--two little, one big--beaming at me across the cake.) I'd like to say that's always been so, but that wouldn't be honest. I've had a birthday or two in my past that I've pathetically commemorated via pity-party instead of hearty-party. (I know, what a waste!)

I think the only birthdays that make me feel ooooold, though, are those of babies/toddlers from my 20-something years having *their* 20-something birthdays. Yeesh.

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU!!! And keep com...

2009-06-08T18:08:48.204-04:00

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU!!!

And keep coming back, LOL!

I am also of the crowd that likes OTHER PEOPLE'S birthdays best. I love celebrating my dog's birthday, and he does too! However I dread my own, so many crappy things have happened on that day over the years that I just try to lie low and hope the universe decides to pass me by. I figure if I get through unscathed and I get a decent piece of cake, even if I buy it myself from the market, it's "celebration" enough that I made it through the day without getting creamed. Sop it's mostly a time of reflection over the last year and ducking for me.

For those who have people who celebrate you, rejoice and count your blessings and don't take those people for granted.

never ever been big on birthdays. yeah, i'd like m...

2009-06-08T18:00:59.625-04:00

never ever been big on birthdays. yeah, i'd like mine acknowledged by people, but don't go crazy.

but really, that's probably borne out of years of bitterness, given that i've tried to do stuff on several occasions and it's never worked out.

still, i'd rather give than receive. seriously.

Happy Birthday!!!!! Hmmm, I am a bit like you - l...

2009-06-08T16:08:19.887-04:00

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Hmmm, I am a bit like you - love to be wished happy birthday without too much fuss.

Enjoy your day!

Happy birthday!!!!!! I LOVE mt birthday! I love m...

2009-06-08T16:05:09.886-04:00

Happy birthday!!!!!!
I LOVE mt birthday! I love my kids' birthdays (maybe even more than they do), Hubby's b-day...pretty much ANY birthday.
With my kids we get to decorate the house and have lots of CAKE. With Hubby's, it's another year spent together. With mine, well, it's all about ME!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday, Crabby! When it comes to birthday...

2009-06-08T15:24:11.134-04:00

Happy Birthday, Crabby!

When it comes to birthday's I love being fuzzed over. Day to day, not so much but I like to feel like a princess on my birthday. :-)

... plus it's like the only time of the year I get presents without having to give them too!

i'd sing you the birthday dirge, but it doesn't le...

2009-06-08T15:21:26.173-04:00

i'd sing you the birthday dirge, but it doesn't lend itself to writing. happy birthday!!!! i love em. i even celebrate my pets'.

Hope it is the best birthday yet Crabby!! I laugh...

2009-06-08T15:11:33.666-04:00

Hope it is the best birthday yet Crabby!! I laughed out loud for several minutes over the win-win comment about presents! I feel the same way. :-)

Enjoy the massage, and the cake!!

Happy Birthday! We do birthday weeks in my fami...

2009-06-08T14:48:46.498-04:00

Happy Birthday!

We do birthday weeks in my family, but usually on my ACTUAL birthday, I like to stay home in my pj's, watching DVDs (now Blu-Rays) all day. And there MUST be some sort of pasta with cheesy, creamy sauce for dinner. I can skip the cake, but God help you if you get between me and my homemade (with heavy cream and lots of cheese) Fettucine Alfredo.

No restaurant singing please, though. I hate that. I hated it MORE when I worked in a restaurant and had to SING THEM.

But! There was one that we sang a LOT because we didn't totally hate it. So now, I'll sing it for you! (Lucky, lucky you.)

(To the tune of the military "sound-off")
I don't know, but I've been told
Someone here is gettin' old!
The good news is the sundae's free,
The bad news is we sing off-key!
Sound off!
(Happy!)
Sound off!
(Birthday!)
Happy birthday - TO YOU!

Yeah. You're welcome. ;)

...And Happy Birthday!

2009-06-08T14:41:33.841-04:00

...And Happy Birthday!

I love birthdays - mostly because it's fun to try ...

2009-06-08T14:39:19.649-04:00

I love birthdays - mostly because it's fun to try to come up with a special way to mark everyone's special day.

My oldest sister can't have a birthday without bursting into tears at some point during the day. Spending her birthday with her is usually a big downer.

I'm happy if I can just get a GOOD piece of cake.

Happy Birthday! We sing a different song at our h...

2009-06-08T14:39:09.801-04:00

Happy Birthday!

We sing a different song at our house (hard to sing it off-key, so it's pretty good):

"Happy, Happy Birthday
From all of us to you
We wish it was our birthday
So we could party, too!"

Feel free to throw in a Spanish "Ole!" at the end. ;)

Mine is --as Linteater so succinctly put it-- "in that birthday sucking black hole period around the holidays" and I'm paying the price (DIET) for Christmas treats. That sort of ruins the cake enjoyment. But a massage sounds like a wonderful gift!

[oh, and I followed you home from The Smitten Image... or was it The Bag Lady? or Reb?]

Happy Birthday, Crabby! I kind of like birthdays....

2009-06-08T14:11:30.759-04:00

Happy Birthday, Crabby!

I kind of like birthdays... I adore presents and I also like that we will usually eat out somewhere expensive where the food is really heaven!

But cake I don't really do. The tradition here is the big pile o' dark chocolate from hubby!

Happy Birthday It sure beats hell out of the alte...

2009-06-08T13:51:37.778-04:00

Happy Birthday

It sure beats hell out of the alternative, right?

I hate surprises and strangers singing to me... but, I love seeing close friends and celebrating.

Gifts - ok from loved ones, friends can save it, cause I don't wish to struggle over what weird thing they might want when the tables are turned.

A few years ago, I started to take my vacation dur...

2009-06-08T13:40:40.353-04:00

A few years ago, I started to take my vacation during the week of my birthday and do something that I wouldn't normally do. Last year, it was Utah and a trip down the Olympic bobsled course, this year, Key West and parasailing. It is a great way to spend my birthday and a tradition I hope to continue for many years!

Wishing you an adventure filled birthday!