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...and I feel somewhat...meh...about it. For the longest time I used to look forward to my birthday as a fun celebration...but for the last couple of birthdays I've not felt so excited. Perhaps that's simply me growing up.

Of course my family is not likely to celebrate my birthday today. For the past several days my three siblings and my parents have been quite ill with something vaguely flu-like in symptoms. I've spent the past few days caring for them as best as I could. My little brother's birthday was on Thursday but we had to postpone celebration of that since on that day he was quite feverish and delirious.

But, that's how life is, isn't it? One minute you're all happy and carefree, and the next an illness sneaks up behind you, smashes you in the head with a mallet and drags you off by your shirt.

So...I turn twenty years old today...Yay?

Happy birthday.

It sounds more like you're disappointed that people are too ill to celebrate than actually not caring about the day. If it makes you feel better, I had school on my 18th, and my uni finals on my 21st. It's not the end of the world.

Happy birthday.

It sounds more like you're disappointed that people are too ill to celebrate than actually not caring about the day. If it makes you feel better, I had school on my 18th, and my uni finals on my 21st. It's not the end of the world.

Well, at first I thought it was that too, but I've felt somewhat meh about it for the past couple of years, and I even had a girlfriend to celebrate my birthday with last year, so that's not it.

I think I'm just finally getting past celebrating my birthday like it's something huge when it really isn't all that huge.

Well, at first I thought it was that too, but I've felt somewhat meh about it for the past couple of years, and I even had a girlfriend to celebrate my birthday with last year, so that's not it.

I think I'm just finally getting past celebrating my birthday like it's something huge when it really isn't all that huge.

I think that really is just growing up. When you're little, it's something you look forward to all year. Then you're a bit older and you're much busier with other stuff, so they tend to creep up on you. I think you just learn to enjoy them at a 'lower' level, having a pleasant day rather than a super-exciting day.

I think that really is just growing up. When you're little, it's something you look forward to all year. Then you're a bit older and you're much busier with other stuff, so they tend to creep up on you. I think you just learn to enjoy them at a 'lower' level, having a pleasant day rather than a super-exciting day.

Aye.

Whatever happens, I'll probably enjoy the day, even if I spend it caring for my family again.(Though to be honest I actually enjoy doing that because I like making my family happy and caring for them when their sick helps cheer them up.)

In any case, thank you for the happy birthday wish.

All together now:
"It was twenty years ago today,"

You know the rest. Sing, damn you, sing!

for now on they all feel like that
once i turned 20 i all so started to hate getting wished happy birthday

...and I feel somewhat...meh...about it. For the longest time I used to look forward to my birthday as a fun celebration...but for the last couple of birthdays I've not felt so excited. Perhaps that's simply me growing up.

Of course my family is not likely to celebrate my birthday today. For the past several days my three siblings and my parents have been quite ill with something vaguely flu-like in symptoms. I've spent the past few days caring for them as best as I could. My little brother's birthday was on Thursday but we had to postpone celebration of that since on that day he was quite feverish and delirious.

But, that's how life is, isn't it? One minute you're all happy and carefree, and the next an illness sneaks up behind you, smashes you in the head with a mallet and drags you off by your shirt.

So...I turn twenty years old today...Yay?
Yes, yay!
It looks like you're not only turning older, but also a little wiser. ;)

Those thoughts are normal and shouldn't drag you down - it's part of the growing-up-routine.

How about you do celebrate your birthday with your folks over a nice, hot chicken soup? I bet it sounds fantastic when they sing you a song in a hoarse voice. ;)

Anyway, have a good one, und alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

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All together now:
"It was twenty years ago today,"
You know the rest. Sing, damn you, sing!
Uh-oh! That was already "playing" in my head when I typed my response... :eek:!!!

It's my birthday too, I wish I was just turning 20 :(

I'm 22 and I'm looking forward to my next birthday. All you have to do to continue enjoying your birthdays is not grow up; it's quite simple really.

It's my birthday too, I wish I was just turning 20 :(
Well, alles Gute zum Geburtstag for you, too, then. ;)

Yes, yay!
It looks like you're not only turning older, but also a little wiser. ;)

Those thoughts are normal and shouldn't drag you down - it's part of the growing-up-routine.

How about you do celebrate your birthday with your folks over a nice, hot chicken soup? I bet it sounds fantastic when they sing you a song in a hoarse voice. ;)

Anyway, have a good one, und alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

Heh...thanks, German Nightmare. I'm certain they'll be enjoying more chicken soup tonight...I've made many a large pot over the past few days.

Thank you to the rest of you as well.

And happy birthday as well to Gorillapigs. How old are you today?

Ooops, I forgot to add

felicidades Kyronea


Aries rock!!

Ooops, I forgot to add

felicidades Kyronea


Aries rock!!
I suppose.

Happy birthday to you as well. How old do you turn today?

I got a whole six-and-a-bit months 'till I turn twenty.

But I've made a deal with the tooth fairy, she's said if I giver her my wisdom teeth when they fall out, I can be twenteen instead! ONE MORE YEAR OF IRRISPONSABLE TEENAGE BEHAVIOUR :D

Oh to be twenty again! LOL

Many happy returns!

Lucky you, Kyronea. I get to turn 25 this year.
I'm thinking of taking the week off of work to mourn.
Anyways, happy birthday.

<Plays "Happy Birthday" by Concrete Blonde in your honor.>

I got a whole six-and-a-bit months 'till I turn twenty.

But I've made a deal with the tooth fairy, she's said if I giver her my wisdom teeth when they fall out, I can be twenteen instead! ONE MORE YEAR OF IRRISPONSABLE TEENAGE BEHAVIOUR :D
Enjoy it. As for me, I feel like being responsible.
Oh to be twenty again! LOL

Many happy returns!
Same to you.

Lucky you, Kyronea. I get to turn 25 this year.
I'm thinking of taking the week off of work to mourn.
Anyways, happy birthday.

<Plays "Happy Birthday" by Concrete Blonde in your honor.>

May I ask why turning twenty-five is something to mourn? I don't understand.
Alsothankyou.

All these youngsters!

I feel soooooo old

Happy Birthday! :)

I'm the same, I've never seen the point of celebrating when your age is a whole number multiple of the days in a complete orbit.

Same to you.

Luckily its not my birthday today...;)

Luckily its not my birthday today...;)

Well, yes, but all the same, have happy days.

Extreme Ironing: It's worth noting, though, if only to keep track of the information.

Well, yes, but all the same, have happy days.

True true!

Reminds me of when I moved back to the US from Germany when my old man was reassigned. We went to visit some family friends and as soon as I said that I had come over from Germany the other kids asked me if 'we' had Happy Days...I was rather puzzled but replied that yes...we had happy days...and sometimes sad days...not realising that they were referring to the TV show! Doh!

Anyway...I'd like to think that we all can have happy days....eventually. If we are lucky.

Yeah.

Right.

Damn I'm just too cynical.

True true!

Reminds me of when I moved back to the US from Germany when my old man was reassigned. We went to visit some family friends and as soon as I said that I had come over from Germany the other kids asked me if 'we' had Happy Days...I was rather puzzled but replied that yes...we had happy days...and sometimes sad days...not realising that they were referring to the TV show! Doh!

Anyway...I'd like to think that we all can have happy days....eventually. If we are lucky.

Yeah.

Right.

Damn I'm just too cynical.
Well, you could look at it this way: as a pessimest, you're always happy. Either you're right or things turn out alright.

Well, you could look at it this way: as a pessimest, you're always happy. Either you're right or things turn out alright.

Yeah...pleasant surprises and all that...

So why are you posting here on yer birfday? You ought to be out celebrating or something I reckon...

But don't do what I did on my 25 and get alcohol poisoning!

Yeah...pleasant surprises and all that...

So why are you posting here on yer birfday? You ought to be out celebrating or something I reckon...

But don't do what I did on my 25 and get alcohol poisoning!

Well, mainly watching over my sick family, but even if that weren't the case, I'd be here anyway as I really have nothing better to do. It's not like I've got somewhere I can go party or something, especially since I'm not a party-person anyway.

Well, mainly watching over my sick family, but even if that weren't the case, I'd be here anyway as I really have nothing better to do. It's not like I've got somewhere I can go party or something, especially since I'm not a party-person anyway.

Yeah...sorry I forgot that you are looking after your family...

well...I hope you have as good a day as you can have....

Yeah...sorry I forgot that you are looking after your family...

well...I hope you have as good a day as you can have....

Aye, aye. Don't mistake my "nothing better to do" comment for a lack of enjoying my day, mind. It's just a case of not having an activity in mind, really.

I do intend to enjoy the day as much as I can, in any case, so thank you.

Aye, aye. Don't mistake my "nothing better to do" comment for a lack of enjoying my day, mind. It's just a case of not having an activity in mind, really.

I do intend to enjoy the day as much as I can, in any case, so thank you.

:thumbsup!:

That is life. Things start to lose that emotional importance. That is ok, your mind focus on other stuff.

Fortunaly, life gives us another chance at living that emotional strengh of our inocence, and that is when we have kids. Having kids is the second chance you have at reliving your infancy and all those feelings involved.

Happy Birthday.

And don't worry about it. 19 and 20 are like the door prizes of birthdays. Sure, you get them, and they're kinda nice, but did you really want them in the first place?

Just wait til you're 21.

Comiserations!... no, wait... I think I mean Congratulations!

Either way, everyone's 20th is odd I find... I ended up crying in a cinema with my mum on my 20th. It wasn't quite the plan I had in mind for that day, but hey.

...and I feel somewhat...meh...about it. For the longest time I used to look forward to my birthday as a fun celebration...but for the last couple of birthdays I've not felt so excited. Perhaps that's simply me growing up.

Of course my family is not likely to celebrate my birthday today. For the past several days my three siblings and my parents have been quite ill with something vaguely flu-like in symptoms. I've spent the past few days caring for them as best as I could. My little brother's birthday was on Thursday but we had to postpone celebration of that since on that day he was quite feverish and delirious.

But, that's how life is, isn't it? One minute you're all happy and carefree, and the next an illness sneaks up behind you, smashes you in the head with a mallet and drags you off by your shirt.

So...I turn twenty years old today...Yay?

Happy birthday, ya fucking kid. ;)

And I hope your family gets to feeling better and then does you right by a celebration.

happy birthday!! join the twenty-year old club with me!

...and I feel somewhat...meh...about it. For the longest time I used to look forward to my birthday as a fun celebration...but for the last couple of birthdays I've not felt so excited. Perhaps that's simply me growing up.

Of course my family is not likely to celebrate my birthday today. For the past several days my three siblings and my parents have been quite ill with something vaguely flu-like in symptoms. I've spent the past few days caring for them as best as I could. My little brother's birthday was on Thursday but we had to postpone celebration of that since on that day he was quite feverish and delirious.

But, that's how life is, isn't it? One minute you're all happy and carefree, and the next an illness sneaks up behind you, smashes you in the head with a mallet and drags you off by your shirt.

So...I turn twenty years old today...Yay?

Wooooo!
*strips*

Happy Birthday.

And don't worry about it. 19 and 20 are like the door prizes of birthdays. Sure, you get them, and they're kinda nice, but did you really want them in the first place?

Just wait til you're 21.
What happens then? It's not as if I can drink alcohol. I have an extreme intolorance towards it, somewhat like an infant's tolorance towards alcohol, up to and including easy alcohol poisoning.
But thank you.

Happy birthday, ya fucking kid. ;)

And I hope your family gets to feeling better and then does you right by a celebration.
Well, my dad is feeling somewhat better, and of all of them he was the worst off...he's intent upon fixing my birthday dinner of potato soup(a special family recipe that I really enjoy) but I don't know if he'll do it. In any case, thank you.

Wooooo!
*strips*

I'd rather you not, Ifreann. :p

I'd rather you not, Ifreann. :p

Faaaaar too late.
*jiggles jiggly bits*

Damn you and your being born one year before me!

Ah well, it's usually more significant when you turn 40, or 100, or 1000 or whatever. 20 just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Damn you and your being born one year before me!

Ah well, it's usually more significant when you turn 40, or 100, or 1000 or whatever. 20 just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Eh? Why the damnation, Vetalia?

And I suppose you're right...though it's probably because 21 is considered a threshold age here in the U.S. I'd imagine elsewhere 20 might be a big deal.

Eh? Why the damnation, Vetalia?

B-because you're older than me! 1987 was a much better year than 1988.

And I suppose you're right...though it's probably because 21 is considered a threshold age here in the U.S. I'd imagine elsewhere 20 might be a big deal.

Or 18. 19-20 are kind of those weird intermediate years where you're too young to legally drink but too old to be tried as a juvenile for offenses. Not that I've every been in that situation or anything...

B-because you're older than me! 1987 was a much better year than 1988.

Oh, yes. I misread it and thought you were older than I am. How odd...you never struck me as younger than me...


Or 18. 19-20 are kind of those weird intermediate years where you're too young to legally drink but too old to be tried as a juvenile for offenses. Not that I've every been in that situation or anything...

Aye, aye. Ah well...as previously noted it's not as if twenty-one will be all that special for me anyway...the one thing that becomes legal for me is something I can't really indulge in anyway.

Bah, turning 20 means you no longer get to be called a teenager. How is one to lure in older guys then? :p

Oh, yes. I misread it and thought you were older than I am. How odd...you never struck me as younger than me...

I was born February 18, 1988.


Aye, aye. Ah well...as previously noted it's not as if twenty-one will be all that special for me anyway...the one thing that becomes legal for me is something I can't really indulge in anyway.

Yeah, and the only reason I really like it is because I like wine and it's good for me in moderation.

Bah, turning 20 means you no longer get to be called a teenager. How is one to lure in older guys then? :p
That just leaves more for you. ;)
I was born February 18, 1988.




Yeah, and the only reason I really like it is because I like wine and it's good for me in moderation.
Hmm...amusingly coincidental day...I believe that was the date my parents officially moved from Georgia to Ohio...

Well, I'd probably do the whole red wine bit for my heart except that well...I can't, and even if I could drink alcohol to any extent my doctor has told me I'm one of those people whom it can't help in that regard anyway. Sad, eh?

That just leaves more for you. ;)
It does? How so? :)

It does? How so? :)

Well, I won't be chasing after them at all, being heterosexual, so it always leaves more for you, right?

So...I turn twenty years old today...Yay?Happy birthday.

and remember. You can put aside the Kid in you, but please don't forget to pay that kid a visit every now and then. ;)

Well, I won't be chasing after them at all, being heterosexual, so it always leaves more for you, right?
I was referring to myself anyway, being the self-centred brat I am. :D I turned 20 just a few months ago.

Happy birthday by the way.

Happy birthday.

and remember. You can put aside the Kid in you, but please don't forget to pay that kid a visit every now and then. ;)

I'm all too versed in keeping my inner child alive, given how my mom has been doing so for herself my entire life. Sometimes it's scary, actually...anyway, thank you.

Europa Maxima: Oh, of course you were. A late happy birthday to you.

Happy b-day.

This is a situation for cookies. *bakes cookies*

Happy b-day.
Thank you, Meestar Congo.
This is a situation for cookies. *bakes cookies*
Now there's a good idea.

happy birhtday!!!!
:cool: :D :) :fluffle:

May I ask why turning twenty-five is something to mourn? I don't understand.
Alsothankyou.It means I'll be 1/4 of a century old.

Bah, turning 20 means you no longer get to be called a teenager. How is one to lure in older guys then? :pIt can still be done. :p

It means I'll be 1/4 of a century old.


So? That's an achievement, not a burden. Given that once people were damned lucky if they turned twenty-five, you should be happy. Or I would be, at least.

It can still be done. :p
Too true. Plus you can even hide your real age, especially if you're neotenic. :)

i completely forgot my eighteenth birthday, and that's supposed to be the big one here. i had already had my party though so i guess the excitement was over pretty much.

...and I feel somewhat...meh...about it. For the longest time I used to look forward to my birthday as a fun celebration...but for the last couple of birthdays I've not felt so excited. Perhaps that's simply me growing up.

Of course my family is not likely to celebrate my birthday today. For the past several days my three siblings and my parents have been quite ill with something vaguely flu-like in symptoms. I've spent the past few days caring for them as best as I could. My little brother's birthday was on Thursday but we had to postpone celebration of that since on that day he was quite feverish and delirious.

But, that's how life is, isn't it? One minute you're all happy and carefree, and the next an illness sneaks up behind you, smashes you in the head with a mallet and drags you off by your shirt.

So...I turn twenty years old today...Yay?

At least you had the possibility of getting a birthday, perhaps even a party. It's not like you had to use all of your (very hard-earned) money to pay bills, a massive mortgage debt left by your dead grandmother, and to buy food so you could survive, like yours truly.

Come on, everybody was sick. It's not like you're in something really fucking serious (like some of us happen to be).

B-because you're older than me! 1987 was a much better year than 1988.

1987 was the year I graduated from high school. I feel old now.

1987 was the year I graduated from high school. I feel old now.

Youngster ;)

Enjoy yourself. I spend my 20th birthday, a couple months ago, downtown working on an operating systems assignment. It was a Sunday too, sucks that the end of term death week is at my birthday.

y0u turned twenty? Young Punk.



was kidding ofcourse. If I knew what I know now and was 20.. ahh the possibilities.