Should Birthdays Be Celebrated?

[Serbon div 386]

Nope you don't need it I don't need it nobody needs it. I don't celebrate birthdays since I was 10, it's just for little kids!

[Fluttershyfan94 5,749]

Don't see why not, considering there are so few good things in life I don't see why we shouldn't at least try to have one good day. Even though I've never really felt like it's anything to celebrate but having a twin sister it's not really my call I have never really wanted to celebrate it but do it because of her. So yeah I think they should be celebrated, because why not.

[Kowaiser 30]

I say, if your birthday it's just another day, then you clearly wasted your year.

[Rainboom Dash 1,057]

I believe birthdays should be celebrated. They celebrate the reaching of another year of your life and that's something that deserves to be recognized.

[Hawk Moth 390]

Adam Carolla on birthdays:

 

[Wayzer 1,418]

Of course they should. I think it's a good thing to remeber that it's quite a gift to be alive. Just be happy you can be a part of this world and everything in it!

[duidamasterXD 9,627]

How else would I get presents

 

I actually feel more and more uncomfortable on my birthday in recent years, just because it doesn't feel as special and I don't like feeling like a bother, but it's still a great time to spend with family and loved ones. There's nothing wrong with taking a day out to celebrate having someone in your life or letting them do the same to you, in my eyes.

[Static Electricity 729]

I like birthdays, what I don't like is when they lump your presents if your birthday is close to a holiday :/

[Lucky Bolt 35,254]

Um...yes! What kind of question is that? Pinkie Pie is not pleased. 

[Nsxile 29,278]

Why wouldn't you celebrate birthdays?

[Dreambiscuit 12,406]

I definitely recommend celebrating birthdays. It doesn’t matter how significant the occasion is, and to many people birthdays are no big deal, but having an occasion for a bit of revelry is a good thing. People need a little something to break up the monotony in life.  

[EpicEnergy 23,256]

I think birthdays should be celebrated because they make the person feel important and appreciated and to celebrate them turning a new age.

[Splashee 28,603]

It is very important to keep count or score about things (like post count for example). I say the same apply to your life counter. That life counter is expressed in number of years since birth. I think it is awesome to celebrate that!

[Early Sunsets 2,112]

I don't really see a point. It's just another day for me.

[applesjck 5,606]

If birthdays weren't celebrated then we wouldn't get presents  

No, but really! I feel like I'm on cloud nine when it's my birthday, and I'm sure many others feel the same. A lot of people feel important and loved on their birthday, and I think that's pretty awesome. I think birthday's should definitely be celebrated! 

[ShadOBabe 19,060]

Of course Birthdays should be celebrated! It’s the day you, a completely unique individual, came into the world, and a reminder that you managed to not get yourself killed for another whole year!

Good job! 

[JonasDarkmane 19,791]

Definitely. I think birthdays are a fun way of having yourself either a bit of you-time or spending it with loved ones who wish to celibrate with you~

[Derpy Pon-3 5,652]

Of course you should celebrate birthdays, whether with a big party, with your family, or on your own, birthdays are awesome.

[Troblems 5,623]

I almost bled to death in my early 20s. It didn’t look like I was going to make it for a while, and it took some serious rehabilitation to get me back to a functional level where I can walk without an sort of mobility aid. I’m grateful for every day I’m alive, and while I’m not much for being the center of attention, I know the people that love me also want to celebrate my life on the day I was born, and I’m okay with that. 

[Clawdeen 25,658]

My family has never been big on birthdays. They stopped having parties for me when I was still in elementary school. 

[Rainbow Cloud 19,498]

Yes, I think it's a good thing to celebrate milestones and markers throughout our lives on over the course of the year, it helps to make some sort of order out of the chaos and things would be pretty dull if we didn't.

[Here No Longer 5,290]

I mean apparently it depended on who's birthday it was. My birthday would go uncelebrated almost every year while my older brother would get a party most years even into high school. But that's because I'm an introverted, selectively mute loner anyways. Not that I see a problem with it, but that was likely why my birthdays almost always came and went unceremoniously.

 

I honestly don't care if anyone wants to celebrate their birthday or not, it's not on me to tell them what to and not to celebrate. Though personally I would say that it probably would be better to do so than not, especially in the family unit. Going to that restaurant or having that party is a great excuse to bring everyone a little closer together.

[Oblivion 20,283]

Yes, because I enjoy going to a restaurant when someone else is paying! 

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 42,208]

If others want to, I say go all out. In my case, there isn't a point. My birthday has become entirely meaningless over the years and this year was the epitome of that. At this point I'd rather not bother with it because all it does is make me hopeful that it will turn out alright when it very likely will not.

[Tacodidra 61,956]

Do as you feel. If you want to celebrate your birthday, do so – if you don't want to, don't.

I've always celebrated it at least in some manner, but I don't find it as significant as I used to anymore – a year for a young adult isn't really the eternity it feels like for a little kid