How do you like to celebrate your birthday?

WendyBT

My family don't know when my birthday is. Never asked?

Odd!

I had a big birthday last month - one of those with a 0 at the end. We went to the Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent as I'm mad on cats - that was wonderful.

And, because Covid doesn't bother me, we went to a restaurant on the night itself for a family meal with 13 of us. I wish I could do it all over again.

Cards and lunch out with DH.

I'm always disappointed if my birthday doesn't coincide with a karate session. This year my birthday (11th Feb) was on a Friday. We have junior (children) and senior (adult) sessions on Fridays. One of the parents brought a huge cake, which we shared with all the children, and they all sang Happy Birthday. That was lovely. Next year will also match with a karate session and it's a really lively one on Saturdays, but not the year after (no karate on Sundays). 2025's birthday will be on a Tuesday and we do have a class. Yip!

Cards from DH, friends and family. DH and I don't do birthday presents now unless it's a significant birthday. Usually some kind of voucher from family - I love a voucher. DH and I used to go out for an evening meal but nowadays we use our bus passes to go out for a lovely lunch and then get the bus back and fall asleep on the sofa.

A different one for me this year year I'm going out!! Alas after 2 lockdown birthdays it's not what I'd hoped for......a visit to hospital to see the physio and a wound check and staples removed on my knee replacement. At least it's going out ???

My family are rubbish, husband has forgotten my birthday the last 2 years and the rest of my family make little effort. I am the ‘events’ organiser of the family so usually plan a meal or party tea but if I didn’t the day would pass without pomp or ceremony or even a bloody card for that matter ?

I have to plan it myself, if I want to do something on my birthday, as DH is unintrested in birthdays, both his own and others.

I find it sad that there is no-one left who remembers my birthday, so try to get through it as best as I can.

In bed under the duvet waiting for tomorrow!

With a large bottle of gin and copious tears.

I have had amazing birthdays over the years. I graduated on two of them (years apart). I flew to Brisbane one year, giving me an extended birthday! I have danced on tables, held parties, woken up in notable cities around the world - Wellington, Auckland, Basel, Berlin, Osaka, Paris, London. I have enjoyed past birthdays with loved ones now long gone, and have embraced present birthdays hearing "Happy Birthday, dear Nana" several times now (sometimes on random days that are not my birthday!). I enjoy strawberries and Baileys as a birthday breakfast and I often BBQ with family later in the afternoon/evening. I absolutely LOVE birthdays and get very excited, as you can tell. One very happy birthday, I even married my best friend in the whole world. I am so blessed.

I’m 70 next month and my 3 adult kids have blocked out a whole weekend in my diary and told me not to make any plans and not to ask any questions ? I can’t wait ????‍♂️
Like many other mums/Nan’s I don’t need anything, but time with them all together is just absolutely priceless.

Funnily enough it's been my birthday lately.
I don't publish my birthday in social media so don't get the usual notifications from many pals on there like most.
Best friend card and unexpected present as we don't usually do them and meal out together( love her)
Partner gave me new pajamas that I'd bought for him to give me and the worst flowery card I wouldn't even give to my dead grandma
Daughter, yet again nothing, so wrapped up in her own thing even though I had to go to her place to meet a workman on that morning.
I got on the bus home, but stayed on and went to Macdonald's for lunch. I do enjoy a burger X
So a fun afternoon buying myself a silly present of a tiny succulent from the pound shop. Then home to "what's for tea"
Next year (birthday with a zero)
I'm buggering off to somewhere warm, anyone want to come with???

Family meal out. I love cards flowers and chocolates too

My family do know but don't bother with my birthday so I have let it just pass by since childhood. I am considering some sort of celebration for myself though.

My husband was a lovely romantic man and we made a lot of our birthdays and our anniversarys. Nothing posh but over the years we have walked through the wonderful hay meadows in swaledale and he produced a bottle of wine and glasses from his rucksack and we sat by the river with a sandwich and a glass of wine. Lovely. We have been out on a local ride and then he would suggest we went a bit farther, and we would end up at a pub for a special lunch. I turned the tables on him for his 60th birthday and had secretly arranged for us to stay for 2 nights at a lovely hotel in the lake district. Got the family to send me his birthday cards in advance, so I had hidden them and had a special cake, and various other things and had a bag with smarter clothes stashed away when he didnt see it . spent a long time organising all of this and then he could go to sleep when I was driving sometimes so hoped to just end up at the hotel by surprise. But of course this time he didnt go to sleep and I had to invent a reason that I must go to the post office at Kendal and couldnt wait to post things at home etc.He looked at me wondering why I would make a fuss about something so mundane but shrugged and sat back. Then said this isnt the way to Kendal. I said well just shut your eyes for a bit and we will see where we end up. He was surprised when we arrived at the hotel and I had managed to put all the stuff in different bits and pieces and the hotel knew we were coming. So then was able to present all his cards and good wishes and presents etc. He thought we had forgotten his birthday so was very happy and we had a lovely time with a good dinner and a peaceful and lovely room for the night and it gives me pleasure to look back over these lovely days and if I go somewhere there are often memories of special days we had together. Still have the lovely poetry book he gave me with the marked one giving the line "A jug of wine and thee"

My family don't know when my birthday is. Never asked?

A card, and if they ask I’ll always say a date. I’ve had a few, a lovely one to one meal or daughter is very generous with a spa and afternoon tea.

Love a card from my family , meal out or tea and chat with daughter's and grandchildren .

With family, preferably over a good meal with plenty of wine.

Alone. I like to receive flowers and cards. My family know to buy me plants or something for the garden. I'm not fussed about going out for meals, think it's a dreadful waste of money!

I love to receive cards and presents as I know my friends and family have usually put alot of thought into them. I go out to dinner with family, then go away for weekend with girlfriends.

My birthday is very near Christmas and cards phone calls and letters are lovely as is a family meal (often made and brought by my DiL) or a takeaway or a meal out.

A family meal with all my children and their partners served with champagne and I'm happy. My dad was never one for birthdays but since mother died he seems to like a bit more fuss. For his 85th I took lunch over which was shared with his children and grandchildren. He'd offered to take us all out but it seemed nicer to stay in and relax

As my birthday is straight after Christmas, so don't usually see any of my family beyond my son that lives with me!
My dad's birthday was 3 days before mine and when he was alive, everyone used to visit him and then leave my presents and cards for me with him as many people returned to work on my birthday .
I'm quite happy to either go to lunch or I quite honestly would love to be taken for an afternoon tea somewhere.
Since my son was classed as needing GF foods, and having IBS, meals out are few and far between, but I do get a meal cooked for me either on my birthday or the weekend after.