My birthday is coming up in a week (hooray!). I’m a big birthday person. I like to make people feel special as a way to thank them for being part of my life. I’ve also become a realist on my birthday that not all the people I love can get together on ONE day to celebrate. So with that comes the invention of the “birthday week!” I don’t think it’s selfish… it’s making sure you include everyone
I live in New York City and my sister lives in California. I realize that I will have to dedicate a weekend around my birthday to go visit her as my nephew and I share the same birthday! Also, when birthdays are on a weekday, like mine is a Tuesday this year, it is hard for people to gather after work. So my best friend is celebrating with me on Sunday, another is taking me out to dinner after work on Monday, and I’m celebrating with my family in Jersey on Wednesday!
It wasn’t like I said “okay, we have to drag my birthday out for the week.” It just happened that people could only hang out with me on certain days. I kind of like dedicating a day to each friend though 
Do you celebrate your birthday one day or have a “birthday week”?
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…cool
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I like doing birthday weekends. My bday is July 4th so I’ve been able to celebrate all weekend anyway.
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“I kind of like dedicating a day to each friend though.”
Well, since it is your birthday, they should each be dedicating a day to you. I actually like the idea of a birthday week. As long as you’re not doing it because you want the attention for the week, setting aside a week to make plans with your friends for your birthday seems like a nice way to get together and have something to celebrate. Of course, you can always get together at anytime but it seems to be more meaningful, to me anyways, when it revolves around a special occasion and for you, it just means you made it to another year of being alive =P. You know, for someone whose birthday it is, sure thinks a lot about the people around her. That’s sweet =).
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yea no harm in celebrating all week, my bday is on a friday this year!! so i dont think im gunna need a week just the weekend
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it’s my birthday today!
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I do birthday weekends x 2
Either weekend before /after it – and the actual birthday weekend itself
ranunculus / 3285 posts
The next thing will be wedding weeks. I wouldn’t put labels on things, it’d just be that I spend time with x, y and z.
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i celebrated mines for four days; the day of and the 3 after.
magnolia / 1201 posts
@melodyliux13@xanga - Happy Birthday!
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@Kimberlee - heh
thank you!