When we are kids, birthdays are wonderful. Your birthday marks a milestone in the steps of growing up. Your family wants to celebrate the milestone, your friends love the parties, and you like a day when the world revolves around you (not to mention the gifts). However, for many people, the date hits differently as an adult. There are several reasons for the birthday blues, including missing how special birthdays were in your childhood. As an adult, you find that people you know often don't remember and sometimes don't care. It's also a time for taking stock of your life so far, which may be disappointing. And you can't help but ponder getting older and inching toward the end of your life. You're not the only person who feels that way when a birthday rolls around, but there are things you can do to make your birthday less depressing. Read about them at Refinery29. Practice these tips and sooner or later, you'll even forget how old you are! -via Digg
The way I look at it is that every single day I'm exactly a year older than I was last year on this day. Big whoop.
If used as an excuse for a get together of people who you wish to be around, that's peachy. For me personally, who is admittedly an introvert, it seems like half the time I'm stuck doing what other people want me to do on that day.
Aug 7th btw. hint hint. I do like cake.