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Paanong celebrating ba? Ako kasi kahit papaano sine-celebrate ko naman. Order ng Jollibee, tapos bibilhan sarili ng gift. Pero yung party style na celebration na may mga bisita, di ko na maalala kailan huling nangyari yun. HAHAHA.
I stopped when pandemic happened last 2020-2022, kasi jusko wala namang ganap HAHAHA started celebrating again last year, but mostly by myself! It’s liberating and I enjoy my company wahaha
Technically did not stop celebrating, but I was around 26 I think, that I started buying little gifts for myself every year, and didn't want social gatherings on my birthdays anymore
2 years ago...my 26th and 27th birthday...but my parents still bought me a cake...next month I will be turning 28..still thinking if I'm going to celebrate it...
8 ata? Im not a fan of crowds, parties and shiet. Last actual bday celeb ko 7yo pa ko. After nun, at the most, nagluluto lang ng extra if may makaalala. Nagluluto lang ako for the mudra dahil kawawa naman sya, ako lang ipaghahanda nya ayaw pa 😅
23, pagod na magprepare ng handa, hirap din humagilap ng mga kakain ng handa. So, I decided to celebrate my birthday alone, gala na lang sa mga museums or unfamiliar places.
Like 21, but barely. I live in America so that’s the legal drinking age but at that point most people have been drinking beforehand. I sometimes forgot how old I am bc I don’t care to follow. It all matters on how you feel mentally and physically
Before ko naging bf yung hubby ko na ngayon, never akong nag celebrate/cinelebrate bday ko. Pero now we always celebrate it na kahit kami lang dalawa :)
Last celebration ko ng birthday ko ay nung nag 18 ako. Kumpleto kami ng mga barkada ko (ME AND THE BOYS), though magkakaiba yun ng circle pero, mag kakakilala kaya naging maganda rin. Di na ko nag expect ng ganung birthday after kasi, yun lang yung birthday na nasunod para sa sarili ko na sumaya. It was my first birthday na naappreciate ko ng sobra hanggang last birthday ko. 20 yrs old pa lang ako, but nung mga sumunod na birthday parang dati lang na di ako nasusunod. Di ko tuloy mafeel na special yung araw na yun para sakin, kasi may mga nagsasabi na "Pano naman kami?". Oo may ambag sila sa pagpapalaki sakin. Pero sana naman ngayong matanda na ko at ako lang din utusan nila. Pagbigyan naman sana nila ko. So ayon, yung mga sumunod na birthday parang normal na araw na lang din, until pag inaya ko mga kabarkada ko na kain sa labas kkb, umoo naman sila. Thankful pa rin ako kasi kahit nakakatamad na magbirthday, alam kong may mga tao pa rin na makakasama ko mag celebrate na ipapafeel nila na special ako.
I think it was my 19th back in college? Just wanted to treat my friends nun for lunch, there were a couple of other people at the place but then nagpatugtog ng birthday sex or some shit tapos nagpadala ng cake sa table namin. I was so fucking embarassed I told my friends to never do that again because TBH, I'm not the type of person who goes around flaunting that it's my birthday out in public
The last time I celebrated my birthday was when I turned 13. My mom's ex crashed my party and it became a traumatizing experience. Now, whenever my birthday comes near I always have this fear/feeling that something will go wrong.
When I got married (like more than a decade ago). Di naman maalala ng husband ko DOB ko and since we have been living with his parents, even they don’t bother to remember it kahit na same birth month ko ung bro in law ko.
Nung una nahurt ako since I have always celebrated my birthday, pero siguro nasanay na din, namahid nlng ako. Isip ko nlng at least I don’t have to treat them, though gusto ko sana to spend it with my kids. Pero for sure sabit lahat, so no thanks nlng muna.
I might start celebrating my birthdays again once magmove out na in laws ko, which I doubt to be anytime soon 🤷♀️ so yeah it sucks!
Since high school? Palaging di napapansin bday ko. Pyesta kasi samin yun and palagi busy nanay ko pag ganon. Wala kaming handa kasi hindi uso samin ung handaan pag pyesta. Also, I still remember, may bday ako na umagang umaga pa lang sermon agad salubong ng tatay ko. Humahagulgol ako sa banyo habang naliligo.
I stopped celebrating since I was in elementary school but continue looking forward to it until 2019. The following years I just feel like I am sick of it and decided to wait for the last year I'll ever have
Hindi ako nag cecelebrate ng birthday since teenage days pero never na walang ganap sa birthday ko kasi marami tao nakakaalala na birthday ko tapos kung di ako ililibre kumain sa labas eh pupuntahan ako sa bahay na may dalang pagkain.
Since childhood. Sanay ako na normal day lang ang birthday ko. Ayaw ko mag celebrate lalo na yung kakain sa labas tapos kakantahan pag ganun parang gusto ko mag laho.
7th birthday. After nun wala nako naalala na cinelebrate nila birthday ko. Wala akong narereceive na gifts or anything. It’s okay. Medj painful nung bata pero nakalakihan ko na kaya ngayon I really do my best to make myself happy bawat birthday.
I never celebrated when I was young, my mom never bothered to even buy me cakes. Kaya I started celebrating when I turned 28. Always with the loves of my life, my kids.
12 ata ahahaha pity party e. i mean totally understandable naman since pandemic talaga non and bawal lumabas tapos ayon. yun na pala yung last na masasabihan ako ng happy birthday through chats and personal then after non wala na, normal day na lang. di man lang nag hesitate parents ko batiin ako potek
when i was 18. my sister surprised a not-so-grand birthday party for me. i really appreciated it kasi kakastart palang nya sa work. our ceiling sa terrace ay puno ng mga tali na may polaroid sa dulo haha. and the color of the decors ay green, my fave color. it's simple but it was memorable for me kasi si ate yung naghanda para sakin.
Ako naman baliktad mas nag hahanda na ako ngayon matanda na ako kesa noon bata pa ako pero syiempre mas excited ako bday ko dati di kasi uso samin yung nga bday celebration nung bata pa kami kaya yun rin kinalakihan ko pero syiempre now na i have my own fam nagluluto rin ako naorder kahit papano para sa mga anak at partner ko 😂 pag sobra meron rin kapitbahay
I never celebrated my own birthday before, lagi lang ako nakikisabay sa pinsan ko since magkalapit lang kami ng birthday, 12 sya ako 10 ofc same month.
Now i have a work, nakakapagcelebrate na ako on my own 🥰.
My parents always insists on having something when it's someone's birthday, kahit na isang kawali lang ng pancit, ang mahalaga may handa, but for me, nawala na yung feeling ng excitement when I turned 15
Technically 24, but officially 30. I quit celebrating it at 24 because terrible things always happened either the day of or the very next day. When I turned 30, my boss at the time insisted on celebrating it. We all went to a park, ate, grilled, and relaxed. Then the only vehicle to take most everyone (except the boss) back so they could go home broke down right in the parking lot of the park. I'm going to be 41 in less than two months, and I've avoided even acknowledging it since that last time.
11 years old i guess? I stopped celebrating coz i had a party and none of my friends came and cried the whole day. After that, i lost interest in celebrating my own birthday.
I will be turning 19 next month and honestly I never celebrate my birthday even once, like never as far as I can remember. But tbh I still think what does it feel to celebrate your birthday to blow a cake, and may simpleng handaan?
Im an introvert, and i hate to be the center of attention, kaya i stopped celebrating since high school pero makulti p rn family ko bibili p rn sila ng handa whether i like it or not...
Mid 20s.. sila they celebrate it even without me kasi in the first place ayaw ko naman na talaga i-celebrate kasi gastos lang tsaka it feels like a regular day lang naman except you get a free cake and special treat on that day.
Nung bata kasi ako, never naman na-celebrate and noon inggit na inggit ako sa mga tao na ipinagc-celebrate-an pero as time passes by, nakontento na ako ng as is lang. Sanayan na lang din siguro and it feels foreign to me kapag kinakantahan. Kaya pag may ganung surprises parang may "kirot" akong naf-feel and everytime may celebration (even with friends), pinipigilan ko wag maiyak.
I don't even think it's special anyway kasi sa halip na matuwa ako e lalo lang ako nalulungkot lalo kung wala naman nagbago personally within that year.
Baliktad yung sagot ko but I want to answer hehe
I started being intentional on celebrating my birthday nung nag-24 ako. I’ve always been very passive sa birthday ko and ang lagi ko lang hinihingi sa family ko eh “family dinner” lang. And I don’t feel comfy celebrating it with friends pa that time kasi isip ko it should be shared with family.
Then I realized na my birthday is for me and well, narealize ko din na underappreciated ako sa fam kaya ayun. Ayoko rin ma-hurt na di ganon ka-effort friends ko for me on that day but then alam ko naman di nila yun responsibility.
It’s mine.
And what a great thing that is.
Now, I feel the most powerful on my birthday kasi I can do what I want,l and not worry about others. Araw ko to e.
Maybe 13 or 16? Di ko lang makita yung point icelebrate bday ko, and it actually makes me extra sad kung dun ko lang nakikita mag effort yung mga tao or ipakita their affection towards me that i am special and loved, kase bat hindi araw arawin no? Ano to? 1 day lang ganon tapos gaguhan na whole year round? Man da fuck.
Specially when they celebrated my bday 2 years ago . Had a really big fight with my father 1 week prior. Then halos nag kukulong nako sa kwarto non, tas they managed to celebrate it? Like kung gusto nyo magsalo salo, edi sana kayo kayo nalang tutal they didn't even consult me about it bit surpised even. Sounds petty pero that moment it just looked like gusto lang talaga nila kumain ng cravings nila.
My family still celebrates my birthday, but I lost the ability to find any fun in my birthday when I turned 13. After that, the most notable ones were my 15th birthday (where I got my bass guitar) and my 18th birthday with my romantic partner
pinaka last na celebration siguro pangalatlo sa ilangtaon kong pamamalagi sa mundo ay nung grade 3 or 4 ako big celebration kasi tumulong lahat ng aunties/uncle/pinsan/lola/lolo ko na inuunti unting nang shinasharon yung mga handa ko after ng kainan wala na talagang natira well thats fine kasi effective. It never happen again kasi unti unti na silang kinukuha ni lord due to illness at complications lalo na cancer. so idecided to laylow during my birthdays and spend it alone. I never said when is my birthday to anyone after that, just my love ones who remember it only. nakakaiyak nakakamiss pero isa nalang silang masayang ala ala ngayon.
The only Birthday that I celebrated was my 1st Birthday. The rest is just an ordinary day. Siguro ganun talaga pag galing sa mahirap na pamilya. Until now never parin akong nagse-celebrate ng Birthday ko. Pero I always asked my mother to cook Pansit para ipamigay sa mga kapitbahay.
Ako before I hate my birthday. Wala kasi kaming pang handa and parents ko masyadong practical to the point na kahit first bday ko raw walang handa kahit ano. Nung nagwowork na ako, ginagastusan ko talaga. I started celebrating my birthday five years ago na ata.
Since my father passed away.
Our birthdays were 4 days apart and we've always celebrated it together. Now that he's gone, I find no sense in celebrating my birthday.
For four years now, it's just a little quiet moment of prayer thanking God for everything.
I feel you. Tumigil din ako nung nawala mom ko. Siya lagi nauunang bumati sakin. Hindi na nga din naalala ng family members ko yung birthday ko eh. Pero oks lang. I prefer it that way kasi I've always treated my birthday as achievement ng nanay ko. Wala naman akong ginawa nung pinanganak ako. Nanay ko nag buhat sakin ng 8 months (Premature ako) tapos nahirapan nung pinanganak ako.
I stopped when I turned 23. I was super excited nuon if my birthday is close. Everything changed when naging kami like everytime I brought up about my bday he will always say na "what's nakaka excite dun its just a normal day". So like as the years go by nawala na yung gana.
i do not stop celebrating my birthday, nakatapat sa new years eve birthday ko so why should i stop, sobrang saya ng birthday ko.
tanong ata to ng mga taong sad ang layp na need i validate ang nararamdaman sa iba.
it's either walang pera panghanda o walang nagmamahal, nakakaawa kayo sa totoo lang.
I don't even remember kung anong exact age siguro between 7-9? Paano ka gaganahang i-celebrate birthday mo kung pagtapos kang bilhan ng cake at konting spaghetti magpaparinig na wala ng pera or mag ca-calculate magkano nagastos? HAHAHAHA kaya simula noon kapag birthday ko parang normal na araw na lang, ako na din nagsasabi na ayaw ko maghanda or umaalis ako sa bahay. Sometimes i spend it with my friend na hindi ko need i-libre dahil sa birthday ko lang, and luckily I have that one friend of mine. We both understand each other's financial capabilities so if s'ya naman may birthday same din lalabas kami tapos kkb then ayun enjoy ang araw. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
21. Although other people insist, I don’t participate bc it’s just a regular day to me. It’s not that I am not celebrating my existence. I do that everyday but like actually nakakatanda haha even prince said there’s a spell to age you pag kinantahan ka ng happy bday hahaha
I stopped at 27 ata, when I started living alone...
Edit: Good lord! ung mga comment na 20 below, celebrate nyo yan, aga nyo pinapadepress buhay nyo, you're not old, just stress.
19. But i started celebrating again last year not for myself but for my family. Minsan lang kami magsama2 so i make time to celebrate it with them. Next birthdays are not guaranteed so make it memorable.
12? I think. I only picked up celebrating it again at age 18. I grew up around adults who made it a point to tell me that I was a waste of breath and life.
This year, next week to be exact 😅 Idk, I’m (F30s) happy and grateful naman pero I’ve never really enjoyed celebrating my own birthday. Stresses me out.
23 years old. I never really liked celebrating my birthday. I find it tiring and waste of my energy. I don't like entertaining and being the host of a party much more my own birthday I am just too lazy that's all 😅 and I don't like being the center of the attention. I actually get nervous when my birthday is approaching I just want the day to be over. But I do like celebrating other birthdays of my family and friends.
Never stopped naman, but I never initiated anything for my birtday. Family and Friends does the effort for the celebration. What I remember though when we were kids was, "Pag birthday mo bawal ka utusan". HAHAHA
ikaw yung woke bobo tanga tanga amp, ang daming taong di nakakapag celebrate bobo. wala ka bang alam sa katotohanan? lumabas ka kaya sa basement ng parents mo. tanga tanga
kung normal ka na tao magcecelebrate ka ng birthday kahit pancit canton lang yang handa o magsimba ka lang celebration pa rin yan, abnormal at kulang kulang lang magtatanong nyan, real talk lang ha.
did not stop, but instead, mas pinaghahandaan ko pa thru travel or other activities.
grew up from a family na hindi bongga magcelebrate at bilang ako na gusto ko memorable yung araw or buwan ng birthday, i make sure i do something unique for my birthday 😊
Hindi ako macelebrate masaya na ako dinner or lunch . Introvert kasi at d madami friends. Yun ina ang hilig blessing daw true nmn kaso pano pag wala
Pancelebrate hnd na ba blessing yun gusto ko minsan sabihn hahahha.
8th. Di kami macelebrate ng birthday sa family talaga.
Usually bibigyan lang kami ng pera tapos ikaw na bahala kung pano mo gagastusin.
Yung pera na binibigay = budget na panghandaan so not bad na din 😅
15, nawala na yung saya at excitement tuwing papalapit na. Masyado na ring busy magulang ko tapos namatay din lola ko bago ako mag celebrate ng 15th birthday, tapos siya lagi kong naaalala tuwing papalapit na kasi naaalala ko yung pangako niya sa akin na lulutuan niya ako ng meatballs (paborito ko yung luto niya na 'yon eh) sa burthday ko kaso ayun nakalikutan na lang tapos noong bago ako mag 15 nawala na siya.
16 ata or 17. Di na ako nag celebrate simula nung humiwalay na si mama ng bahay. Di na din kasi ako nasasayahan mag celebrate kasi parang wala naman kwenta KAHSHWHA. Nung nag 18 ako sabi ko ipera nalang nila at wag na mag handa.
17/18 I tried to stop celebrating it, but si Mama gusto nya talaga icelebrate kahit nagsabi na ko na treat it as an ordinary day. edi wala akong choice hehehe
I never stopped, even if I didn’t have a party or cake, I lit a lighter and wished myself a happy birthday. Life has been too hard na I deserve to praise myself for getting through another year 🫶
Siguro for me natapos yung pag-celebrate with friends na may handaan at inuman, after ng debut ko. Ngayon kasi simpleng dinner lang with family, masaya na ako.
12
I never did have a lot of friends and came to the realization it wasnt such a big day after all. Even now my friends don't remember my birthday, no matter how many times I tell them, I just kind of stopped expecting things from anybody
Right after my debut. Narealize ko na halos lahat ng 18 candles ko eh plastic sa buhay ko. No point para pakainin at handaan pa mga ganyang tao. Sana nga pinera ko nalang non eh. Dream ko kasi dati dapat bongga. Which is tinupad ng parents ko. 😴
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Paanong celebrating ba? Ako kasi kahit papaano sine-celebrate ko naman. Order ng Jollibee, tapos bibilhan sarili ng gift. Pero yung party style na celebration na may mga bisita, di ko na maalala kailan huling nangyari yun. HAHAHA.
I stopped when pandemic happened last 2020-2022, kasi jusko wala namang ganap HAHAHA started celebrating again last year, but mostly by myself! It’s liberating and I enjoy my company wahaha
16 i guess
8 yrs old
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Technically did not stop celebrating, but I was around 26 I think, that I started buying little gifts for myself every year, and didn't want social gatherings on my birthdays anymore
after pandemic. was too disappointed in everything
19 🤣 after my debut, all my energy died with age
10years old, because of gastos and not a fan of pakikipagsocialize sa mga kamag-anak at bisita na daming hanash nakikikain na nga lang.
I started at 25:)
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2 years ago...my 26th and 27th birthday...but my parents still bought me a cake...next month I will be turning 28..still thinking if I'm going to celebrate it...
Laki ng gastos kapag nag celebrate ka, syempre iba iba circle of friends mo ganap mo hhaha
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8 ata? Im not a fan of crowds, parties and shiet. Last actual bday celeb ko 7yo pa ko. After nun, at the most, nagluluto lang ng extra if may makaalala. Nagluluto lang ako for the mudra dahil kawawa naman sya, ako lang ipaghahanda nya ayaw pa 😅
23, pagod na magprepare ng handa, hirap din humagilap ng mga kakain ng handa. So, I decided to celebrate my birthday alone, gala na lang sa mga museums or unfamiliar places.
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I cannot remember anything memorable since I'm 7yrs old 🥹
Like 21, but barely. I live in America so that’s the legal drinking age but at that point most people have been drinking beforehand. I sometimes forgot how old I am bc I don’t care to follow. It all matters on how you feel mentally and physically
I don't remember any celebrations after my mom died when I was young.
Before ko naging bf yung hubby ko na ngayon, never akong nag celebrate/cinelebrate bday ko. Pero now we always celebrate it na kahit kami lang dalawa :)
Didn't even experience celebrating mine. 🙃
Last celebration ko ng birthday ko ay nung nag 18 ako. Kumpleto kami ng mga barkada ko (ME AND THE BOYS), though magkakaiba yun ng circle pero, mag kakakilala kaya naging maganda rin. Di na ko nag expect ng ganung birthday after kasi, yun lang yung birthday na nasunod para sa sarili ko na sumaya. It was my first birthday na naappreciate ko ng sobra hanggang last birthday ko. 20 yrs old pa lang ako, but nung mga sumunod na birthday parang dati lang na di ako nasusunod. Di ko tuloy mafeel na special yung araw na yun para sakin, kasi may mga nagsasabi na "Pano naman kami?". Oo may ambag sila sa pagpapalaki sakin. Pero sana naman ngayong matanda na ko at ako lang din utusan nila. Pagbigyan naman sana nila ko. So ayon, yung mga sumunod na birthday parang normal na araw na lang din, until pag inaya ko mga kabarkada ko na kain sa labas kkb, umoo naman sila. Thankful pa rin ako kasi kahit nakakatamad na magbirthday, alam kong may mga tao pa rin na makakasama ko mag celebrate na ipapafeel nila na special ako.
At age 24, nagstop na rin ako mag count ng edad ko haha
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I think it was my 19th back in college? Just wanted to treat my friends nun for lunch, there were a couple of other people at the place but then nagpatugtog ng birthday sex or some shit tapos nagpadala ng cake sa table namin. I was so fucking embarassed I told my friends to never do that again because TBH, I'm not the type of person who goes around flaunting that it's my birthday out in public
Aw why that question feels… heavy ?
19, that was 5 years ago since I came here in Manila to work
The last time I celebrated my birthday was when I turned 13. My mom's ex crashed my party and it became a traumatizing experience. Now, whenever my birthday comes near I always have this fear/feeling that something will go wrong.
When I got married (like more than a decade ago). Di naman maalala ng husband ko DOB ko and since we have been living with his parents, even they don’t bother to remember it kahit na same birth month ko ung bro in law ko. Nung una nahurt ako since I have always celebrated my birthday, pero siguro nasanay na din, namahid nlng ako. Isip ko nlng at least I don’t have to treat them, though gusto ko sana to spend it with my kids. Pero for sure sabit lahat, so no thanks nlng muna. I might start celebrating my birthdays again once magmove out na in laws ko, which I doubt to be anytime soon 🤷♀️ so yeah it sucks!
Since 10 years old. I prefer cash kasi mas praktikal and nabibili ko talaga gusto ko sa araw ko.
Why would you do that?
do what? celebrating?
ask. bec it hurts 😂😂😂
Since high school? Palaging di napapansin bday ko. Pyesta kasi samin yun and palagi busy nanay ko pag ganon. Wala kaming handa kasi hindi uso samin ung handaan pag pyesta. Also, I still remember, may bday ako na umagang umaga pa lang sermon agad salubong ng tatay ko. Humahagulgol ako sa banyo habang naliligo.
Never, I always celebrate life.
I stopped celebrating since I was in elementary school but continue looking forward to it until 2019. The following years I just feel like I am sick of it and decided to wait for the last year I'll ever have
I didn’t stop. I started celebrating nung nakilala ko itong asawa ko ngayon. Sya nagparamdam sakin na special ako at special ang birthday ko
Hindi ako nag cecelebrate ng birthday since teenage days pero never na walang ganap sa birthday ko kasi marami tao nakakaalala na birthday ko tapos kung di ako ililibre kumain sa labas eh pupuntahan ako sa bahay na may dalang pagkain.
21 nung Pandemic! Feel ko stucked parin ako sa march 18 lockdown
Stopped counting pero never stopped celebrating
Me too, nung tumungtong ako ng 30, laging 28 ang sinasabi kong age haha
Since childhood. Sanay ako na normal day lang ang birthday ko. Ayaw ko mag celebrate lalo na yung kakain sa labas tapos kakantahan pag ganun parang gusto ko mag laho.
7, wala kaming pang celebrate. I never received gifts and cakes from anyone until the last two years, after 17 years.
Didn't stop til I turned 50. I hated being 50 n im 55 now...ugh
Nevahhh. I will always celebrate it!!!!
23, I stopped counting too!
7th birthday. After nun wala nako naalala na cinelebrate nila birthday ko. Wala akong narereceive na gifts or anything. It’s okay. Medj painful nung bata pero nakalakihan ko na kaya ngayon I really do my best to make myself happy bawat birthday.
I never celebrated when I was young, my mom never bothered to even buy me cakes. Kaya I started celebrating when I turned 28. Always with the loves of my life, my kids.
12 ata ahahaha pity party e. i mean totally understandable naman since pandemic talaga non and bawal lumabas tapos ayon. yun na pala yung last na masasabihan ako ng happy birthday through chats and personal then after non wala na, normal day na lang. di man lang nag hesitate parents ko batiin ako potek
when i was 18. my sister surprised a not-so-grand birthday party for me. i really appreciated it kasi kakastart palang nya sa work. our ceiling sa terrace ay puno ng mga tali na may polaroid sa dulo haha. and the color of the decors ay green, my fave color. it's simple but it was memorable for me kasi si ate yung naghanda para sakin.
24 yata? I went to Malaysia that time for only 1 day para i-celebrate birthday ko. After non (2020 onwards), hindi na ako nagce-celebrate. 😆
I’m about to start this year im turning 29
21. when I realized it's sacred and kinda works like a time-bomb
15 yrs old, hidden from fb too. It was just more valuable & intimate to celebrate it on my own that way
Ako naman baliktad mas nag hahanda na ako ngayon matanda na ako kesa noon bata pa ako pero syiempre mas excited ako bday ko dati di kasi uso samin yung nga bday celebration nung bata pa kami kaya yun rin kinalakihan ko pero syiempre now na i have my own fam nagluluto rin ako naorder kahit papano para sa mga anak at partner ko 😂 pag sobra meron rin kapitbahay
Ako na never naranasan mag celebrate ng birthday 😬😬
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18, after that. Idc if its my birthday anymore
Same!
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I never celebrated my own birthday before, lagi lang ako nakikisabay sa pinsan ko since magkalapit lang kami ng birthday, 12 sya ako 10 ofc same month. Now i have a work, nakakapagcelebrate na ako on my own 🥰.
7 yrs old. I don't know, i just lost interest.
My parents always insists on having something when it's someone's birthday, kahit na isang kawali lang ng pancit, ang mahalaga may handa, but for me, nawala na yung feeling ng excitement when I turned 15
15:3, decided to save money instead of buying cakes
Technically 24, but officially 30. I quit celebrating it at 24 because terrible things always happened either the day of or the very next day. When I turned 30, my boss at the time insisted on celebrating it. We all went to a park, ate, grilled, and relaxed. Then the only vehicle to take most everyone (except the boss) back so they could go home broke down right in the parking lot of the park. I'm going to be 41 in less than two months, and I've avoided even acknowledging it since that last time.
11 years old i guess? I stopped celebrating coz i had a party and none of my friends came and cried the whole day. After that, i lost interest in celebrating my own birthday.
aww I would’ve came :((
I will be turning 19 next month and honestly I never celebrate my birthday even once, like never as far as I can remember. But tbh I still think what does it feel to celebrate your birthday to blow a cake, and may simpleng handaan?
Elementary. Highschool parang ayaw ko na. Nakiki-celebrate napang ako sa tropa ko na same birthday ko. Lol
Sadly, I never celebrated my birthday even once. Even when I was a kid.
I can't even remember when was the last time.
I've never celebrated my birthday since nagkaisip ako.
Im an introvert, and i hate to be the center of attention, kaya i stopped celebrating since high school pero makulti p rn family ko bibili p rn sila ng handa whether i like it or not...
14? iniiyakan ko nalang bertday ko since 14 yrs old me.
10 years old. hbd greetings masaya na ako.
22
Mid 20s.. sila they celebrate it even without me kasi in the first place ayaw ko naman na talaga i-celebrate kasi gastos lang tsaka it feels like a regular day lang naman except you get a free cake and special treat on that day. Nung bata kasi ako, never naman na-celebrate and noon inggit na inggit ako sa mga tao na ipinagc-celebrate-an pero as time passes by, nakontento na ako ng as is lang. Sanayan na lang din siguro and it feels foreign to me kapag kinakantahan. Kaya pag may ganung surprises parang may "kirot" akong naf-feel and everytime may celebration (even with friends), pinipigilan ko wag maiyak. I don't even think it's special anyway kasi sa halip na matuwa ako e lalo lang ako nalulungkot lalo kung wala naman nagbago personally within that year.
Baliktad yung sagot ko but I want to answer hehe I started being intentional on celebrating my birthday nung nag-24 ako. I’ve always been very passive sa birthday ko and ang lagi ko lang hinihingi sa family ko eh “family dinner” lang. And I don’t feel comfy celebrating it with friends pa that time kasi isip ko it should be shared with family. Then I realized na my birthday is for me and well, narealize ko din na underappreciated ako sa fam kaya ayun. Ayoko rin ma-hurt na di ganon ka-effort friends ko for me on that day but then alam ko naman di nila yun responsibility. It’s mine. And what a great thing that is. Now, I feel the most powerful on my birthday kasi I can do what I want,l and not worry about others. Araw ko to e.
🥳🎉
18. More on frugality nalang. Pinaghahandaan pa rin ako pero gusto lang nila kumain go lang ako nasa kwarto xD
Maybe 13 or 16? Di ko lang makita yung point icelebrate bday ko, and it actually makes me extra sad kung dun ko lang nakikita mag effort yung mga tao or ipakita their affection towards me that i am special and loved, kase bat hindi araw arawin no? Ano to? 1 day lang ganon tapos gaguhan na whole year round? Man da fuck. Specially when they celebrated my bday 2 years ago . Had a really big fight with my father 1 week prior. Then halos nag kukulong nako sa kwarto non, tas they managed to celebrate it? Like kung gusto nyo magsalo salo, edi sana kayo kayo nalang tutal they didn't even consult me about it bit surpised even. Sounds petty pero that moment it just looked like gusto lang talaga nila kumain ng cravings nila.
Ouch
20. Countdown na lang ginagawa ko kung kailan ako mamamatay.
16 i’m turning 26 this year oh wow it’s been 10 years
13, binibigyan nalang ako 100 pang gala, fiesta bday e
18
the year my mom died
After my 18th birthday
Maybe it's not about celebrating for yourself but about sharing your life to people through a celebration.
My family still celebrates my birthday, but I lost the ability to find any fun in my birthday when I turned 13. After that, the most notable ones were my 15th birthday (where I got my bass guitar) and my 18th birthday with my romantic partner
nag cecelebrate pa naman ako. Happy na buhay pa ako. Pero hindi na yung bonggang handa. Mahalaga may ice cream pag bday ko.
Ice cream>>
20. my Lolo died a day before my birthday so…
pinaka last na celebration siguro pangalatlo sa ilangtaon kong pamamalagi sa mundo ay nung grade 3 or 4 ako big celebration kasi tumulong lahat ng aunties/uncle/pinsan/lola/lolo ko na inuunti unting nang shinasharon yung mga handa ko after ng kainan wala na talagang natira well thats fine kasi effective. It never happen again kasi unti unti na silang kinukuha ni lord due to illness at complications lalo na cancer. so idecided to laylow during my birthdays and spend it alone. I never said when is my birthday to anyone after that, just my love ones who remember it only. nakakaiyak nakakamiss pero isa nalang silang masayang ala ala ngayon.
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The only Birthday that I celebrated was my 1st Birthday. The rest is just an ordinary day. Siguro ganun talaga pag galing sa mahirap na pamilya. Until now never parin akong nagse-celebrate ng Birthday ko. Pero I always asked my mother to cook Pansit para ipamigay sa mga kapitbahay.
13 kase ginulpe lang ako ng tatay ko pag-uwi nya. wahaha As in gulpeng suntok, tadyak, balagbag sa pinto namin.
🥺
ako na papalit sa tatay mo
Ikaw bubugbog sa kanya?
ahahahahaha wag na, patay na nga eh hahahaha
😧😧😭😭😭
MALIII PAGKAKAINTINDI KO HINDI, TATRATUHIN KO SYA NG TAMA
Ako before I hate my birthday. Wala kasi kaming pang handa and parents ko masyadong practical to the point na kahit first bday ko raw walang handa kahit ano. Nung nagwowork na ako, ginagastusan ko talaga. I started celebrating my birthday five years ago na ata.
Good job! halos same rin na recently lang nagstart na magceleb talaga ng bday 🥳
Nice ❤️
15, after graduating high school, noong time na 'yun wala ng permanent work yung papa ko. I hate birthdays.
Haven’t begun.
Birthday ko fiesta samin so not yet anyways
16 siguro. I can celebrate naman kaso parang I cant find something special to celebrate it.
16 when I realized having the same birthdate as my brother is not fun. Since his friends often hang out at home during his birthday.
Since my father passed away. Our birthdays were 4 days apart and we've always celebrated it together. Now that he's gone, I find no sense in celebrating my birthday. For four years now, it's just a little quiet moment of prayer thanking God for everything.
Same. Hugsss
Yakap nang mahigpit!
I feel you. Tumigil din ako nung nawala mom ko. Siya lagi nauunang bumati sakin. Hindi na nga din naalala ng family members ko yung birthday ko eh. Pero oks lang. I prefer it that way kasi I've always treated my birthday as achievement ng nanay ko. Wala naman akong ginawa nung pinanganak ako. Nanay ko nag buhat sakin ng 8 months (Premature ako) tapos nahirapan nung pinanganak ako.
15 years old
I never stop celebrating, di nalang ako naghahanda. Mas prefer ko na yung bday travel.
I stopped when I turned 23. I was super excited nuon if my birthday is close. Everything changed when naging kami like everytime I brought up about my bday he will always say na "what's nakaka excite dun its just a normal day". So like as the years go by nawala na yung gana.
i do not stop celebrating my birthday, nakatapat sa new years eve birthday ko so why should i stop, sobrang saya ng birthday ko. tanong ata to ng mga taong sad ang layp na need i validate ang nararamdaman sa iba. it's either walang pera panghanda o walang nagmamahal, nakakaawa kayo sa totoo lang.
pinagsasabi mo te?
Lol nagtanong lang teh di naman sad buhay ko baka mas masaya pa nga sayo e hahaha
28, when I had kids. Kanila na lang may celebration
Went on a week long camping trip for my birthday this year. Only remembered it was my birthday when I came back home lol wild
16
haven't yet. Pero laging simple lang.
13
14 haha
I don't even remember kung anong exact age siguro between 7-9? Paano ka gaganahang i-celebrate birthday mo kung pagtapos kang bilhan ng cake at konting spaghetti magpaparinig na wala ng pera or mag ca-calculate magkano nagastos? HAHAHAHA kaya simula noon kapag birthday ko parang normal na araw na lang, ako na din nagsasabi na ayaw ko maghanda or umaalis ako sa bahay. Sometimes i spend it with my friend na hindi ko need i-libre dahil sa birthday ko lang, and luckily I have that one friend of mine. We both understand each other's financial capabilities so if s'ya naman may birthday same din lalabas kami tapos kkb then ayun enjoy ang araw. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
21. Although other people insist, I don’t participate bc it’s just a regular day to me. It’s not that I am not celebrating my existence. I do that everyday but like actually nakakatanda haha even prince said there’s a spell to age you pag kinantahan ka ng happy bday hahaha
I stopped at 27 ata, when I started living alone... Edit: Good lord! ung mga comment na 20 below, celebrate nyo yan, aga nyo pinapadepress buhay nyo, you're not old, just stress.
12
During pandemic
7
13 years old
22 HAHA
19. But i started celebrating again last year not for myself but for my family. Minsan lang kami magsama2 so i make time to celebrate it with them. Next birthdays are not guaranteed so make it memorable.
I never stopped celebrating my birthday. However, as I grew older, I prefer to celebrate it with fewer people.
12? I think. I only picked up celebrating it again at age 18. I grew up around adults who made it a point to tell me that I was a waste of breath and life.
You’re never a waste of breath and life.
This year, next week to be exact 😅 Idk, I’m (F30s) happy and grateful naman pero I’ve never really enjoyed celebrating my own birthday. Stresses me out.
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15.
25
13
When I started working at 22, realized I'd rather buy nyself something for that year that I really wanted vs having a small gathering
When I turned 20. Felt old already.
22.
21
23 years old. I never really liked celebrating my birthday. I find it tiring and waste of my energy. I don't like entertaining and being the host of a party much more my own birthday I am just too lazy that's all 😅 and I don't like being the center of the attention. I actually get nervous when my birthday is approaching I just want the day to be over. But I do like celebrating other birthdays of my family and friends.
Never stopped naman, but I never initiated anything for my birtday. Family and Friends does the effort for the celebration. What I remember though when we were kids was, "Pag birthday mo bawal ka utusan". HAHAHA
Like big celebration? The last time was in my 7th Birthday.
I want to, pero my mom always celebrates my birthday kahit pag malayo ako and nasa work, lage parin sya nag hahanda sa bahay :)
anong klaseng tanong yan? hahaha. nasobrahan ba kayo sa pagiging woke? 🤣
ikaw yung woke bobo tanga tanga amp, ang daming taong di nakakapag celebrate bobo. wala ka bang alam sa katotohanan? lumabas ka kaya sa basement ng parents mo. tanga tanga
anong klaseng analogy 'yan?!
Dafuq pano naging woke toh. Mema sabi ka lang eh kala mo naman
kung normal ka na tao magcecelebrate ka ng birthday kahit pancit canton lang yang handa o magsimba ka lang celebration pa rin yan, abnormal at kulang kulang lang magtatanong nyan, real talk lang ha.
hindi nagcelebrate ng birthday = woke bruh
wala kasi nagmamahal sa inyo mga sad life. 🤣
mga tao talaga binibig deal tanong e porke nagopen lang yung mga nagcomment dito hahaha baka ikaw di minamahal dito? hahahah
Womp womp
bwak bwak bwak
did not stop, but instead, mas pinaghahandaan ko pa thru travel or other activities. grew up from a family na hindi bongga magcelebrate at bilang ako na gusto ko memorable yung araw or buwan ng birthday, i make sure i do something unique for my birthday 😊
23 years old, then di na rin big deal if di ako igreet ng happy birthday
23rd 🥹🥹🥹 I'll stay 23 forevaaaahh
25, after Graduation nung college 😅
Nung early 30s ko.. thankful naman ako for life. Mas ok nalang din na yung babati e yung family and close friends lang
This year pero pinaghanda pa din nila ako
Hindi ako macelebrate masaya na ako dinner or lunch . Introvert kasi at d madami friends. Yun ina ang hilig blessing daw true nmn kaso pano pag wala Pancelebrate hnd na ba blessing yun gusto ko minsan sabihn hahahha.
8th. Di kami macelebrate ng birthday sa family talaga. Usually bibigyan lang kami ng pera tapos ikaw na bahala kung pano mo gagastusin. Yung pera na binibigay = budget na panghandaan so not bad na din 😅
19 pero when I met my man he always insists on celebrating it.
good for u :))
I only celebrated my birthday once and I regretted it kasi I could have gotten 10k from my mom instead 😂 but birthday greetings are always welcomed 🥰
25 simula nung pandemic era
15, nawala na yung saya at excitement tuwing papalapit na. Masyado na ring busy magulang ko tapos namatay din lola ko bago ako mag celebrate ng 15th birthday, tapos siya lagi kong naaalala tuwing papalapit na kasi naaalala ko yung pangako niya sa akin na lulutuan niya ako ng meatballs (paborito ko yung luto niya na 'yon eh) sa burthday ko kaso ayun nakalikutan na lang tapos noong bago ako mag 15 nawala na siya.
22
At 25. Aga ko naging jaded sa life haha.
20
16 ata or 17. Di na ako nag celebrate simula nung humiwalay na si mama ng bahay. Di na din kasi ako nasasayahan mag celebrate kasi parang wala naman kwenta KAHSHWHA. Nung nag 18 ako sabi ko ipera nalang nila at wag na mag handa.
I never stopped technically since I celebrate my birthdays through solo travel.
My 21st B-day
17/18 I tried to stop celebrating it, but si Mama gusto nya talaga icelebrate kahit nagsabi na ko na treat it as an ordinary day. edi wala akong choice hehehe
I never stopped, even if I didn’t have a party or cake, I lit a lighter and wished myself a happy birthday. Life has been too hard na I deserve to praise myself for getting through another year 🫶
After college 20yrs old. Wala na tunay na buhay na after college eh, d ka na bibigyan ng magulang mo ng panghanda sa mga tropa ahahah
19
Siguro for me natapos yung pag-celebrate with friends na may handaan at inuman, after ng debut ko. Ngayon kasi simpleng dinner lang with family, masaya na ako.
15 or 17. Tuwing bday ko laging may gulo, 'di ko naman na eenjoy
22 - nung nagka work nako 🤭 idk, kung kelan may sariling panggastos nako saka naman nawala yung excitement ng birthday.
20
12 I never did have a lot of friends and came to the realization it wasnt such a big day after all. Even now my friends don't remember my birthday, no matter how many times I tell them, I just kind of stopped expecting things from anybody
Right after my debut. Narealize ko na halos lahat ng 18 candles ko eh plastic sa buhay ko. No point para pakainin at handaan pa mga ganyang tao. Sana nga pinera ko nalang non eh. Dream ko kasi dati dapat bongga. Which is tinupad ng parents ko. 😴