Some sort of a getaway experience. Last year, I took my son to one of my favorite camping areas. Might be doing something similar this weekend - finding a new favorite place, provided the Cascades don't burn up before then.

I didn't celebrate my birthday for 30 years. But this last year, I spent a weekend with my bestie, got massages, and just screwed around and laughed our asses off. It was fantastic!

I will be 81 in 2 months and I do not celebrate growing older and getting closer to that last day of my demise. I do celebrate each and everyday that I am still here to enjoy this wonderful experience called life.

I don’t know what your creative expression may be, but maybe paint a self portrait, write some poetry or prose on your birthday and make it a yearly thing. I dated a girl who did a self portrait every year on her birthday, liked the idea so I stole it. Ha ha!

I don’t think Vegas is all it’s cracked up to be. Especially alone. Sticking money in machines you know you’re going to lose kinda sucks.
I think find a city you haven’t been to yet, one with good transportation so you don’t have to worry about having a car. One with some cool natural beauty nearby too. Something about nature just calms me and replenishes me.

In Vancouver I remember feeling how good it felt inside to just be sat there amongst the trees and the mountains and the lakes.

concert and a meal somewhere you would not normally go ? or the bumbershoot festival last cpl of years ive spent mine with my kids smoking weed drinking and playing poker

I celebrate all month! So should you! Give yourself a mini spa day! You have a lot to celebrate...whatever you do will be fun for you!

A fancy train trip?

For my last birthday, I invited all my friends to drop in at my house any time from 4-10 pm. I invited them to stay for 5 minutes or 5 hours, and bring food and/or drink if they wanted to.

It was amazing.

I usually try to get new tattoos on mine and my son’s birthdays.

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Take in the sights and sounds of Wimberley TX. I promise you a bang up good time. ?

I like to do something I've never done before. Go somewhere weird. My last birthday I went to a small city in Germany (Bamberg) to see one of my favorite bands play. It was totally worth it!

I don't know, go bungee jumping or something crazy lol

Ps: if I don't have money, I like to spend some time with my friends or family, and it is great as well!

The solstice was on my birthday last year so I drove to Missouri to see it this year the zip lines

When I was born the heavens and the earth shook and shuddered! At least that's what I was told. Haha I usually hang out with some close friends, get together with a lady, and try to make babies so they can celebrate their birthdays someday also ??

Nothing. I don't celebrate my birthday. Last one, I worked. For my 40th, I didn't have a celebration, go to dinner, or anything like that. But I had a fundraiser. Instead of gifts or dinner or lunch, I asked my friends and family to donate to an animal shelter/rescue, either one of the ones listed on my fundraiser page or their favourite shelter/rescue. I guess my favourite thing to do on my birthday is to do something nice for someone else.

Besides, my birthday is in the dead of winter so I don't like planning anything and not be able to go due to weather conditions. No one wants to go out when it's -31C.

When I was a child my birthday was my favorite holiday. Other holidays are shared, but in our household the 'birthday girl' got her way in everything reasonable. It started with the family bringing in gifts and singing 'happy birthday', I got to dictate dinner and there was always cake. Even though it's close to Christmas, my parents kept them totally separate -- none of the Happy Birthday/Merry Christmas stuff. I've continued to celebrate. Often I invite people over and cook a special meal -- and have cake.
This year I turn 70 so I'm having an extravagant party with my favorite people at a restaurant. I'm paying for everything. It's my gift to them for being special in my life.

Wherever you decide or even if you dont, try this. Just go to a bar with a "Its my birthday" button on you. You are a very good looking woman, its labor day, need I say more? I doubt if you will have to buy a drink all night

Do nothing...I get older everyday and I was past annual demarcation points back in my late teens
...unless my mom was making cake...then I wanted cake

Going fishing, and a nice dinner out.

Several options: 1) Drive east to Leavenworth WA. If you haven't been, it's different and friendly. 2) Make a list of all the people in your life who had an effect on you, positive or negative. It's easy to find them now with FB. Message the positive ones and thank them for their worth in your life. Then cross the negative ones off your list. 3) Send insignificant birthday presents with a homemade card to your loved ones. Tell everyone in advance that you want nothing in the way of gifts or cards. remember, it's the though that counts. 4) If the smoke isn't to bad, visit the Columbia Gorge. Part of the gorge was burned in a forest fire, but most of it, in all its glory, is open, available and amazing. On the WA side, if you are reasonably healthy, climb Beacon Rock. If you are really tough, climb Dog Mountain. On the Oregon side, the Hood River Valley fruit season is here and there are well
over twenty wineries and fruit stands to visit. Stop in downtown at Celilo for a drink/dinner or Solstice for pizza on the water front.

September 3rd? Your birthday is on Labor Day this year. I think you should go to work! lol

Normally I like to go out to dinner and have drinks with my closest friends. This year, though, there just happened to be a 5k happening in my town (it’s called the More Cowbell 5k and you get a cowbell medal for completing it lol) on my birthday, which is in less than a month, and I signed up for that with my bestie. I’ll probably still do dinner, too, though.

This is only tangentially off topic but i stopped celebrating my birthday (and most other holidays) decades ago.

I was always a little uncomfortable with all of the attention and then after 8 years in the USAF as a firefighter, I gave up on holidays all together. When you work a 24 on/24 off schedule, you are expected to work despite whatever holiday it may be.

Then when I finally for my atheistic side, I really started not participating any holiday that had religious origins like Christmas or Easter.

I'm not much of a nationalist and so tend to shy away from big 4th of July gatherings. I'll just find a secluded spot with a good view or watch some fireworks on TV.

I was a bit of a gypsy until my 30s (Navy brat and 8 years USAF) and so never really had extended contact with cousins or grand parents so was never emotionally invested in typical family centrist holidays like Thanksgiving.

Last year I tried to have a house party. Only about 3 people out of the 10 I invited showed up but I still had a blast =)