I never really got into the habit of celebrating in any given way. I was born on July 2 and we had family birthdays throughout the first couple of weeks in July, so we combined them with a huge Independence Day party ... so I had to wait to celebrate. On the other hand, I was in elementary school before I realized not everyone had fireworks on their birthday.

You’ve had quite a year, so perhaps something that makes you feel indulged, like the Salish Lodge or something in Vancouver, which would be cool with or without a friend? Or do you feel like totally cutting loose?

Um, what are you, 6? After about 10, birthday celebrations are irrelevant unless its a milestone like 16 for a drivers license, 21 to drink alcohol, 50 for your AARP card,....yeah, thats about it.
Take a trip because you want to, don't tie it to a Chuck E. Cheese obsession.

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.

I'll be at a race in Indy. You can join me there.

A fancy train trip?

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

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.

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!

Going fishing, and a nice dinner out.

Spoil yourself. Do a spa day and get pampered for the whole day!

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 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

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.

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I will be celebrating my birthday, next month, in Barcelona, Spain after a week in Amsterdam. After Barcelona, I will be in London for a week.

Opera, or some kind of adrenaline thing. Repel off of something ridiculous, things that go too fast, sky dive, something adventurous.

Happy Birthday @Pepper!

I have a milestone birthday coming up next month - but to celebrate I actually took a month off in June and went travelling in Iceland and Scotland (ticking off many bucket list items along the way). It was just more convenient to do it then.

On my actual birthday I'm getting about 40 close friends and family together at a restaurant for a party - I'm looking forward to it!

For a normal birthday I usually just have some friends over, cook up a feast, and open several good bottles of wine

I deactivate my Facebook page a couple days before my birthday until a full day after so I don’t have to thank people who really had no idea until Zuckerburg told them. Half the people who remember without FB share the same birthday. Then I drink too much and don’t remember what day it is. Have you been to SE Alaska yet?

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

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