text, un: Shouto

[numbertwohero]

Question for the network. How do you celebrate birthdays here? Do you mark it based on the days back home, or the date here? I guess I'm trying to figure out how I should count.

Also, if anyone has any good names for cats, I guess I'm open to suggestions. She's a girl, if that helps.

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Comments

text | un: inaban

[dereban]

I'm kind of terrible at names, but a good idea for a name would be based on someone you like that isn't here. Or something, if not a person.

Also, I just base it on the date here, personally. It'd be kind of weird to have my birthday fall on a completely different month, in my opinion.

text; sn: lockhart

[amemoryorus]

I think a lot of us go by the days here. It would get confusing otherwise, especially for those who arrive in a completely different season then the one they left.

[hagrides]

Happy birthday, by however you choose to measure it, my dear child.

What is your cat's personality?

text | un: mustlovedogs

[inuko]

Hime, Momo, Fuku, Shiro, Mei-chan?

Birthdays wise, I guess it depends how close this calendar is to the one you know back home.

text | un: qingqiu

[peerlesscucumber]

We're coming up on a birthday, hm?

This one doesn't track such things with any particular need, but would suppose that finding a suitable date in this place is simplest. A matter of months or even one year won't be the breaking difference in the entirety of a lifetime.

UN: G.Akechi

[foolishjustice]

I count my age by the days back home, but if I did anything for my birthday, it would be based on the date here.

I actually had this same debate with myself last month, since that's when I turned 19 based on length of time since my last birthday.

text | un: ladyofthewind

[sheisthewind]

I've never celebrated a birthday before, but it seems like people usually invite their friends to spend time with them. Either for a party, or to do some sort of activity together.

text | un: pArtyLiKeItS1999

[nipzips]

do what you want, dude

most important thing is that you let everyone know so they'll remember to give you presents

[text; un: oniichan]

[immature]

1) celebrate birthday here
2) celebrate birthday when you get back home
3) ????
4) profit (double presents, double cake, double guests)

fluffy cat names: cotton, puff, nimbus, hana, maiya, soba

text | un: kishibe

[penpoint]

We've based it on dates here. I would think you'd lose track of time otherwise.

Mei.

text | un: kingjj

[kingfuckboy]

celebrate it both times :)

i'd call her marie, elizabeth, something like that
a proper name for a fluffball

text; un: D.Vel

[justicedevil]

[ Seems like this comes up pretty often, doesn't it? ]

I go by the days back home myself, but that's only because there was a sizable gap between the date back home and the date here when I arrived.

Honestly you can probably go with whatever you want as long as you're consistent about it.

text; un: ingenium

[enginium]

TODOROKI-KUN!! IT IS YOUR BIRTHDAY!!!
I must implore you to allow us to celebrate with you, even if not today.

And what is the feline's coloration?

[numbertwohero]

Someone I miss...I didn't think about that. It might be nice.

It just feels strange to do it again. Going by the date I left, my birthday was a week after I got to Lunatia. But going by the date here, it's today.

[numbertwohero]

I guess you're right. That's the way it was for me. I left home in winter and got here in early summer. I'm just trying to figure out how to count.

[numbertwohero]

Thanks, Grimm. It's not a big deal

She's...bossy. Knows what she wants. Isn't shy about telling me, even if I'm kind of slow figuring it out. Likes sleeping on my head?

[numbertwohero]

I have a friend named Momo, so probably not that. Although I guess she wouldn't mind. Mei is nice, though. Or Shiro, I guess, she is white, mostly

This place has 12 months like back home, but going by the date I left Musutafu my birthday was 5 months ago. It's hard to figure out how I'm counting years.

[numbertwohero]

It's today if we're going by the Lunatian calendar, but according to my home calendar I turned 16 5 months ago. I guess it's not a big deal, I'm not really planning on doing anything, but I was just thinking about it.

[numbertwohero]

That's basically what I'm trying to figure out. I mean I'm not really planning on celebrating, but figuring out the numbers is kind of important. Trying to decide if I turned 16 5 months ago or today.

[numbertwohero]

Back home my sister would just make my favorite food for dinner and get me something small. It was just her and my brother and me. I didn't really have friends.

Do you know your birthday?

[numbertwohero]

Presents aren't really a big deal to me. I don't really need a lot of stuff. I guess I was more curious than anything? Trying to figure out how most people count the time.

[numbertwohero]

I don't really do that kind of thing. Parties or whatever. It's not really a big deal, I'm just trying to figure out how people count. Like was I 16 when I first got here or am I turning 16 today?

I do like Soba...is it weird to name a pet after food?

[numbertwohero]

I guess I've just been overthinking it.

Why Mei?

[numbertwohero]

I don't really do much celebrating. My brother and sister always did something small for me, but that was it

Are those the right kind of names? I speak decent English, but I'm not really sure about naming conventions. I'm from Japan. One of them, anyway

[numbertwohero]

It's the same for me. I left home in winter, got here in early summer. So I guess it depends on if I'm tracking the chronology or just the anniversary? I was just wondering what most people here did.