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[unhappy]

Hey, so, I don't know my birthday.

(If you want to know why, click here for all the bg info you need)

How do you pick one?

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un: killerlegs

[sarcaskick]

change it every year

keep them on their toes

[unhappy]

No one's going to get me cake if I change it all the time :(

[specialist_snowflake]

Choose the season you favor most, and angle your birthday to fall between holidays that receive large amounts of celebration or attention. Alternatively, choose a day you wish to enjoy cake, and make it yours.

[unhappy]

Aren't there a ton of fall holidays though? What if I wanted to pick fall?

[ Maybe she shouldn't pick fall.. That's more Cinder's thing anyway. But she wants to pick it because it's Cinder's thing. Maybe she shouldn't though? ]

[pyrrhic_paladin]

[Jaune's definitely feeling a weird sympathy finding this out about Emerald.]

Is there any day that means a lot to you? Marking the anniversary of something with your birthday might be nice.

[unhappy]

Yeah but it's like, different days each year. Usually in April, but no specific date.

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[provenforce]

I don't know my birthday either. I keep track of the days from as far back as I can remember. Every time I finish a cycle I consider myself another year older.

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[unhappy]

yeah. I'm not exactly sure how old I am either but I know it's early twenties or so because of counting the years, too

I wonder how many people don't know their birthday. People always treat it like it's a given.

text | un: tarrlok

[bloodisthicker]

If all else fails, you could pick the day you showed up here, I suppose.

[unhappy]

This isn't even my first world I've been to. Do I get to change it every time I go to a new one?

text | un: demonchef

[satanslash]

i don't know my actual birthday but my adopted dad picked december 27th for me and my brother

its kinda weird tho cause its really close to christmas so growing up wed just do a party for both

so if you want a lot of presents probably better to pick something not so close to that holiday?

[unhappy]

i've had a couple of people say that
a lot of people are really cheap, huh?

[resenting]

One day is about as good as another, I guess...

You could always use a random number generator or something

[unhappy]

That's kind of unceremonious huh
It doesn't really feel like a "me" day that way..

text | un: pArtyLiKeItS1999

[nipzips]

if you're choosing your own bday, you shouldn't pick days close to any popular holidays

'cause people are gonna use that as an excuse to combine their gifts to you

[unhappy]

i feel like we should do something about the apparent cross-world plague of people being stingy with birthdays and holidays

text | un: mafuyu

[restringing]

Um... I have a birthday. But maybe a day that's special to you, if you have one.

Or if there's a season or a month you like best. Then you can pick a day with numbers you like.

[unhappy]

ok new question for you because seriously im thrown
do people like numbers
& why

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[despairing_hope]

It was not uncommon in the past for age to simply be counted at the turn of the year. So you could always just make that your birthday.

[unhappy]

yeah but then it runs into new years and a lot of people have warned me against holidays
since people are super stingy

[badluckblues]

I never did pick. You've got the right idea for maximum cake and present extortion.

[unhappy]

ok i get mercury suggesting that but aren't you supposed to be a good guy

[arachneighbor]

Technically none of us really know what our birthdays are here, because we have no idea how this calendar really lines up with ours back where we're from

[ is that... better or worse?? WHO KNOWS. ]

If you can't pick you can just have someone else pick a day for you too since
most people don't get to pick their own birthday

[unhappy]

This is like the third world I've been to I've found most people just ignore the local calendars anyway because they don't want to bother learning them
like we're honestly the worst visitors we could be and center everything around our own way of life and just adopt the stuff we dont have a choice in like chroma or moonblessings
so idk picking a birthday on whatever calendar i want is probably pretty harmless
maybe i should pick two? home bday and prisma bday (empatheias bday for three? thats too much)

most peoples bdays are picked by when their parents banged and i dont have any so i get to pick

[glorifies]

I thought you were going to pick the same birthday as me?

[unhappy]

omg i was joking
im not stealing your birthday

un: C.Zeppeli

[sapone]

If you really don't have one, or rather, don't remember it, you could choose a date with special meaning to you.
An anniversary of something special to your family, or of something special in your culture are both good options.

[unhappy]

yeah im sure i was born at some point, it's more like i have people to celebrate something now so i want to try it
i dont have any of those but thanks