Does anyone hate their Birthday date?

[BabyLlamaZen]

I always liked my birthday as a kid (earlyJune) even with exams. I liked that it was nicer weather, perfect distance from Christmas and actually being a bit younger made me feel less pressure to have done things by a certain age. As an adult though, unless I'm abroad I find June a bit of a disappointing month, especially as the weather tends to go through a rubbish point after May. I'm now a real autumn lover, especially as you know what you're getting! I also look back and think how much harder I found school in primary. I caught up and had great teaching but I know a lot of summer babies dont. It also affected my self esteem in certain subjects.

I think about it more having dc. My baby was born in November and I really like the fact he will be older in the school year, although hope he doesnt find his Birthday too rubbish being near christmas! Hoping to always try and make it special.

I don’t mind mine but I feel for DD.
She’s the first week of January so post- Christmas can’t be arsedness from people and the youngest in her class

I'm another who enjoys an early May birthday. Except that I get cross at the Star Wars crowd hijacking it! (May 4th) Mind you, I recall sharing my birthday with a boy called Luke when we started school. And we predated Star Wars ...

When I was in primary my birthday was always the very end of term or the beginning of the holidays, later our school year was restructured and that stopped. Now I'm in the UK I've learned to recognise the first pre-summer warmth that often happens around then :)

My mother is late June and it was always exams (and hayfever) on her birthday. Because we grew up in the southern hemisphere my sister with the same birthday didn't get that as much, but still mid-year exams will have regularly been close.

I'm end of May so as a child always liked the fact that my birthday almost always fell in half term so we could do something fun for my birthday even if it fell midweek. Now as an adult - for exactly the same reason I'm less keen because it means that weekend breaks for my birthday are more expensive because of half term . Overall though, nice weather and a good distance from Christmas!

Same as PP. I'm start of January, and nobody ever wants to go anywhere or do anything that soon after Christmas and New Year. Also as a child I used to get joint presents for Xmas and birthday, or relatives would forget my birthday all together. Some would re-gift tat, that I guess they had been given for Christmas and didn't want.

I’m late November and I love it! Makes the whole stretch from Halloween to New Year feel like one long party. Plus Scorpios are cool

To the poster Down To the Sea Again:

"After extensive research I have come to the conclusion that the worst day of the year for a birthday is 2nd Jan. No one wants to celebrate and it is often the first day back to work in the new year. "

Guess who DID get that one? And yes, your conclusion is extremely valid. Add to that being rather tired and not quite out of hangoverville some years, with many of your friends usually travelling back from other places!

(My dream birthday = late May, after many years of thinking this).

My birthday is similar time to yours OP. I love it. My elder son’s birthday is April and I think it’s much better than my younger son’s which is November. The way school cut offs go up there though my April boy is older for his school year and the November one is one of the youngest.

My dream birthday = late May, after many years of thinking this).

Yes it’s good. Was a bit rubbish at school/uni time as it was exam season but I generally like it

Middle of October and it's fine. Much easier to round people up for a celebration than it is in summer or near Christmas and sometimes good enough weather still to have lunch outside 👍🏻

There are 3 Christmas/New Year Birthdays in my extended family and a couple more among friends and I always do feel sorry for them 😬

Mine's early Feb. Always poor weather. Plus, as my brother likes to point out, no one can afford a decent gift in early Feb because the Visa bill for their Christmas overspending is due .

Another early Jan one here and it sucks. Regifted presents from Christmas, everyone doing Dry Jan or dieting or too skint to go out. And the weather is shit. There is literally nothing to recommend it.

Love my birthday, it's right at the end of August so often coincides with bank holiday weekend and there's lots going on. It was always in the summer holidays and being the youngest in the school year never bothered me. The weather is usually nice too.

DS has a June birthday and I think that's a pretty nice time of year too.

@trappedsincesundaymorn

Mine's December 25th. One day a year to look forward to and then I have to share it with everybody else and buy presents to give to them on MY birthday. It really doesn't get much worse. No going out for a special meal (Christmas party bookings only in most places from the start of Dec), freezing cold and the joy of having to smile when I have to give my date of birth. After 50 odd years I know what day my birthday falls on I don't need to be told every.single.time.

I am with you there - having to give a polite laugh when they think they're the first person to say "oh, Christmas Day". I feel like saying "what? No, how did I never realise this?"

Mine is November and I always liked it, autumn is my favourite time of year but DH constantly moans that it's too close to Christmas even though it's six weeks before.

I really, really didn't want DC to be born December or January as I know so many people who hate their birthdays being then but you can't really plan it can you? I think October would be a perfect time to have a birthday.

I dont hate mine personally, its at the end of May and isnt a bad time. But I had my DD on the 28th of December and think its an awful time for a birthday !

I'm end of September, very happy with that! The weather is often gorgeous. One year quite recently it was 28 deg C on my birthday.

Mine is just before Xmas, and I hate it. No chance of getting friends together and you tend to spend it on your works' Xmas do whilst your friends are separately off on theirs!
I love celebrating my friends birthdays in the summer with their picnics and BBQ's and all the things I won't be doing on mine!
I have a friend who's is in Dec, and she feels the same. She's just announced that she is pregnant and due in the same week as our birthdays. She said when she thought she would get a choice over when she fell pregnant she was hoping for a summer baby, but it doesn't always work that way does it.

My brothers share the same birthday (a few years apart) and both hated it when they were growing up. They are too old to care now

Mines on Armistice Day (November 11th) and grew up wondering why everyone was sombre and sad on ‘my’ special day!!
It was worse if it fell on a school day as we had a ‘special remembrance assembly’ which made us all really sad and being me happy and excited was frowned upon! Never bothered with a party either☹️

What a silly question, I have never heard anyone say they don't like the month of their birthday. People should just be happy that their Mothers gave birth to them safely, whatever day or Month it was.

Also I will add that I have a family member whose birthday is Christmas days and insisted we all stop after lunch to celebrate them. Get the birthday cake out and kids have to put down their new toys to watch them open birthday gifts - it’s such a drain!!! Just celebrate the next day!!! We have a whole week in between Christmas and NYE and they could easily just pick another day and we’d celebrate them happily that whole day. They always say no one else has to do that but YESSS we do!!! Any one of my family/ friends Whose birthday falls on a boring average weekday will happily celebrate the following weekend. No issues! It’s only this Christmas birthday causing the issue. So annoying!!

My birthday is on early January and I always loved it. I’m an introvert and I always get a nice day to myself. Winter is my favourite season.

I'm quite happy with my mid June birthday, although as an adult I'd say most years its rained!!

I have 1 mid November and 2 mid January children (the January born children aren't twins either ) and I think it would be so much easier to have summer birthdays in terms of parties / birthday activities.

@BabyLlamaZen just try not to share a birthday with any future DC