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It’s not your Leap Year birthday

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LeapYrBaby · 28/02/2022 09:14

Why are you celebrating today? You were born the day after February 28th!
So either 29th February or 1st March.

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WhatICallMyUsername · 28/02/2022 10:24

Given the OP is called @LeapYrBaby I am going to assume it's someone who has said this to them and that's why they're upset

But I am often wrong Grin

DropYourSword · 28/02/2022 10:26

Given that the OP is called @LeapYrBaby I'm assuming this has been said to her rather than her saying it to someone else?!

Not sure why some people therefore have leapt in to immediately be rude to the OP. It's unnecessary to be a dick!

DropYourSword · 28/02/2022 10:26

X post @WhatICallMyUsername!

WhatICallMyUsername · 28/02/2022 10:30

@DropYourSword haha first few words are identical Grin

YouCantBeSirius · 28/02/2022 10:33

We celebrate my DDs birthday on the 28th. It made sense to keep her birthday in February

FloBot7 · 28/02/2022 10:37

I've only met one person with a leap year birthday and he celebrates on 28th February 🤷🏻‍♀️ I just assumed everyone did.

TenoringBehind · 28/02/2022 10:39

Friend with a leap year birthday always celebrates on the 28th (unless it’s a Leap Year, of course).

TabithaHazel · 28/02/2022 10:40

Surely it makes sense to celebrate while it’s still the month of your birth ie.in Feb? My brother is the 1st March but he doesn’t celebrate on 29 Feb on a leap year even though his actual day of birth was the day after 28 Feb. Also why do you care?

Zilla1 · 28/02/2022 10:41

At what time during the day should people stop drinking coffee and start drinking tea, OP?

Zilla1 · 28/02/2022 10:44

So tell anyone trying to impose some structure on you that you'll choose when and how to celebrate your own birthday. Happy birthday.

manchester86 · 28/02/2022 10:47

Cut off for the school year in Scotland is the 1st of March so it makes more sense to celebrate on the 28th as if you say your birthday is the 1st of March you'd be expected to be in the year above.

Cumberlover76 · 28/02/2022 10:50

DD is a Leapling and we let her choose which day she wants to celebrate in a non leap year, this year it was party Saturday and presents yesterday, but we will officially celebrate her being a year older on 1st March as she is not 10 until after 28th Feb! As she gets older she can choose, but if i were her i'd celebrate at least 2 days!

thewhatsit · 28/02/2022 11:01

@FelicityPike

My MIL is a leap day birthday. When she was born her parents were given the choice of 28 feb or March 1st. They chose the 28th, but when it’s a leap year she celebrates on the 29th. Last leap year we held her 18th birthday party 😁
This has confused me completely!

What do you mean, they were given the choice? Like the birth certificate was wrong and they chose a date?

xxxsuper · 28/02/2022 11:04

@manchester86

Cut off for the school year in Scotland is the 1st of March so it makes more sense to celebrate on the 28th as if you say your birthday is the 1st of March you'd be expected to be in the year above.

I would imagine the education department have a procedure for Feb 29th birthdays which is nothing to do with the day a person chooses to celebrate.

Sirzy · 28/02/2022 11:05

Does it matter which date they choose?

My partners dad died on 29th February, on none leap years they class today as the anniversary. It works for them as a family.

TillyTopper · 28/02/2022 11:30

Surely if you're born on 29th Feb you just pick a day like 28th Feb or 1 Mar or somewhere around it? Why does it matter? As long as it's correct on official forms who would care when the actual celebration is.

pussycatunpickingcrossesagain · 28/02/2022 11:36

@Zilla1

At what time during the day should people stop drinking coffee and start drinking tea, OP?
She's still slurping on her piss-soaked cornflakes...you won't get an answer. Grin
LentilNameChange · 28/02/2022 11:38

I guess it would only really matter for your 18th. Would the pub let you buy alcohol on the 28th or not until the 1st?

LentilNameChange · 28/02/2022 11:39

(I don't know the answer- just trying to think of when it might actually have a practical outcome and that's what I came up with!)

HGC2 · 28/02/2022 11:39

I agree, born the day after the 28th regardless of the date!

AlphabetStew · 28/02/2022 11:43

I wonder how it works legally. For example, let's say you were born on the 29th of February 2020. Now it's 2038 and you want to celebrate your 18th birthday. 2038 is not a leap year so there's no February 29th. Do you have to wait until March 1st until you are legally considered 18?

CornishGem1975 · 28/02/2022 11:43

February makes more sense if you were born on the 29th as it's still the month of your birth.

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LeapYrBaby · 28/02/2022 12:13

No pissy cornflakes. Just a bad choice of title and a wrongly placed exclamation mark.
I didn’t realise until coming back to this on my lunch break that it would cause such annoyance.
I don’t get celebrating it on 28 Feb because my parents always told me that my birthday wasn’t 28th so I’ve always celebrated 1st March.
Maybe I’ll go for a two day celebration in 2024.

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LeapYrBaby · 28/02/2022 12:24

@LeapYrBaby

No pissy cornflakes. Just a bad choice of title and a wrongly placed exclamation mark. I didn’t realise until coming back to this on my lunch break that it would cause such annoyance. I don’t get celebrating it on 28 Feb because my parents always told me that my birthday wasn’t 28th so I’ve always celebrated 1st March. Maybe I’ll go for a two day celebration in 2024.
I meant every year 🤦🏻‍♀️ I’m working today so no point changing the habits of a lifetime 🙃
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BertieBotts · 28/02/2022 12:33

@thewhatsit
@FelicityPike

I have the same question! Why did her parents get given a choice? By who?

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