When did Birthdays become Birthday Weeks?

[hollowlegs]

The clue's in the word Day.

It's BirthDAY.

It's bad enough Hen Nights have turned into Hen Weekends and in some cases even Hen Weeks
But now birthdays are under fire.
Why is there a need now to draw everything out?
Life's expensive enough as it is.

what next, Pancake Week?

Demands are not on.

Daily singing is surely a sackable offence?

I am surprised your colleagues went along with it to be honest. So it's princessy behaviour rather than the length of someone's birthday celebrations that is annoying.

It's so you can fit in family and different friend groups. You have to pay for yourself though.

In our house your birthday lasts as many days as your age...so my birthday this year will last 47days
What this means in reality is if we fancy doing something nice/opening a nice bottle of some etc someone in the house can usually say "well it is my birthday after all"

I tend to do a birthday week but that's more to do with friends spread around the place so used to do a meal with both groups (always paying my way mind!) and then do something nice with DH. Now i tend to go away for it as does DH for his.

The Queen has two separate birthdays. I reckon that's downright greedy.

Our birthdays end up being quite drawn out affairs, both sets of parents are divorced and they all want to see us, lunches or dinners, then if we want to do something as just a couple, or with friends. I can see how easily it can become a birthday week!

I have a birthday week because there are so many different groups to celebrate with...my family who live 200 miles away, I usually do something just with DP and then have a meal or something with friends.

It's not 'grabby'...I have the same amount of presents and I organise everything and no-one apart from DP attends more than one gathering so it's no more costly for anyone else.

I also take the full week off work and have some treats on my own like a spa.

Life is tough sometimes so I guess my view is why not make the most of good times?

Normal for us - we enjoy meeting up with friends/family on different days. No harm really.

If it's not your thing, don't do it.

I have a birthday month too 😄 There are get togethes with friends, one party for everyone at the weekend and weeks of being generally pampered & spoiled by DH and boys leading up to the day at the the end.

I do lots of baking for work too, they're all on board with the idea!

It's dh's birthday month, I should get my lazy arse out of bed & make his tea 😄