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Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2007, 10:28:40 PM »
Maybe my birthday has become less of a deal to me. But while going back to school is probably not looked forward to by many, I don't understand how that detracts from your birthday. Weather doesn't seem like a consideration to me either, but I had most of my parties inside. Also, my birthday is less than a month from Christmas. I always seemed to get a decent amount of presents, although that isn't exactly the most important thing either.
That was a joke.

« Reply #16 on: May 06, 2007, 10:52:43 PM »
Pssh.  If you look at the votes, it's already formed a nice bell curve.  Christmas birthdays are out, my friend.

I agree, though:  My birthday's also become smaller over the years.  If I'm not mistaken, the birthday bigness peaked at number 11.
Today's actually... nobody's birthday!  Quick, hurry up and make a baby!

Matty_G33

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« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2007, 03:08:47 AM »
Those 15 and unders should wait for their 16th...they get so spoiled! (I'm watching too much MTV!)
Yo, I'm Matty Underscore G Thirty-Three!
And I need a freaking clue...

Glorb

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« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2007, 10:11:11 AM »
My birthdays are getting smaller and smaller each year! Three years ago, only three friends came over, but I still got some pretty cool presents. Two years ago, I just got a lame Spider-Man alarm clock (seriously...a freaking alarm clock?!) and Mercenaries (which is admittedly pretty cool), and last year I only had a single friend over, and all I got were a used copy of Devil May Cry (from my friend) and fifteen bucks (from my parents). At this rate, I'll probably have to give other people stuff for my birthday this year.
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« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2007, 04:21:06 PM »
At this rate, I'll probably have to give other people stuff for my birthday this year.
My profesor de espanol's birthday is tomorrow, and she gave us lollipops. Ole!

Matty_G33

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« Reply #20 on: May 08, 2007, 01:09:11 AM »
It sucks to be you, Glorb. But I know a Maori who doesn't get pressies anymore on his b-day!
Yo, I'm Matty Underscore G Thirty-Three!
And I need a freaking clue...

« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2007, 08:46:36 PM »
I just realized a May birthday isn't that great if you're a girl--and a June isn't so hot if you're a guy--'cause, you know, you might grow up to be the Mamas and the Papas.
Today's actually... nobody's birthday!  Quick, hurry up and make a baby!

Suffix

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« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2007, 12:22:40 AM »
What the dukar are you talking about? Elaborate, please.

Sapphira

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« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2007, 02:19:11 AM »
Mother's Day and Father's Day being around the same time as your birthday. Not a problem now, but might not be ideal birthday months for future parents. My mom deals with that, and her celebrations and whatnot tend to get merged.

As a kid, I'd say the best months are (late) May and (early) June, because school's out or almost out, and it's before most people go on vacations, and you can more easily invite friends over. Although you do have to share the months with your parents' holidays.

As an adult, I'd say (late) August and (early) September are better, because it's still warm enough for summer fun, but not scorching hot, and it's an ideal vacation period, plus no gift-giving holidays anywhere nearby to overlap.

Something I found annoying as a kid from having a b'day in Sept is that, aside from school starting making me less excited for my birthday, it was harder to send out birthday invitiations to school friends. I wouldn't see many of them over the summer, and by the time my birthday rolled around, I wasn't as close to some anymore. My birthday being earlier in the school year also meant less likelihood of new friendships having developed. So the end of the school year seems like a better time, IMO.

On another note, this is kind of funny/interesting: it seems like majority of my friends were born in either September or December, the rest dispersed randomly throughout the other months.
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"The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself."

« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2007, 01:53:16 PM »
My birthday being earlier in the school year also meant less likelihood of new friendships having developed. So the end of the school year seems like a better time, IMO.

I quite agree. I often found that I had invited people to my birthday party one year, and had new, better friends toward the middle of the school year that I probably would have had more fun with.

This also works the other way. A birthday in September means you might invite someone to your party, and then later in the year realize you don't like them, or you get in a fight, etc. Early school year birthdays are no good... They don't give you a chance to make new friends/deal with current ones.

Kojinka

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« Reply #25 on: May 15, 2007, 12:41:15 PM »
After 2001, September 11 became a pretty bad day for a birthday.   I have a friend with a 9/11 birthday, and I wish I had a happier way of remembering that. 

I have a July birthday.  It was pretty fun as kid except for the fact that all the summer birthday kids had to get their birthday candy bars together on the same day at school (The school would give a special summer birthday day for the kids with summer birthdays to get a candy bar).  Since my birthday is July 8, I'd try to invite friends that I thought I had gotten along with best during the end of that school year to my parties when I was younger.

Halloween is a pretty fun day for a birthday when you're a kid.  My second cousin would throw costume parties at her house when we were younger.

December birthdays suck since it's so close to Christmas.  I have a friend whose birthday is a few days after Christmas, and I sometimes wonder if she only gets half the presents that she could normally get if her birthday was farther away from that holiday.

In the end I'd have to say July is the best month to have a birthday.  The pros outnumber the cons.
Regards, Uncle Dolan

Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #26 on: May 15, 2007, 08:39:09 PM »
The professor I had for my math class this semester had her birthday on 9/11. She said she was still happy because it was her birthday.
That was a joke.

« Reply #27 on: May 16, 2007, 05:14:12 PM »
Chupperson... that birthday would make me want to change it. Good birthday time? Febuary. Dunno why, it's just the month of love and stuff (Valentines Day) dunno why, but that just makes it feel good.
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Wheee...

Chupperson Weird

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« Reply #28 on: May 16, 2007, 11:09:44 PM »
You can't change your birthday, what the heck.
That was a joke.

Sapphira

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« Reply #29 on: May 17, 2007, 02:59:02 AM »
And how does a February birthday (automatically) make you "younger"?
"The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself."

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