In this newsletter: A little discussion about birthday quirks — having a birthday on a national mourning day, sharing a birthday with a celebrity, having a matching birthday with a sibling — stuff like that.
It’s kinda weird, I have never cared about my birthday, July 24, year withheld. I do however like to make a big deal out of other people’s birthdays! I always send a card and a text. I like to do the text message early morning so they wake up to a happy birthday! Happy Birthday!
My mother’s birthday, parents’ anniversary and father in law’s birthday are all 10/3, and my husband is 10/4. Also, my mother in law and my sister’s husband are 9/30. Finally, I share a birthday (7/5) with my sister’s dog!
I am envious of your June birthday. I’d love to celebrate with a kayak ride down the river and drink into the long evening. Instead I have a January birthday. It seems lost after Christmas. I’ve never known how to make it really lovely but I always have a nice lunch with friends and special dinner with family. However I am not sure I would change it though, I was born on Friday 13th, of the divine feminine and always thought lucky!
Yes! It's all a bit disappointing which I feel ungrateful about. My beautiful Aunties was on Christmas Day - she said she always loved it as everyone was around her.
With my sister’s birthday being Christmas Eve I have always tried to be very aware of birthdays being more important than general holidays. My Lincoln baby, 2/12, has benefited from that and her birthday doesn’t get lost in the after the holiday/valentines frenzy.
Come to Australia, you'll have a summer birthday here! My kids' birthdays are in May and June; I wish we could celebrate at the playground or pool like their friends but it's indoor parties all the way for us.
My firstborn is also January 13th, so that is a wonderful day for me! If I met you I would be super happy and rejoice with you! He was born on a Thursday but we have always enjoyed making a big thing out of any Friday the 13th birthdays. Have a great one next year!
The special thing about my birthday, which is May 10, is that my granddaughter Irene was born on my birthday 18 years ago (and I was there)! Best present ever! My older son was born on my parent’s anniversary, March 27, and I met my husband (2nd) on March 27. His kids were holiday babies...March 17 and December 25!
We are heavily clumped. My husband, myself, and my middle daughter have birthdays three days in a row! My son is a couple weeks later, sharing that week in later in August with my dad and brother (and our wedding anniversary!).
Happy birthday! My birthday is June 9, and my mom’s sister, my favorite aunt, was born June 6--as was her youngest daughter! If my aunt was visiting us in Michigan around that time, we would celebrate our birthdays together. I always liked that.
My older daughter’s due date was June 5, so I wondered if we’d share a birthday (I didn’t really want to share!). Luckily for me, she came a week early, so she was just barely a May baby instead of June.
Then, on June 6th of last year, my aunt’s birthday, I found out I was finally pregnant with my second baby! Devastatingly, my aunt had just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This year, we marked my aunt’s birthday for the first time without her. I wish Aunt Margaret could meet my baby Greta.
My birthday is New Year’s Eve which has always felt like a very special birthday. My brother was born on my 17th birthday which is definitely very special!
When I was a child, it was harder because I was never in school on my special day and no one could come over because everyone already had plans, but now that I'm an adult, I like to say that everyone parties on my birthday!
We say that, too! Having a summer birthday, I always missed celebrating with school friends, too-this is probably why we tend to overcompensate for my daughter’s birthday now 😂
I've always loved my birthday, February 18th! It usually fell right around Presidents day weekend, which meant a break from school! Also, many kindred spirits share the day...Helen Gurley Brown, John Travolta, Enzo Ferrari and Wallace Stegner!
I love my birthday! I am the 11th child in a family of 13(!) I feel lucky. Also, my birthday is 1/11/1966, so talk about numbers. Birthdays are inevitably clumped in our family: 4 in January, 4 in March. We had simple birthday traditions. We got to choose our dinner, the cake and 3 of our favorite candies, which would be handed out at the end of the meal, in a cupcake liner. Trading began as the candies were handed out- and almost no one wanted the Good N Plenty licorice that I loved, so I got most of them!
Happy birthday Gabby 🎂 🥳 I share my birthday with 2 maternal uncles (not twins) and their mother also died on my birthday. I also got to name a calf born on my birthday when I was a kid 🥰
My birthday is January 27, and I share it with Mozart!! Which I’ve always loved!!Interestingly, my daughter was born November 14, which is Leopold Mozart’s birthday!
I share a birthday with Jennifer Aniston, Feb 11. It’s also a month that most people tend to hate. The newness of the year has worn off, in most places it’s cold. If you’re in the northeast, you usually wouldn’t see the sun for months once the cold settled in, and EVERYONE is over the snow and cold by February, praying for March and signs of spring.
I like my birthday: 10/26. I’ve always been a big fall person (maybe because of it?) and it’s close enough to Halloween that I can throw a fun and festive theme party without conflicting directly with Halloween. I’ve done a lot of costume or costume-adjacent parties over the years. My mom’s birthday is Halloween and she said it was hard as a kid, but now she enjoys drinking champagne on her porch and handing out candy to the neighborhood kids. Where I live, the weather can be unpredictable that time of year, and I’ve had a snowy birthday or two as well as summery ones, which is kind of fun.
My husband and son have birthdays in March and July, so I like that we’re all spaced out. It makes us all water signs too, which is supposed to be harmonious if you’re into that sort of thing.
Not a lot of famous people seem to have my birthday, but two notables are Hillary Clinton and Pat Sajak.
I think it's cool to have two signs to follow.
It’s kinda weird, I have never cared about my birthday, July 24, year withheld. I do however like to make a big deal out of other people’s birthdays! I always send a card and a text. I like to do the text message early morning so they wake up to a happy birthday! Happy Birthday!
Fun fact: July 24th is a State Holiday in Utah. It's called Pioneer Day. There are lots of parades and celebrations.
My mother’s birthday, parents’ anniversary and father in law’s birthday are all 10/3, and my husband is 10/4. Also, my mother in law and my sister’s husband are 9/30. Finally, I share a birthday (7/5) with my sister’s dog!
I am envious of your June birthday. I’d love to celebrate with a kayak ride down the river and drink into the long evening. Instead I have a January birthday. It seems lost after Christmas. I’ve never known how to make it really lovely but I always have a nice lunch with friends and special dinner with family. However I am not sure I would change it though, I was born on Friday 13th, of the divine feminine and always thought lucky!
You should do a Half Birthday celebration instead (or additionally), and then you'll get your June birthday fun!
Well, July maybe. But still.
I used to do these for my children (Cup of Jo anyone?) but never for ME. I love it! Thank you.
Our Oscar has a January birthday and I agree it's not ideal. He already got his wishlist at Christmas!
Yes! It's all a bit disappointing which I feel ungrateful about. My beautiful Aunties was on Christmas Day - she said she always loved it as everyone was around her.
With my sister’s birthday being Christmas Eve I have always tried to be very aware of birthdays being more important than general holidays. My Lincoln baby, 2/12, has benefited from that and her birthday doesn’t get lost in the after the holiday/valentines frenzy.
You are a very good sister!
My birthday is Christmas Eve too! I’m sure your sister appreciates you focusing on her on that day!
Come to Australia, you'll have a summer birthday here! My kids' birthdays are in May and June; I wish we could celebrate at the playground or pool like their friends but it's indoor parties all the way for us.
My firstborn is also January 13th, so that is a wonderful day for me! If I met you I would be super happy and rejoice with you! He was born on a Thursday but we have always enjoyed making a big thing out of any Friday the 13th birthdays. Have a great one next year!
The special thing about my birthday, which is May 10, is that my granddaughter Irene was born on my birthday 18 years ago (and I was there)! Best present ever! My older son was born on my parent’s anniversary, March 27, and I met my husband (2nd) on March 27. His kids were holiday babies...March 17 and December 25!
That is super special.
My brother’s birthday is 8/25, too!
We are heavily clumped. My husband, myself, and my middle daughter have birthdays three days in a row! My son is a couple weeks later, sharing that week in later in August with my dad and brother (and our wedding anniversary!).
That is a clump for sure!
Happy birthday! My birthday is June 9, and my mom’s sister, my favorite aunt, was born June 6--as was her youngest daughter! If my aunt was visiting us in Michigan around that time, we would celebrate our birthdays together. I always liked that.
My older daughter’s due date was June 5, so I wondered if we’d share a birthday (I didn’t really want to share!). Luckily for me, she came a week early, so she was just barely a May baby instead of June.
Then, on June 6th of last year, my aunt’s birthday, I found out I was finally pregnant with my second baby! Devastatingly, my aunt had just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This year, we marked my aunt’s birthday for the first time without her. I wish Aunt Margaret could meet my baby Greta.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I wish Aunt Margaret could meet baby Great too.
Thank you 💜
My birthday is New Year’s Eve which has always felt like a very special birthday. My brother was born on my 17th birthday which is definitely very special!
My daughter is a NYE baby, too! I always felt that people born on that day were born knowing how to really celebrate-special, indeed.
When I was a child, it was harder because I was never in school on my special day and no one could come over because everyone already had plans, but now that I'm an adult, I like to say that everyone parties on my birthday!
We say that, too! Having a summer birthday, I always missed celebrating with school friends, too-this is probably why we tend to overcompensate for my daughter’s birthday now 😂
Dec 10th - Hi, as a child I shared my birthday with my grandpa, and now I share it with my niece.
Also, on my 12th birthday, first Croatian president died and my mom's uncle so that was not fun.
As for celebrities, Emily Dickinson 😊
Sharing with a Grandpa sounds good.
Look at @abc news. You share a birthday with Michael J Fox! There’s more joy in this birthday mate.
I didn't know that! Very cool.
I've always loved my birthday, February 18th! It usually fell right around Presidents day weekend, which meant a break from school! Also, many kindred spirits share the day...Helen Gurley Brown, John Travolta, Enzo Ferrari and Wallace Stegner!
I sure love Wallace Stegner's books.
I love my birthday! I am the 11th child in a family of 13(!) I feel lucky. Also, my birthday is 1/11/1966, so talk about numbers. Birthdays are inevitably clumped in our family: 4 in January, 4 in March. We had simple birthday traditions. We got to choose our dinner, the cake and 3 of our favorite candies, which would be handed out at the end of the meal, in a cupcake liner. Trading began as the candies were handed out- and almost no one wanted the Good N Plenty licorice that I loved, so I got most of them!
I'm such a good-n-plenty fan.
Happy birthday Gabby 🎂 🥳 I share my birthday with 2 maternal uncles (not twins) and their mother also died on my birthday. I also got to name a calf born on my birthday when I was a kid 🥰
My birthday is January 27, and I share it with Mozart!! Which I’ve always loved!!Interestingly, my daughter was born November 14, which is Leopold Mozart’s birthday!
I'm a November 14 baby, too! Yanni, Claude Monet, and Travis Barker were also born that day... Creatives! (And a lot of famous athletes!?)
I share a birthday with Jennifer Aniston, Feb 11. It’s also a month that most people tend to hate. The newness of the year has worn off, in most places it’s cold. If you’re in the northeast, you usually wouldn’t see the sun for months once the cold settled in, and EVERYONE is over the snow and cold by February, praying for March and signs of spring.
I like my birthday: 10/26. I’ve always been a big fall person (maybe because of it?) and it’s close enough to Halloween that I can throw a fun and festive theme party without conflicting directly with Halloween. I’ve done a lot of costume or costume-adjacent parties over the years. My mom’s birthday is Halloween and she said it was hard as a kid, but now she enjoys drinking champagne on her porch and handing out candy to the neighborhood kids. Where I live, the weather can be unpredictable that time of year, and I’ve had a snowy birthday or two as well as summery ones, which is kind of fun.
My husband and son have birthdays in March and July, so I like that we’re all spaced out. It makes us all water signs too, which is supposed to be harmonious if you’re into that sort of thing.
Not a lot of famous people seem to have my birthday, but two notables are Hillary Clinton and Pat Sajak.
My nephew shares your birthday 💗 October is a really good time for birthdays, for sure!