Mastodawn

Talking of #birthdays, in #India they're celebrated on one of three days:
- day and month on Gregorian calendar; most common
- day and month on lunar calendar; "traditional folks"
- day when moon aligns with birth star in the lunar birth month; "traditional west coast folks, in the south"

#trivia

Front Page [Unofficial]Jun 7

Boyfriend shows up with flowers after being ‘ignored.’ When the door opened, his heart stopped.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/he-showed-up-with-flowers-after-she-ignored-him-heart-stopped-ex1/

Robert Fairhead Jun 3

One more day in Perth. I'll miss having beers and chats with my dad. ❤️ #family #birthdays #gageroads #fremantle #perth #westernaustralia

Tim Richards Jun 1

I quite like making a fuss about my birthday, but I don’t necessarily go out for dinner or anything on the day. Rather I invite people round for drinks on the following weekend.

What do you do?

"A day that is supposed to arrive draped in flowers, gifts, champagne, cake and people who love you – a day that is supposed to feel different from every other day. And when it doesn’t – when it feels like a Wednesday (because it is, in fact, a Wednesday) the gap between what you were promised and what you actually get can be quietly crushing.

"This is where the great birthday divide sits. There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who love their birthday with the unguarded enthusiasm of a golden retriever puppy begin the countdown in early January, while the other lot would genuinely prefer if the whole thing passed without incident – like a scheduled 3am phone update that doesn’t interrupt anything."

#birthday #birthdays https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/there-s-a-good-reason-i-don-t-like-birthdays-and-no-it-s-not-what-you-re-thinking-20260601-p602uh.html

There’s a good reason I don’t like birthdays and no, it’s not what you’re thinking

Some people can’t wait for their birthdays. Me? I’m quietly relieved when the clock ticks over to the following morning, and it’s done for another year.

The Sydney Morning Herald