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It's the wife birthday today, 15th together. Does anyone still push the boat?, or just another day. 

My elderly Mum(86), still sends a card out every year from UK.  That's to Mrs BB. 

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One of my disappointments with the culture is the lack of emphasis on birthdays.

You have only one day a year that  is yours..the day you came into the world, but Thais don't make a big deal.

I tried to for a few years with my family, but finally gave up in frustration.  They didn't care.

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2 hours ago, MrStretch said:

One of my disappointments with the culture is the lack of emphasis on birthdays.

You have only one day a year that  is yours..the day you came into the world, but Thais don't make a big deal.

I tried to for a few years with my family, but finally gave up in frustration.  They didn't care.

 

 

I was equally surprised - just another example of the culture that we have become part of.

 

 

Pattaya (or at least the bar areas) is different..............an excuse to stick up balloons and have punters/friends staple notes of the realm on you.

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6 hours ago, MrStretch said:

One of my disappointments with the culture is the lack of emphasis on birthdays.

You have only one day a year that  is yours..the day you came into the world, but Thais don't make a big deal.

I tried to for a few years with my family, but finally gave up in frustration.  They didn't care.

The ones that are important are the 12s. Each time the zodiac refreshes the birthday is feted. My SO and I take each other out to dinner on our B-days. But that's it. Besides, once you reach a certain point it becomes: "Oh, isn't it wonderful! You've made it to XX!" Where XX is a very large number.  In reality, life has become something more like slicing a ham blindfolded. You never quite know when you've reached the last piece.

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Half of my in laws don't even know when their birthday is. 12 years ago I asked my wife how old my mother in law is, the answer, 86. If I go ask her now, the answer is the same, 86.

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On 7/17/2021 at 3:17 AM, MrStretch said:

One of my disappointments with the culture is the lack of emphasis on birthdays.

You have only one day a year that  is yours..the day you came into the world, but Thais don't make a big deal.

I tried to for a few years with my family, but finally gave up in frustration.  They didn't care.

I think it is the complete opposite.........all they do is talk about their b-days

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On 7/17/2021 at 3:17 AM, MrStretch said:

One of my disappointments with the culture is the lack of emphasis on birthdays.

You have only one day a year that  is yours..the day you came into the world, but Thais don't make a big deal.

I tried to for a few years with my family, but finally gave up in frustration.  They didn't care.

I can tell your future as a Jehovah's Witness won't be very bright. 

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On 8/2/2021 at 11:22 PM, LedLollyYellowLolly said:

Half of my in laws don't even know when their birthday is. 12 years ago I asked my wife how old my mother in law is, the answer, 86. If I go ask her now, the answer is the same, 86.

Same as my in laws - their birthdates on their ID cards are all 1st January as they have no idea on which actual day they were born!!!

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