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Our birthday comes around once a year. It’s a day that marks another year we have lived, another year we have experienced. Some of us see it as day to celebrate.Some of us see it as a day to not celebrate

我們每年過一次生日,這一天標志著我們又過了一年，又長了一歲。我們中的一些人把它看作是慶祝的日子。而另一些人認為這是一個不值得慶祝的日子。

For those of us who have reason to not celebrate our birthday and don’t want a fuss on this day, we might not shout from the rooftops about turning a year older. We might even go to great lengths to avoid drawing attention to our birthday in a time where many think you should be entitled to some special treat.

對于我們這些不想慶祝自己的生日、也不想在這一天大驚小怪的人來說，我們可能不會在屋頂上大喊要變老一歲。在很多人認為你應(yīng)該在這一天享受一些特殊待遇的時候，我們甚至可能會竭盡全力避免引起別人對我們生日的注意。

Celebrating my birthday and having anywhere near a big birthday bash is not something up my alley. As I’ve gotten older I’ve become more reserved about celebrating my birthday, these days no more wanting a party (never had a party anyway) or some kind of celebration. In fact, I try to avoid any kind of birthday surprise someone might pull on me.

慶祝我的生日，或者在任何地方舉行一個大型的生日聚會都不是我的強項。隨著年齡的增長，我越來越不愿意慶祝自己的生日，這些天我不再想要一個派對(反正也從來沒有派對過)或某種形式的慶祝。事實上，我盡量避免可能會有人帶給我的任何形式的生日驚喜。

Here are some ways to avoid celebrating your birthday and avoid someone throwing you a surprise birthday party, and keeping your birthday on the down low.

這里有一些方法可以避免慶祝你的生日，避免有人為你舉辦一個驚喜的生日派對，讓你的生日保持低調(diào)。

2. Avoid making special plans

2.避免制定特別的計劃

To keep your birthday quiet, try not to make any special birthday plans involving others. In the days leading up to your birthday, friends and family might invite you out to celebrate your special day.

為了讓你在生日那天清凈下來，盡量不要制定任何特別的生日計劃。在你生日的前幾天，你的朋友和家人可能會邀請你出去慶祝你的生日。

Your nice friends and family might want to catch up with you on this day to wish you well over a meal and a few drinks. Or they might say they want to catch up with you on your birthday, take you out and then you find yourself front and centre of a very public, very crowded surprise birthday party.

你的好朋友和家人可能想在這一天叫上你，和你吃頓飯，喝幾杯酒。或者他們可能會說，他們想在你生日那天叫上你，帶你出去，然后你會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己出現(xiàn)在一個非常公開、非常擁擠的生日驚喜派對的中心。

3. Hermit and shell

3.在生日那天躲起來

5. Keep people guessing

5.讓人們不斷猜測你的生日日期

Don’t mention your birthday or confirm it so as to keep it under wraps. When someone asks you when your birthday is, perhaps stare them right in the face, put on your best poker face and don’t give an answer. Stay silent and keep staring.

不要提及你的生日或者確認這件事，這樣才能保密。當有人問你生日是什么時候時，直視他們的眼睛，擺出你的撲克臉，不要給出答案。保持沉默，繼續(xù)盯著他們看。

One time someone wanted to know my birthday and managed to narrow it down to the correct month. So I got him to play the guessing game and you would think he would eventually get it. He didn’t.

有一次，有人想知道我的生日，并設(shè)法將范圍縮小到了正確的月份。所以我就讓他玩猜謎游戲，他會認為他最終會得到正確答案，但其實他沒有。

6. Let others know you don’t want a fuss

6.讓別人知道你不想大肆慶祝

The most direct way to avoid a fuss or celebration around your birthday is to say so. Be direct with others around you, out and about with it, insisting on no big scale birthday party and no ‘Happy Birthday’ singing. You could be even more direct and let family and friends know how you want to and are going to spend the day.

避免在你生日那天大肆慶祝的最直接的方法就是說出來。與你周圍的人直接說，然后離開，堅持不要舉辦大型生日派對，也不要唱生日歌。你可以更直接地讓家人和朋友知道你想怎樣度過這一天。

Each year my family are pretty keen on celebrating my birthday, buying a cake and singing me the song. After putting up with that for many years (even into adult years), I insisted no more song. Finally one year my family decided to drop the song but not the cake and continue to serve it up.

每年我的家人都非常熱衷于為我慶祝生日，買蛋糕，為我唱生日歌。在忍受了許多年(甚至到了成年)之后，我堅持不再唱生日歌了。終于有一年，我的家人決定不唱這首歌，但是仍然繼續(xù)把蛋糕端上桌。

The notion of the ‘birthday effect’ has been proposed. Also known as the birthday blues, there has been research suggesting an individual’s likelihood of death seems to increase around their birthday. While some Swiss researchers from the University of Zurich suggests you are 14% more likely to die on your birthday than on any other day of the year, there is no conclusive evidence. Usually when it comes to birthday and celebrations, one is more likely to go out and have a good time, perhaps drive home after a few drinks or stay out late on the streets running into trouble or being trouble.

有人提出了“生日效應(yīng)”的概念，也被稱為生日憂郁癥。有研究表明似乎一個人死亡的可能性在他們的生日前后會增加。一些來自蘇黎世大學的瑞士研究人員認為，比起一年中的其他任何一天，你在生日那天死亡的可能性要高出14%，但是還沒有確鑿的證據(jù)。通常在生日的慶?；顒由?，人們更愿意出去玩一玩，也許喝了幾杯酒就開車回家，但也可能在街上玩到很晚惹上麻煩，或者制造麻煩。

Do you try to avoid celebrating your birthday?

你是否也在盡量避免過生日呢？

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Anne
I laughed, because I never had to avoid my birthday. The calendar took care of it for me. My birthday is three days before Christmas, and people are too busy to notice in any annoying way. It’s good that you have gotten your celebration under control.

哈哈，我從來不用逃避我的生日，因為日歷幫我搞定了。我的生日離圣誕節(jié)只有三天，人們忙得沒時間注意到這些煩人的事情。所以你就可以把你的生日慶?；顒涌刂谱×?，這是件好事。

Bela
My husband has a similar story with his birthday just after Christmas.?

我的丈夫也差不多，他的生日就在圣誕節(jié)后。

Mabel Kwongon
your birthday three days before Christmas! It’s that time of the year where everyone is busy making Christmas lunch and family gathering arrangements. I’ve heard about many people whose birthday falls around Christmas, that it’s celebrated along with Christmas and their Christmas gifts are their birthday gifts ?? Hope you enjoy your birthday every year ??

你的生日離圣誕節(jié)只有三天！每年的這個時候，大家都在忙著準備圣誕午餐和家庭聚會。我聽說很多人的生日都是在圣誕節(jié)前后，他們的圣誕禮物就是生日禮物，祝你每年生日快樂。

Mabel Kwong
Like you, I’m not a big party person and find a lot of nice feelings from quieter times. It is very proactive of you to organise things on occasion, and it get be a bit of an effort get people in one place.Bit early but Happy Birthday to you. Hope this year is a good one for you and may you enjoy your day later this month?

和你一樣，我不是一個喜歡聚會的人，在更安靜的時候，我會找到很多美好的感覺。偶爾組織一些事情是非常好的，而且讓人們聚集在一個地方也需要一點努力。提前祝你生日快樂。希望今年對你來說是個好日子，愿你在這個月晚些時候的生日過得愉快。

Writing to Freedom
I’m glad my idea resonated with you Mabel. Maybe we’ll both have quiet, intimate gatherings for our birthday! Thanks for the birthday wishes.?

我很高興我的想法和你產(chǎn)生了共鳴，Mabel。也許我們的生日會有個安靜且私密的聚會！謝謝你的生日祝福。

AutumnAshbough
I used to like a big fuss on my birthday. Now I’m like you — I never put it on social media.But someone in my enormous family always remembers, and posts “Happy Birthday” on my social media accounts and then everyone else joins in and ignoring my birthday is a total failure.I get a little closer to escaping it every year, though.

我過去喜歡在生日那天大肆慶祝?，F(xiàn)在我和你一樣，我從來不把它放在社交媒體上。但是在我的大家庭中，總有人記得在我的社交媒體賬號上發(fā)布“生日快樂”，然后其他人都會加入進來，企圖讓別人忽略我的生日是基本不可能的。不過，每年我都離擺脫這種生活更近了一步。

Mabel Kwong
When you’ve got an enormous family, chances are at least one of them will know everyone’s birthday. And chances are they are the kind who likes throwing a good party that you can’t escape from. But I take your word for it that you are closer to escaping all this birthday attention ??

當你有一個龐大的家庭時，他們中至少有一個人知道每個人的生日。他們很有可能是那種喜歡舉辦一個你無法逃避的派對的人。但是我相信，你離不被關(guān)注的生日越來越近了。

Prior
The way people celebrate or do not choose to (as you write about here) can vary greatly.And for me – I usually keep it low key – going to the beach and maybe out to dinner would be a ten out of ten kinda day.

人們慶?；虿粦c祝的方式有很大的不同(正如你在這里寫到的)。對我來說，我通常保持低調(diào)，十有八九是去海灘，或者出去吃晚餐。

Mabel Kwong
Some people I’ve encountered celebrate their birthday all month long. That is, going out with different groups of friends in the weeks leading up to and after their birthday. Nothing wrong with wanting to spend time with others, but then there are others who will keep bring up their birthday again and again just because.

我遇到的一些人整月都在慶祝他們的生日。也就是說，在生日前后的幾個星期里，和不同的朋友們一起出去玩。想要花時間和別人在一起并沒有錯，但是不能僅僅是因為其他人一次又一次地提起他們的生日。

Prior
And I do not know any that eelebrate the whole month – but know some that talk about it and plan for that long- I get that “milestone” birthdays can be a unique category (and again it depends on the person) but some overdo it before hand and then on that day.

我不知道有哪個人會一整個月都在慶祝生日，但我知道有些人會談?wù)撨@個問題，并計劃了很長時間。我知道能得到一個“里程碑式”的生日是一種獨特的體驗，但有些人做過頭了。

Mabel Kwong
Happy belated birthday to your hubby! It must be birthday season. It sounds like he is a popular guy ?? So agree it seems people prefer celebrating other people’s birthdays and less so their own.

祝你老公生日快樂！現(xiàn)在大家都在扎堆過生日。聽起來他是個很受歡迎的人。所以我們都同意似乎人們更喜歡慶祝別人的生日，而不是自己的生日。

whippetwisdom
An interesting post Mabel and I’ve never wanted a big fuss on my birthday either. These days my husband and I prefer to spend our birthdays taking the day off, hiking in the hills with our dogs and bringing a picnic with some nice rustic food. We are both grateful we’re still around to celebrate these moments together and that has made it more meaningful for us too ??

一個有趣的帖子，Mabel和我也從來不想在我的生日上大肆慶祝。這些日子，我和我的丈夫更喜歡在我們的生日那天休息一天，和我們的狗在山上徒步旅行，帶著一些美味的鄉(xiāng)村食物來野餐。我們都很感激我們?nèi)匀辉谝黄饝c祝這些時刻，這對我們來說更有意義。

Mabel Kwong
So lovely to hear you and your husband spend your birthday with each other and the dogs, appreciating each other and sharing simple winning moments. Meaningful is indeed simple. Wishing you well into the weekend

很高興聽到你和你的丈夫和你的狗狗一起度過你們的生日，彼此感激，分享成功時刻。很簡單卻很有意義。祝你周末過得愉快。

Colline
In my family we celebrate birthdays by going out to dinner en famille – that is me, my husband, and the children. We don’t make a big fuss and, to be honest, the people I work with and acquaintances do know know the date I was born.

在我們家，我們?nèi)页鋈コ燥垜c祝生日，也就是我、我的丈夫和孩子們。我們不會大肆慶祝，說實話，我的同事和熟人都知道我的出生日期。

Mabel Kwong
Sounds like a lovely way to celebrate birthdays, Colline. Being around with those who are closest to you is a great way.

聽起來是個很好的慶祝生日的方式，Colline。和你最親近的人在一起是度過是一個好方法。

Hoarder Comes Clean
I hope you have a serene and quiet happy birthday!I hide my birthday too – and these days there’s more than one reason to do that.My favorite way to celebrate is to mark a decade.

祝你度過一個寧靜祥和的生日！我也會隱藏自己的生日。這樣做的理由不止一個。我最喜歡的慶祝方式是做一些有意義的和/或冒險的事情來紀念整十年的生日。

arv
Mabel, let me also share this. A lot of people who would call personally on birthday have started sending message on Whatsapp or FB thereby cutting off personal interaction. These are a few signs of the times we are living in.?

Mabel，我也分享一下我的經(jīng)歷。許多人在生日那天親自打電話給我，開始在Whatsapp或者FB上發(fā)送信息，從而切斷了現(xiàn)實間的交流。這些都是我們所處時代的一些現(xiàn)象。

Mabel Kwong
Oh yes, that is so true, people messaging you as opposed to calling you to wish you well on your birthday. Partly due to the convenience of social media. I guess as times go on, this will be the normal way of wishing Happy Birthday each year.

是的，沒錯，人們會給你發(fā)短信，而不是打電話祝你生日快樂，一部分原因是社交媒體的便利。我想，隨著時間的推移，這將是每年祝福生日快樂的正常方式。

Mabel Kwong
That’s a good observation, that children and teens are more inclined to celebrate their birthdays. Parties to them are all about fun – as you mentioned, cake, activities, gifts and so on. I guess when we grow older, for many of us birthday celebrations might be the same thing and the novelty or the ‘speciality’ of it wears off.Throwing a birthday party for a kid is hard work. As the parent, you really are a one-man show to organise the cake, venue, activities, gifts ??

這是一個很好的觀點，兒童和青少年更傾向于慶祝他們的生日。就像你提到的，他們的聚會都是有趣的，蛋糕，活動，禮物等等。我想當我們長大了，對于我們中的許多人來說都是一樣的，生日慶祝的新奇感或者特殊性會消失。為孩子舉辦生日派對是一項艱巨的工作。作為家長，你真的需要一個人去準備蛋糕、場地、活動和禮物。