Birthday Thread Questions

[Prudie]

OK I have some questions about the Happy Birthday threads:
For Ann (and Boxy who used to do them) - do people tell you their birthdates or do you glean them from posts that might mention it?

For Ann - would you normally always stay up until just after midnight so you can post them?

For everyone - do you add them to them whoever it is, even if you don't normally 'chat' to them or do you pick and choose?

Me personally - I feel a cad if I haven't added although I often don't

[grasscarp]

I make an effort to post a greeting if it is someone I either chat to or admire.

[ummmm]

I think Ann has a book...

I find out peoples birthdays from FB.

[ummmm]

And no...I don't always add to them.

[Arksided]

Same as grasscarp.

[mccfluff]

if i'm online i'll add to them - if i chat to the person, but i'm not always about every day so do miss some people

[EcclesCake]

I hate to sound grumpy but I don't really don't like them and resented having my privacy invaded when one appeared for me......to the extent that I considered reporting it.

I very, very rarely post a greeting.

[boxtops]

I only ever put up birthday greetings to people I wanted to greet personally - and I've never kept a diary, as I believe ann does. I'm selective, I don't join in an HB thread automatically - any more than I'd send birthday cards hard copy to acquaintances. I certainly don't feel bad for not adding to a birthday thread for someone I don't interact with on here.

[Henrietta]

Were you hacked ecclescake?

[boxtops]

I don't think thats what eccles means, henrietta - ann religiously posts birthday greetings for any ABer whose details she's collected.

[joggerjayne]

Oh, Eccles, now you must stop being so gwumpy!

If anyone has a birthday, say tomorrow for instance, try sending them warm and jolly greetings. You'll feel better for it.

Maybe you should even PayPal them some money to buy a present.

J x

[Henrietta]

I've seen Ann posting "Happy Birthday" threads and thought she was one of the sites admin staff.

If she just collects birthday details to take out her own time wish people a happy birthday then what a nice person she must be.

I hope that those who have been wished a happy birthday have sought anns birthday details to wish her a happy birthday when it's her turn.

[ummmm]

I think it's a quite odd thing to do.

[DTCwordfan]

Maybe Eccles is a Jehovah's W, Jayne...... dtc legs it out of here, as Eccles is, no doubt, armed with her knives

[boxtops]

It's not grumpy, jj - IMO, the spontaneity goes out of the greeting if all the birthdays are automatic posts first thing every morning. I don't like it much either. I know who on here I share my birthday with, and we put up a shared post that day.


Paypalling money for presents? - we don't send presents to family, let alone to people we don't really know!!

[ummmm]

I only know McFluffs and Snags birthdays.

[EcclesCake]

I simply respect the privacy of others.

I was outed by someone and it riled me, had I volunteered the information then I wouldn't have minded so much.

I still wonder how they knew it was my birthday.

[Mamyalynne]

I used to be a prolific poster of late night/early morning Birthday threads - never for one moment thinking it odd or intrusive.

Eccles,I am sure if you mention it to Ann (though she may see this thread anyway) she will remove you from the list (PS Can I have my cake back?)

[Mamyalynne]

I must add I never gleaned info from elsewhere,only here.

[Henrietta]

I don't find it odd. Maybe she had rubbish birthdays when she was younger so tries to make sure everyone has a smile on their birthdays or perhaps she had great birthdays and just wants to spread the cheer.

If it's just birthdays she has in her book then that's okay but if she has full profiles of users then that wouldn't be cool unless she works a psychologist or policewoman and doing that is her second nature.

[ethandron]

In the seven years I've been a member here I've only ever joined in a birthday thread twice I think. I don't actually like threads like that and find them a bit odd or creepy or something...I can't think of the right word.
Maybe it depends on how much you make of birthdays generally, we've never bothered much and don't send each other cards or buy presents.