As one who's not just a minimalist but also an introverted one, I don't really fancy birthday celebrations, I love them for other people and I might push myself enough to show up to birthday parties, but I'd rather not have a party or be the center of attention on my birthday.
I'd also rather get cash gifts than a bunch of stuff I don't necessarily need. I'm always grateful for whatever I receive from others, birthdays or not, but I don't have it in me to express how I really feel about being gifted stuff that I won't put to good use.
I don't get a lot of stuff on birthdays anyway so it's not so much of a problem because my few good friends who are now cities and countries away have sent money instead in recent years. I guess I am hard to please because I don't like a lot of stuff and frown at a lot of things (these were my friend's words on a certain birthday of mine) 😄
It's easy to just send money like I mostly do on friends' birthdays but it's sweeter to put some thought into a gift. It's why when my friends came to my city and surprised me with a visit on a certain birthday, I realized they gave me the best gift ever. We created memories that I still cherish and it will go down in history as one of my favourite birthdays.
Maybe some other day I'd share my worst birthday experience where I got a surprise birthday party from a boyfriend and I broke up with him immediately after the party. I have a good explanation and my anxiety was spiked from the surprise. I'm not a terrible person I swear.
An activity-packed, fun-filled day exploring a city with a close one is my kinda stuff and having cash gifts sent by others makes the day even better. I hope I get to experience beautiful birthdays in the coming years and ofcourse, I'm always eager to see what my husband gets me because that's always special or quirky.
So yeah, I guess I have eased into birthdays a bit and I generally don't have a problem with the mode of gifting I currently get, cash gifts will always make my day when a thoughtful gift doesn't suffice. More than it being convenient, I think my friends are genuinely always clueless on sending stuff over because of my personality so they go with monetary gifts.
Cash gifts are perfect minimalists!
Exactly! I can get myself what I really like all thanks to the gifter
me intentionally not chastising you over the breakup
Happy birthday (belated)
It's the 21st century thing really. Never mind those that say you're hard to please 😅. Me sef na money I want.
Hope you had a fun day (looks like it)
💐🎊
bombastic side eyes
Birthday was 3 months ago but thank you thank you 😊
Yay! 🤗
Your content has been boosted with Ecency Points, by @stevenson7.
Use Ecency daily to boost your growth on platform!
Support Ecency
Vote for new Proposal
Delegate HP and earn more
✅
No surprise parties for me. If I'm not happy to see someone, you will know. So if I entered a room and heard "SURPRISE", then, the bigger surprise would be my reaction. I probably would just close the door and walk away, no fuss... That would be my birthday totally ruined, and perhaps the "friendship(s)" of those who surprised me:)
Thanks for your #KISS
I enjoyed it 😉
lips sealed
You sure don't like loud surprises 😄
😆 Haha! No, not at all 😅
Congratulations @wolfofnostreet! You have completed the following achievement on the Hive blockchain And have been rewarded with New badge(s)
Your next target is to reach 8750 replies.
You can view your badges on your board and compare yourself to others in the Ranking
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOP