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Poll: Birthday on February 29th! When to celebrate?

Voting by Mopsi99 | 2023-02-27 at 19:36

Someone born on February 29th theoretically only has the opportunity to celebrate birthday every four years. Now I'm wondering what you think about how and especially when you should celebrate if you were "lucky" enough to be born on February 29th.

Should you celebrate one day before, one day after, in principle only at the edge of the day or should you consistently invite people every 4 years only? I don't question the fact that, despite all of this and regardless of the type of celebration, of course, you nonetheless still get one year older in each case naturally.

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One day before (February 28th)
3 Votes (18%)
One day later (March 1st)
12 Votes (71%)
Celebrate into the day
2 Votes (12%)
Celebrate every 4 years only

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Celebrate into the day: Celebrating a day in advance is an absolute no go! That idea can't be serious! You shouldn't do that, with something like this, I'm superstitious! I think the best solution is to celebrate into the day, finally you don't want to celebrate just every 4 years!
2023-02-28 at 15:37

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Celebrate every 4 years only: I'm consequent with that! One should celebrate every four years only! I'm also not celebrating my birthday on a 12th of a month in case that my birthday is on the 24th actually! If a date doesn't exist, then the date simply doesn't exist!

As parents, you can probably think in advance about when the child should arrive! It really doesn't have to be 9 months before a non-leap year!
2023-03-01 at 17:44

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One day later (March 1st): I'm for just celebrating on the day after. If you see it the way that your birthday is on the day after the 28th, then March 1st is the correct day after the 28th in this sense.

However, theoretically, following this logic, anyone whose birthday is after February 28th in a year would actually celebrate a day late because that extra day is just only additionally pushed into the calendar and the day would then have to be subtracted again for each subsequent date of the year!
2023-03-21 at 21:39

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The main thing is that you celebrate at all! It doesn’t matter when! I also don't mind if someone who has birthday in January but wants to host a garden party just puts his birthday to June, July or August!
2023-09-17 at 13:12

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And do you celebrate then your January birthday in summer forwards or backwards?!
2023-10-22 at 21:32

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Well, backwards of course! Or you can even stop counting altogether! It's best from a certain age anyway!
2023-10-23 at 17:52

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Celebrate into the day: I think the most logical solution of this dilemma is to celebrate into the day.

The 29th of February (if it takes place) is exactly between the 28th of February and the first of March. If February 29th falls out, the theoretical birthday is limited to the moment between February 28th and March 1st. So exactly at the typical time of the into-the-day-celebration.
2023-10-23 at 17:27

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