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Unpopular opinion, as I grow older birthdays seems to be less and less happy because of the toxic Filipino trait that you’re obligated to spend extra for food to be eaten by people at your workplace that you’re not that close to.
Tradition ko sa work a long-ass time ago whenever it’s my birthday, was to deactivate all my personal social media accounts (except Twitter na wala naman ako followers and is set to private) the day before so they don’t get notifs and no one could greet me. I realized it was futile on my other workplaces when they would put bdays on bulletin boards or send automatic emails, so I ditched it.
But this actually goes as far back as grade school, it’s not an age thing. Naiilang talaga ako when people greet me and the obligation na manlibre.
My Facebook has been deactivated since 2021 and even if it’s activated, I don’t put any personal information in my profile. My birthday was posted sa bulletin board due to peer pressure a few years ago. I regret not standing up to myself.
I just don’t go to work on my birthday.
Same. Ang birthday gift ko sa sarili ko lage is extra sleep.
Also, I’ve set the expectation when I started in my current work na slightly cheapskate ako kapag birthday.
(At wala din talaga bilang super extra ang budget sa pagkain ng mga mingming ko. ahaha)