What is so happy about birthday anyway? Wishing someone "Happy Birthday" is for kids. I say "Happy Birthday" is only appropriate for someone who is under the minimum voting age of 18. Remember when you are young, there is always something to look forward to and getting a year closer to the milestone is something to celebrate. But wait, what about the legal drinking age of 21? Turning 25 is also significant as auto-insurance premium is substantially reduced. Perhaps 25 is the cutoff age for wishing someone "Happy Birthday."

From now on, I don't want to wish anyone who is over the age of 25 a "Happy Birthday" on his/her birthday. At the same time, stop wishing me "Happy Birthday" from here on. Why? A birthday does nothing but to remind someone that he/she is getting year older and there is no joy to it. As one gets a year older, one surely recognizes that through injury and sickness it hurts more than it did a year ago. When you are sliding downhill, the last thing you want to hear is to be reminded that people are celebrating this so-called joyous occasion. It makes no sense.

2/6/2006 12:17:41 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

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