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Do you still get birthday cakes?

  • 02-02-2013 11:09AM
    #1
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    My birthday is soon, and it occurs to me that I haven't gotten a birthday cake in years - possibly since my 18th. I LOVE birthday cakes, but once you're not a kid any more, it seems you only get them for 'important' birthdays.

    Are they still a feature in your adult life, or have you stopped getting them too?

    Do you get birthday cakes? 57 votes

    I still get a cake every year
    0% 0 votes
    I only get one for milestone birthdays
    85% 49 votes
    I never get birthday cakes anymore
    14% 8 votes


Comments

  • #2
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    I still get them...I make one whenever there's a birthday coming up and every year I think they'll forget mine. They never do :)


  • #3
    girl2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 654 ✭✭✭girl2


    Where I work…if its your birthday - there's a cake got for you. Usually someone within the team will make it.

    It's class :D


  • #4
    Oranage2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    I have to buy my own birthday cake :( 5 times a year.


  • #5
    dan1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭dan1895


    Usually don't but the missus baked me one for the big 3 0 last week


  • #6
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    it my birthday tomorrow and the wife hasnt been to any bakeries so no


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  • #7
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,734 ✭✭✭Duckworth_Luas


    Shouldn't they be called saliva cakes?


  • #8
    Scruffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 955 ✭✭✭Scruffles


    am bought some cheapo asda birthday cake but it tastes very stale and is mainly just sponge.
    back when had some savings,had spent a load of money on having the sis a spongebob squarepants cake profesionaly made-that was her birthday present but she loved it more than if had bought her something else because its cake and because have got naff all theory of mind;always buy her something that is of interest to self rather than her.
    Oranage2 wrote: »
    I have to buy my own birthday cake :( 5 times a year.
    the queen is a lucky so and so in this respect.


  • #9
    pwurple
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭pwurple


    Yes, every year. Mainly because I make it myself!


  • #10
    MvsC3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭MvsC3


    Yeah i nearly always get a generic birthday cake each year, although for my 30th birthday my wife took pictures of the Hull City crest and got it scanned onto a big cake with a big 3-0,... After the meal they brought it out and i looked at her disappointed and said thanks, we got beaten 3-0 away to west ham today and you get a cake to celebrate!!!


  • #11
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    Yeah I end up getting a cake every year eventhough I don't make a fuss about my birthday or care much about it.

    I remember when when I was in 3rd year my class got me a cake, a bottle of coke, buns and all that stuff for my 15th. I have no clue why they did it or made such a fuss about me but it was nice I suppose.


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  • #12
    HTML5!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭HTML5!


    Never.

    A little cheesecake or something isn't too much to ask. :(


  • #13
    ladypip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 746 ✭✭✭ladypip


    MvsC3 wrote: »
    Yeah i nearly always get a generic birthday cake each year, although for my 30th birthday my wife took pictures of the Hull City crest and got it scanned onto a big cake with a big 3-0,... After the meal they brought it out and i looked at her disappointed and said thanks, we got beaten 3-0 away to west ham today and you get a cake to celebrate!!!

    Ungrateful Much?

    Im a baker and I bake really special cakes for my Boyfriend and Son every year so I would be really hurt if I didnt get one. In fairness to my boyfriend he always gets me a nice cake.


  • #14
    April O Neill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,305 ✭✭✭April O Neill


    Yeah, I usually get some kind of cake for my birthday. Went for afternoon tea last year for it so lots of cakes! :D


  • #15
    HTML5!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 284 ✭✭HTML5!


    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    I still get them...I make one whenever there's a birthday coming up and every year I think they'll forget mine. They never do :)
    girl2 wrote: »
    Where I work…if its your birthday - there's a cake got for you. Usually someone within the team will make it.

    It's class :D
    1ZRed wrote: »
    Yeah I end up getting a cake every year eventhough I don't make a fuss about my birthday or care much about it.

    I remember when when I was in 3rd year my class got me a cake, a bottle of coke, buns and all that stuff for my 15th. I have no clue why they did it or made such a fuss about me but it was nice I suppose.
    April O Neill wrote: »
    Yeah, I usually get some kind of cake for my birthday. Went for afternoon tea last year for it so lots of cakes! :D

    Ah f*ck off the lot of ya's with your birthday cakes!!!! :(



    :D


  • #16
    MvsC3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭MvsC3


    ladypip wrote: »

    Ungrateful Much?

    She knew i was joking, would be some odds if she had known we were going to be beaten 3-0 a week in advance, a tenner on that score line?... Well it would have the icing on the ca..;-)


  • #17
    spankysue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭spankysue


    Nobody's gotten me a cake since my 21st so I usually buy one for meself every year 'cause ya have to eat cake on your birthday :D

    Although this year I might get one bought for me as I'll be turning 30 :(


  • #18
    Jason Todd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


    I still get cake on my birthday every year, but its my girlfriend who buys them, I'm not that big into cake tbh, the cool thing is though she always gets a theme cake so I got a Batman cake for my last birthday... I'm 29! (I love Batman)


  • #19
    Truman Burbank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Truman Burbank


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    it my birthday tomorrow and the wife hasnt been to any bakeries so no

    Judging by your profile pic she made the right decision.


  • #20
    Sarky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,967 ✭✭✭✭Sarky


    For my last birthday my friends clubbed together and got me a cake in the shape of a trollface with "u mad bro?" written underneath.

    I recently commissioned a cake for a friend shaped like a t-rex wearing a top hat and monocle. It was delicious.

    Birthday caek ftw.


  • #21
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    it my birthday tomorrow and the wife hasnt been to any bakeries so no

    Happy bidet for tomorrow admiral.

    Lucky Sods. I've never had a birthday in my life. What are they like?


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  • #22
    Witchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    Blessed with some amazing friends who get me cake on my birthday. Birthday gone by one of my mates made me a gorgeous chocolate cake in the shape of a heart and the icing had captain Morgans in it. Yum. Pity I got sick day after and ended up in hospital with gallstones. My mate felt so guilty and renamed it the cake of death.

    Will be 40 at my next birthday so there probably will be cake again.


  • #23
    phasers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,159 ✭✭✭✭phasers


    Every year! I share a birthday with my Sister so normally we get 2 cakes


  • #24
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    ladypip wrote: »
    Im a baker and I bake really special cakes

    I want you. :pac:


  • #25
    tomboylady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 309 ✭✭tomboylady


    If I'm at home for my birthday my mother will always bake a little sponge or something for me. If I'm not at home I'll have cake, only because I usually buy it myself!


  • #26
    Vicar in a tutu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 901 ✭✭✭Vicar in a tutu


    Yes and I hate cake:o If I didnt get one i'd be like the anti christ :o

    Cant win :pac:


  • #27
    Bobsammy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 356 ✭✭Bobsammy


    I still get a cake every year and I'm nearly 26. I would actually be so disappointed if there was no cake on my birthday!


  • #28
    Valentina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,281 ✭✭✭Valentina


    It was the OH's birthday a few months ago. I got him a specially made chocolate cake (his favourite.) My birthday was a month later - I got no cake, no gift, no card, nada. :(


  • #29
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    My 21st birthday cake was dropped on the floor when they were singing happy birthday.

    I laughed so hard. Sure it was only a swiss roll.

    Better get a nice one for my 22nd to make up for it!


  • #30
    jupiterjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 660 ✭✭✭jupiterjack


    there should have been i have never gotten a birthday cake option..


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  • #31
    ladypip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 746 ✭✭✭ladypip


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    I want you. :pac:

    Ill make you a cake, but you cant have me im not edible.


  • #32
    dark crystal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,962 ✭✭✭✭dark crystal


    No, not since I was around 12 and stopped having birthday parties.


  • #33
    wandatowell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭wandatowell


    Yep I do

    Its the only thing I ask for when its my BD.

    Bit of sponge cake......lovely


  • #34
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    Truman Burbank wrote: »
    Judging by your profile pic she made the right decision.

    :D
    thats not wholly representative of me. i have more hair


  • #35
    Truman Burbank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 543 ✭✭✭Truman Burbank


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    :D
    thats not wholly representative of me. i have more hair

    Phew. I thought you just had big cupCAKES.


  • #36
    Novella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,713 ✭✭✭✭Novella


    I don't like cake, so no.


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  • #37
    1ZRed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭1ZRed


    ladypip wrote: »
    Ill make you a cake, but you cant have me im not edible.

    Tehehe :p


  • #38
    messrs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭messrs


    It was my birthday on Wednesday and the girls in work got me a cake and had it in the canteen for morning break, the even put candels on it and the all sang to me :o was lovely tho
    if i was at home in my parents my mam would always get me cake
    my bf doesnt eat cake so he gets me some sort of deserts that we can share but not a full cake as it would go to waste.


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