Comments on: Why birthdays suck https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/why-birthdays-suck/ Purveyors of fine poetry since 2003. Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:56:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/why-birthdays-suck/#comment-42094 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:56:40 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27378#comment-42094 In reply to Elisa.

Smart daughter.

]]> By: Elisa https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/why-birthdays-suck/#comment-42093 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:26:16 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27378#comment-42093 My daughter says it’s like shouting and celebrating “You are one day, one year closer to dying!! Yippieeee!!!” Then she says, “Stupid people.”

]]> By: rr https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/why-birthdays-suck/#comment-42092 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:09:47 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27378#comment-42092 Ha. No wishes, then, merely random raising of a Holy Grail.

]]> By: Dave Bonta https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/why-birthdays-suck/#comment-42091 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:20:53 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27378#comment-42091 In reply to Rachel Barenblat.

Thanks. Birthdays are awesome for children, no doubt — each one an exciting milestone on the road to…somewhere. (I was never quite sure of the exact destination, but “death” definitely never crossed my mind.)

]]> By: Rachel Barenblat https://www.vianegativa.us/2014/02/why-birthdays-suck/#comment-42090 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:04:45 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=27378#comment-42090 Heh. Our four-year-old really likes the party hats.

Also the shit-load of stuff, but hey.

Happy birthday, anyhow.

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