I know a musician born on 29 February (you might know her for her contributions to the soundtracks of Celeste and Minecraft to name two), and as far as I know, she celebrates it on 1 March... in the case of a non-leap year.
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My sister-in-law was born on Feb 29th. She celebrates on the 28th, and during leap year accepts congratulations on both days :)
I have two goddaughters, born 4 years apart. Each were due on 29th Feb, both arrived on the 1st March. Iβm still disappointed by their lateness.
But in both cases the parents had decided to celebrate on the 1st of March on non-leap years, had they arrived on their due dates.
Turned 13 today. I complain that my wife only buys me a present every four years. She says if I keep saying that, it may come true. Also, at work, I tell them to excuse my behavior, I'm just acting my age.
As far as 28th vs March 1st, well, I celebrate both days. If I'm getting scammed out of birthdays three out of four years, I'm taking an extra day on those off years!
Does your wife know you're 13?
I like this take the best
Wife and I just had this conversation about drinking in the US. Legal drinking age is 21. So if you're born Feb 29th, can you drink on the 28th? No. If your birthday is January 2nd, you can't drink on January 1st. Only makes sense to me that it'd be March 1st, but I'm born in Dec, so not really my choice or opinion that matters. :-D Just saying.
If I were the one, I'd celebrate 2/28 evening and 3/1 morning
2/28 evening UNTIL 3/1 morning.
This makes for a long celebration on leap years!
My aunt and an uncle (coincidentally, the same aunt's daughter's husband) are both born on Leap Day and they celebrate the 28th.
Although their shared party is on the 2nd this year since it's a Saturday.
On the 90's TV show Wings, there was a character, Roy Biggens, whose birthday was on Feb 29th, and his parents were dicks, so they only let him celebrate on Feb 29th. So, in the show when he was turning 40 years old he had a 10th birthday party with all the shit a 10-year-old would want.
My friend in grammar school had a Leap Day birthday and his parents' solution was that his birthday was celebrated "the day after February 28th".
In my country thatβs the legal definition of February 29. So if itβs not a leap year, February 29 is March 1.
I dunno, but it's only every four years that I can give my dad his present on his birthday.
This year I saved up and got him some Johnnie Walker blue lol.
The romans made leap day Feburary 24th, and renumbered the days following that. So you are not asking the right question.
I feel like celebrating on March 1st when it's not a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then their birthday is the day after February 28.
Or it's the day before March 1.
I feel like celebrating on February 28th when it's not a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then their birthday is the day before March 1.
If you want to argue for celebrating on the 28th, I would argue that you are actually 1 year older the day before your birthday. That is why you can buy alcohol the day before you turn 21. At least where I live.
Think about what your age is on Feb 28 and March 1 on non leap years.
A year, basically, since you were born after the 28th but also before the 1st, so the next year before the first would already be a year again. Mar 1st would be a year and a day, technically.
I feel like celebrating only on February 29th during a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then that's their birthday and their rate of aging is slowed by %80.
Your 80% claim doesn't account for people who live through a year divisible by 100 but not 400.
Children born today could feasibly turn 18 in 2096, but won't celebrate their 19th birthday in 2100. They'll turn 19 in 2104.
If their birthday is really % 80 then they reset to a newborn after age 79.
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