Due to have just celebrated my very much winter birthday, I figured I would write an article as to why I feel having a winter birthday is just awful!
If you are a winter baby, you can probably relate to one or all of these things.
1. You are cold all month, and you can't even catch a break on your birthday!
You can barely get warm. You spend your birthday inside or else risk freezing to death outside. Oh and you also catch colds pretty close to your birthday!
2. BBQ's are not an option.
You can't enjoy the taste of a great made steak or burger with the taste of the grill. You know that taste? Yeah you do. Your mouth is watering right now at the very thought of it. Well guess what? It's winter. Wait another few months.
3. Fires can happen, but it is difficult.
Lets be real. Fires can't happen unless there is very little snow on the ground or your friends want to trudge through six feet of snow just to try and start a fire, have it possibly fail, and then end up going inside to play cards against humanity.
4. There are very few fun options.
Growing up, I always had a hard time deciding what to do for my birthday, aside from the few winters snow melted right near my birthday and it was warm enough out for me and my friends to play man hunt. It was rare, especially in Maine, but it did happen.
5. Ice cream makes you more cold.
Cake and Ice cream is great and all. But sadly ice cream has to come in small amounts. Or else you get more cold and want to go nap.
6. You can't enjoy ice cream cake, again it makes you more cold.
Ice cream cake sounds great right? Wrong, again it'll make you want to go take a nap.
7. All your summer birthday friends, have better birthdays than you. Always.
I had several friends who all had summer birthdays, and we got to go swimming, eat ice cream and have a bbq!
8. Sledding was the only party option to be outside.
Sledding is fun and all. But it will eventually get dark which means you all had to go inside and the party basically ended there.
9. Bowling parties can get old very fast.
I had several bowling parties growing up. All very fun, but if I had them every year, it would get boring fast. A bowling party every other year was always the best option.
10. People say as a winter baby you "must never get cold"
People have said this to me. "Oh you're born in February? You must never get cold then." Yeah sure....let's go with that.
