Birthdays: Celebrate your day, celebrate yourself

09/30/24 • 59 min

Welcome back to This Will Get Messy.
Roberto is old, soon, and taking his haircare routine very seriously. He’s also just finished his barista course folks (applause)! Meanwhile, Mars’ flat head is preventing her from trying the shaved head look whilst she grows out her layers. She’s fresh off a revitalising visit from her cousin / sister / bestie but a little sad that it was so short.
Birthdays, whether you love them or hate them, are definitely days laden with societal expectation. For your hosts who have family and friends all over the world, it isn’t often a day that they can bring everyone together and honestly even if they could, they probably wouldn't! Tune in to this week’s conversation about birthday plans, combining friend groups, avoiding hosting, bad birthday memories, reliance on Facebook for birthday wishes, gifting experiences over material things, and setting goals on your birthday instead of New Years. Ultimately though listeners, birthdays are about how you celebrate yourself rather than whether people are celebrating you. But just know, whether it be your birthday or not, we are grateful for you. <3

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