i started not liking turning older since 14-15, which is also when I started becoming older than all my fav fictional characters (i remember at the time i was obsessed with Pandora Hearts and 07GHOST hahah)
I went through an age crisis because of that (at freaking 15 lol, and it hit me quite hard too)
Then hated it for years
When i reached 20 i started chilling out about it
Mostly because my twin stopped comming home and ruin it
My parents started buying stuff i liked to eat and so that made me happy (before i had to bend to every wish my twin had, and I hated going out to eat)
Rn i dont have much of an opinion about it, although it feels forced again because of my university friends/housemates and I dont really enjoy it that much
I would rather just be told happy birthday and that's it
I just see no point on doing more because most of the time i won't enjoy the special food, the probability of them getting me a present i feel excided about are 0, i don't like going out to eat and i don't drink so....
I just make myself happy by ordering stuff/books and asking the seller to wrap it up even if the package comes late