How could you say no?
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In other news my dad’s birthday dinner was expensive but delicious and entertaining. Though we forgot to make reservations and had to wait 45 minutes before we were seated. If you’ve never been to Benihana’s and there is one near you, go. Yes it’s a little cheesy that they do tricks while they cook in front of you but it’s entertaining and the food is served to you as it’s cooked so there is time to relax in between so you don’t stuff yourself. (well I still managed to overeat) What was really interesting is that I actually talked to my dad about his birthday.
If you read this post, I mentioned that my mom used to joke that he didn’t even know his real birthday. Apparently it might very well be possible. On my dad’s US paperwork (he was born in the Phillippines in a house so there was no actual birth certificate), his birthdate is listed as September 28, 1950. As a child he remembers celebrating on September 6th. So ok not too big of a deal, only 22 days difference. But what if the year is wrong?! My dad’s sisters left the Phillippines to go live in Guam when my dad was younger than 10. For some reason he says he didn’t want to go with them so he stayed behind. A year or two later he changed his mind so his sisters petitioned for him to travel alone. He believes they changed his birthdate for him to do so. He thinks he may actually be a couple years younger.
Can you imagine not knowing your real birthdate? To just accept that you may be younger than the paperwork and everyone actually says you are? To me it’s craziness. I don’t know if I could live with the unknown. I want to find out for him. I asked him if there was any way for him to research it. He says no, and I guess after 50 years or so of not knowing you just kind of accept the fact.
Thoughts?
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that would be kind of hard. esp since it’s a real conflict of interest. here you have a paper saying one date, but he feels it’s not right.
if i were him i’d just make myself 30 and be happy forever =)
Yeah, that would be kind of weird because I pick my favorite numbers from my birthday.
Count his rings?
That is so weird. I never even thought about not knowing how old I was! Interesting…
WOW that is very interesting… how Would he find out though? He would have to ask his sisters if they changed his age for him to travel, are they still alive??and why would they change the date too… crazy. i wouldn’t like not knowing, but yeah, I guess you’d get used to it. And age really is just a number, once you get past all those milestone bday like 16, 18, 21, who really cares anyway? yaknow?
That would be odd… although you can celebrate twice and hey! you could be younger! That’s a good thing isn’t it?
i couldnt live with the unknown too, i always seek for truth but there are many cases of not knowing their real birthdate, if he was born here in the philippines you can check it the cityhall where he was born or at the National statistics office (NSO). anyway belated happy bday to your dad, i celebrated my b day last Sept. 27.
Um, I would need to know! But, as long as he picks a day/date/year and celebrates it every year, as long as it’s close- why would it matter?
LOL! That’s cray-zay!