Why do we celebrate our birthday instead of our conception day?

[Pedro de San Patricio]

Don't get me wrong. Birth is a big milestone for a person. It means that they survived an entire nine months in their mother's womb without being miscarried or aborted or whatever and are now old enough to survive with a swiftly growing sliver of independence. It's not, however, the day you actually began your existence.That occurred about eight or nine months prior.

 

[Moonglow]

Why are we not 9 months older?

 

[Statistikhengst]

Don't get me wrong. Birth is a big milestone for a person. It means that they survived an entire nine months in their mother's womb without being miscarried or aborted or whatever and are now old enough to survive with a swiftly growing sliver of independence. It's not, however, the day you actually began your existence.That occurred about eight or nine months prior.

Most people have a hard time knowing EXACTLY when they were conceived....

 

[Moonglow]

Don't get me wrong. Birth is a big milestone for a person. It means that they survived an entire nine months in their mother's womb without being miscarried or aborted or whatever and are now old enough to survive with a swiftly growing sliver of independence. It's not, however, the day you actually began your existence.That occurred about eight or nine months prior.

Most people have a hard time knowing EXACTLY when they were conceived....

Usually when I was not home....Is when my kids were conceived, I don't know about yours...

 

[G.T.]

Who the fuck even knows their conception day

 

[Statistikhengst]

Who the fuck even knows their conception day

...much less whether it was immaculate or not....

 

[September]

Most people don't wanna think about their mother and father hoppin' on the good foot and doin' the bad thing...

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[defcon4]

Who the fuck even knows their conception day

...much less whether it was immaculate or not....

Moonglow says he wasn't home when happened… it had to be immaculate in his case.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

What a weird question.

Who know the date of their conception?

You can't even count backward with any accuracy.

 

[whitehall]

A thousand years ago they didn't have those little cards women piss on so it's likely that few people knew the day of conception or cared and in many cases they probably didn't want to know. When the baby came out the birth was celebrated and astrological tables which were important to the ancients were consulted based on the day of birth.

 

[Pedro de San Patricio]

I understand that it wasn't practiced because people didn't have a real ability to know when their life began. I'm just saying that we do now and it would make more sense to celebrate that as the beginning of your life rather than when another, related milestone occurred. It's kind of like if you were to celebrate your anniversary based on when you arrived to your hotel or whatever for your honeymoon rather than the actual date of marriage.

 

[Muhammed]

With the current technology and medical knowledge, an obstetrician these days can usually tell you the conception date, the day your baby's life began, within a 3-5 day timeframe, with very high confidence. But that wasn't always the case.

The day a baby is born is pretty fucking obvious.

For instance, When I first noticed that my wife was pregnant, the obstetritician said that our baby was conceived on the 6th, 7th, or 8th of December. And since my wife was still a virgin on the 6th, it could have been either the 7th or the 8th. But I know what day she was born with absolute certainty.

 

[defcon4]

I understand that it wasn't practiced because people didn't have a real ability to know when their life began. I'm just saying that we do now and it would make more sense to celebrate that as the beginning of your life rather than when another, related milestone occurred. It's kind of like if you were to celebrate your anniversary based on when you arrived to your hotel or whatever for your honeymoon rather than the actual date of marriage.

Let's throw in another idea just for conversation's sake. If you determined your birthday at conception some would be forced to acknowledge that new life starts at conception. I am not taking any position for pro or con.
(don't start any crap with me about murder and women's body….. read the bold typeface)

 

[Pedro de San Patricio]

That's kind of a biological fact, though, regardless of the various ethical, philosophical, and political positions on it. The entire point of fertilization is to combine the genetic code of the mother and that of the father to create a third organism. That third organism was you in your case. It's when your existence as a distinct entity began in a biological sense. It can be argued that, even so, you still weren't a person yet, though one would think that's an issue that can remain separate so long as it's framed right.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Don't get me wrong. Birth is a big milestone for a person. It means that they survived an entire nine months in their mother's womb without being miscarried or aborted or whatever and are now old enough to survive with a swiftly growing sliver of independence. It's not, however, the day you actually began your existence.That occurred about eight or nine months prior.

"Eight or nine months". You just answered your own question. We celebrate our day of birth because we know exactly what it was. Day of conception, not so much.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Don't get me wrong. Birth is a big milestone for a person. It means that they survived an entire nine months in their mother's womb without being miscarried or aborted or whatever and are now old enough to survive with a swiftly growing sliver of independence. It's not, however, the day you actually began your existence.That occurred about eight or nine months prior.

After you turn 21 birthdays are only annoying. Last thing anyone wants is to be 9 months older.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

If we can figure out the day of conception, are videos of our conception coming too? Or would that be too weird?

"Here's your mother and I making you."

 

[Pedro de San Patricio]

If we can figure out the day of conception, are videos of our conception coming too? Or would that be too weird?

"Here's your mother and I making you."

I don't really see how knowing the time and date your life actually began necessarily requires your parents to make memorial porn for your future viewing. The former just makes sense, at least to me. The latter is just sick.