How many of you have birthdays on 9/11?

[Kceres]

My oldest son was born on 9/11. He's fine with it, it's just other people making unintentional insensitive remarks that bother me, not him. The usual response on his birthday is, "what a bummer birth date". Why can't people just say "happy birthday!"?

[leftynyc]

1. Woman in my office

She's the only one I know. We just wish her a happy birthday and let her have her day (we're in NYC so it's a bit harder to ignore the date's connotations here)

[Morning Dew]

2. Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead (9-11-43)

I have a nephew born 9-11-91.

[Tikki]

3. My daughter-in-law does...the date doesn't phase her a bit...

Tikki

[ChandlerJr]

4. Christina Taylor Green born on September 11, 2001

Died January 8, 2011 in Tuscon AZ.

[Wait Wut]

16. She's the only one that came to mind.

The most important one, imo.

[Maccagirl]

18. I just found out that she was the granddaughter of Dallas Green

former manager of the Phillies. To answer the OP, my dad's 82nd birthday was 9/11/01.

[greymattermom]

5. wedding anniversary

41 this year

[trumad]

12. Aren't most anniversary's a 9/11

;-)

[virgogal]

6. 12/7 was never a good one in my day.

[Brickbat]

17. That's my anniversary.

:)

[Kceres]

21. I've heard that by other people but at least it's not known strictly as "12/7".

[HockeyMom]

7. No, but my Bday was on 11/22 when JFK was assassinated

on my 15th birthday. You never forget it your entire life. I am sure those born on 9/11 never will either.

[Bonhomme Richard]

8. My oldest son. n/t

[Zoeisright]

9. My birthday is the Challenger disaster day.

[Lex1775]

10. Mine is.

9/11/01 was my 21st b-day. I was actually home on leave to celebrate. After I saw the second plane hit I called my unit and was told to be on standby. 4 hours later my leave was cancelled. Less than a month later I was in Afghanistan.

Oddly enough, I know 4 other people who all have 9/11 b-days. Two of them I grew up with. None of them related.

[trumad]

13. Wow--that sucks.

[ChazII]

11. My son turned 16

on Sept.11, 2001. The first few years people expressed sympathy but when he turned 20 no more remarks were made and we don't expect any this year. His paternal grandfather was born on 12/7.

[sharp_stick]

14. My cousins son

was born at 9:25 AM (Mountain time) on September 11, 2001.

[Bobbie Jo]

15. My husband....and he gets the same reaction you described. nt

[TK421]

19. tell them to fuck off..I think they do it to make themselves feel uber-patriotic or some

shit like that...

like anyone has any control over their own birth date..fucking loser assholes need to get lives

[Kceres]

22. It's kind of how I feel. My son, however, is more philosophical about the whole thing.

He thinks the date motivates acts of peace or something like that. He will be turning 18 on Sunday.

[KamaAina]

20. One of my very best friends does

we were going to go and celebrate at a restaurant in Hawai'i's largest shopping center. They went and closed the center, for fear that the terraists might try to take out Longs Drugs or L&L Drive Inn. :eyes: So we ended up in Waikiki instead.

[babydollhead]

23. my sister turned 40 on 9/11/01

everyone forgot her birthday. She kept saying, "I know the world won't end just because I turned 40, but it feels like it" This weekend she turns 50 and we are going to CELEBRATE her birthday

[Dulcinea]

24. It's my sister & bro-in-law's anniversary.

Married 9/11/99.