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What date is her real birthday ??
David5o:
Nik,
If you know her Gregorian birthday as it seems she does, then you use that birthday date. When all said and done, this is the actual date of her birth!!! I really don't understand the fascination of all this lunar stuff, it's a load of twaddle and does nothing but confuse the issue, ....so just forget the twaddle and stick with the international recognised system that Everyone knows and understands!!!!
Or, .....stick to the birthday that you stated, but only ONCE!! On the Gregorian calendar.....
David......
brett:
Actually, I may be wrong but chnlove appear to be showing the ladies ages as Westerners would calculate them. Not that I was complaining about the previous system - I found out my girl was a year younger than I expected :icon_cheesygrin:.
Irishman:
Ok, so I finally figured ity out after she explained it to me on the phone (slowly haha!)
1) On her ID card they put her (first) lunar birth date by mistake - birthday 1
2) Her lunar birth date changes every year - birthday 2
3) Her western birth date - birthday 3
I advised her she is getting presents on just one of them !:icon_twisted:
mustfocus:
--- Quote from: 'Irishman' pid='26266' dateline='1261570263' ---
Ok, so I finally figured ity out after she explained it to me on the phone (slowly haha!)
1) On her ID card they put her (first) lunar birth date by mistake - birthday 1
2) Her lunar birth date changes every year - birthday 2
3) Her western birth date - birthday 3
I advised her she is getting presents on just one of them !:icon_twisted:
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1) You'd be surprised how often this happens. Usually from the smaller cities.
2) lunar birth date changes every year? Do you mean it shifts on the western calendar?
3) That makes sense.
Just wondering. :) How did she take the news?
feisnik:
--- Quote from: 'David5o' pid='26210' dateline='1261508872' ---
Nik,
If you know her Gregorian birthday as it seems she does, then you use that birthday date. When all said and done, this is the actual date of her birth!!! I really don't understand the fascination of all this lunar stuff, it's a load of twaddle and does nothing but confuse the issue, ....so just forget the twaddle and stick with the international recognised system that Everyone knows and understands!!!!
Or, .....stick to the birthday that you stated, but only ONCE!! On the Gregorian calendar.....
David......
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I enjoy doing it twice. But according to her, her birthday is the 10th day of the 9th month on the lunar calendar. This is when she has always celebrated it. But my family would never understand why her birthday keeps changing on the Gregorian calendar each year, so they send cards and presents on September 10th Gregorian, and this is what her immigration papers say. Why not celebrate it twice?
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