Let’s be honest: we’ve all fallen victim to some truly unforgivable birthday crimes. There is nothing quite like waking up on your special day only to find a friend has plastered an unfiltered, completely unapproved, fugly photo of you on Instagram, or having your siblings regift that hideous sweater nanna knitted them — both of which neatly fall under the category of ‘Birthday Icks’.
Yep, apparently over one in three Aussies have felt that on a deeply personal level, according to Moonpig’s latest survey. They surveyed people from all over the country to uncover Australia’s ultimate Birthday Ick list. From obvious aforementioned regifting to singing “Happy Birthday” painfully slowly, these are the icks that topped the list:
The biggest birthday icks
Starting with the completely diabolical, 35 per cent of people get the ick when someone cancels on their birthday plans last minute. Honestly, that one’s just downright rude, unless it’s an emergency.
Equally, as we’ve already mentioned, people are miffed about someone posting a pic of them that they wouldn’t approve of on their big day. Despite being hilarious for anyone else witnessing it, it’s pretty obvious why that one sucks.
Around 33 per cent of people think regifted presents are a massive ick, along with using AI to write a message without any kind of personal touches.
Survey says, 31 per cent of people get pissed when someone hits them with the “HBD” message — and now we’re laughing at the number of times we’ve been guilty of that one.
A classic: The “I got you something/wrote you a card but forgot to bring it” lie, surprisingly, only 27 per cent of people find that an ick. We guess as long as people eventually follow through with a gift, it’s forgivable.
19 per cent of people surveyed don’t vibe with people who don’t match their birthday energy, aka if they put in heaps of effort for your birthday and you put in the bare minimum for theirs.
The next one made us snort a little: 19 per cent of people get the ick when people use the pre-printed “Happy Birthday” as the only message in the card. Apparently, only writing “To X, From X” is lazy as f*ck, who knew?!
This ick is giving group project: when a “joint gift” turns into one person making an effort and the others just adding their name. LOL, we’ve all been there.
This is as extensive as the list gets, but I’m sure you can think of a few more.
Anyway, to make sure you don’t end up being a birthday ick offender, Moonpig has curated a dedicated range of top birthday cards and gifts, including personalisable cards and mugs, designed to help people do birthdays better.
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Oh, and did we mention that our beloved PTV reads can score 50 per cent off all birthday cards using the code ‘BDAY50‘. You’re welcome! You can make your own birthday cards here.
Go forth, and don’t give anyone else the ick.
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