The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. This year, I had two birthdays. Although I was born on May 26, I decided last week ...

It was my birthday not long ago. And while birthdays in adulthood don't have quite the cupcake-icing shine of childhood celebrations, they're still pretty nice. People from various parts of your life ...

There's nothing more heartwarming than sending your friend well wishes on their special day. However, gone are the days when you have to drop by your local greeting card shop to buy your friend a ...

Have you ever turned off Facebook’s notifications or even deleted the app entirely on your birthday, simply to avoid the non-stop barrage of alerts that someone had posted “Happy Birthday!” to your ...

What’s more insincere than sending someone a happy birthday wish because Facebook told you to? Sending a dead friend a happy birthday wish because Facebook told you to. Yet, surprisingly, Facebook ...

Saying "happy birthday" can be as simple as a few clicks. On Facebook, in fact, "more than 45 million people give birthday wishes" every day, according to the social media website. Now, you can add a ...