"Tu sais que tu vieillis quand tu as cette seule bougie sur le gâteau. C'est comme "Vois si tu peux l'éteindre"."
— Jerry Seinfeld
Simplified Meaning:
As we get older, birthdays start to feel different. Instead of having a lot of candles on a cake, you may just get one. This single candle can be a funny way of acknowledging that you might not have the energy you used to have. Imagine your birthday as a kid, when you had lots of candles and blowing them out was easy and exciting. Now, having only one candle hints that blowing it out might be more of a challenge due to age. Think about grandparents who celebrate their birthdays. They often get just one candle to symbolize their day because having many might be too much. This doesn't mean they can't blow out the candle; it’s just a playful reminder that they are getting older. For someone experiencing this, it's a light-hearted way to embrace aging and all the changes it brings. It reminds us to have a good sense of humor about growing older and to celebrate every year we have.
