How can you find out someones date of but without them knowing?

Question

How can you find out the birthday of someone that is very shy about telling it?

Answer 1

ask them what year they graduated high school. MOST peoplke graduate between 16 and 19 depending on how many times you got left down/skipped. this will give you a ballpark figure

volunter your age to them this may open up a door

guess for a obviously younger age hopefully the person is flattered enough to reveal the age.

public records.

ask spouse

Answer 2

Get a conversation going about times of year to have a birthday for instance you could say that someone you know hates their December birthday because everyone's too busy getting ready for Christmas to think about them.......and then people can chime in with what they like/don't like about the time of year their birthday is and hopefully you can then innocently ask this person when theirs is!

Or you could just ask them straight out and see what they say.

Answer 3

ask a friend... a sibling or his parents...some people for some reason don't tell their birthday.. some of them don't do it out of shyness.. they just don't want a fuss to be made about it... you can always read horoscopes.... if it's a female she will be more likely to answer you.. you say.. you read your horoscope.. and then you ask.. what's your sister's sign of the zodiac... etc.. and then you ask hers.. she will most likely say.. and then you just say.. ''OH let me guess... you are 3rd decade Leo... your birthday is it August 15th or 16th... ?? most females even shy ones will laugh and tell you that you are ''DEAD WRONG'' that her birthday is on August 3rd... and ask you ''where did you get that information...'' shy people are normal people just don't open up as quickly but they have a sense of humour.. a guy will probably not fall for the horoscope trick because guys will say... ''That's just a lot of balloni... a lot of bull...to believe in such stuff .. but girls or females will fall for it...'' most of them.. unless they are older and they fear you will ask their age as well.. and some women have problems revealing their real age...I don't know why.. but they do.... I have no problem..  I am Scorpio.. 3rd decade.. Nov. 15th.. 1962.. so quite old but I don't care... I am the same age as Demi Moore..her birthday is 4 days before mine...and Jodie Foster's is the week after mine....and I was shy when I was younger...  one can learn to get over that.. a shy person will never become the life and soul of a party but a shy person can develop self esteem and be able to hold normal conversations and to warm up to others quicker..  that takes a bit of life experience....x*x

Answer 4

Do you want to know their birthdate or birthday? If this person is shy about telling you his/her birthday, it's probably because he/she doesn't want it to be recognized. Many people, especially shy people, don't want a big deal made about their birthday.

If it's their age you're dying to know, that's a different story.

Answer 5

Well, I could think of a few ways.  But since you posted this in the etiquette section, I'll just say it's bad manners to pry in to other people's private business when they don't want you there.  Maybe there's a reason they don't want you to know their birthday.  And some people really, genuinely don't like surprises.

Answer 6

Ask him/her what year they graduated from high school (or collage).

Answer 7

If asking them outright doesn't work.....you could always break into the human resources office at their work place and look up their paperwork.  But then that's slightly illegal since you're looking into a file that doesn't belong to you or you're doing it with no allowances.

Sorry seems like you'll just have to see if you can drag it out of them.