Washington
(ANI):
American
singer
Mariah
Carey
refuses
to
acknowledge
her
birthdays
–
because
she
is
terrified
of
getting
older.
The
37-year-old
Butterfly
star,
who
prefers
to
think
of
herself
as
a
child
who
never
grows
up,
never
celebrates
her
advancing
years,
and
has
gone
so
far
as
to
ban
the
use
of
the
word
"birthday",
referring
to
them
instead
as
"anniversaries".
"I'm
eternally
12.
And
that
12-year-old
inside
me
is
an
eternal
optimist.
Honestly,
I
don't
even
have
birthdays," Contactmusic
quoted
her
as
saying.
"I
call
them
anniversaries.
It
really
is
about
how
young
you
feel.
Some
people
convince
themselves
they
are
old,
or
they
think,
'I
have
to
grow
up
now.
I
will
still
always
choose
a
day
at
Disney
World
over
a
night
in
Las
Vegas.
That's
who
I
am,"
she
added.