So I'm turning 18...

[nelsonr100]

I didn't do a thing.

Plus its not completely arbitary, you are celebrating your birth which happened however many orbits of the sun ago, you could think of it as almost a celestial moment, for that day the earth is in the same position relative to the sun that it was when you were born! Thats quite cool in itself

Or, you know, be stoked for you every day of the year.

Hey, I love me. I'm happy to be alive. I love my fiancée. I love my life.

I couldn't care less how many times the sun goes around me - it doesn't change the above in any way.

But you can't celebrate everyday surely. At its simplest level a birthday is a convenient point to do something extra special or give loved ones presents. You can't do something special and give presents everyday. I'd go bankrupt!

 

[Josdeb]

I'm kinda planning to go to the Mana Bar for my 18th...
Hopefully I'll be able to get in

 

[nelsonr100]

I didn't do a thing.

I couldn't care less how many times the sun goes around me - it doesn't change the above in any way.

But you can't celebrate everyday surely. At its simplest level a birthday is a convenient point to do something extra special or give loved ones presents. You can't do something special and give presents everyday. I'd go bankrupt!

You need to mark a day on the calendar to give yourself permission to give a loved on gifts or to do something special?

Sort of makes it a lot less special if you wait for a specific day - as if you don't think of them as special and deserving every day of their life.

How sad.

I don't think i'll be the sad one when I give my friends their 21st birthday presents. I think you'll be sad when you get that disappointed look off your friends face while you explain to them its just an arbitary number while eating their birthday cake and wearing a slightly askew party hat.

I wasn;t trying to argue with you in a nasty way but implying I don;t care about people because I recognise their birthday is mad.

If your profile is correct and your 18th was this year, I'm guessing it wasn't much fun. Also, a fiancee at 18? All I can say is, best of luck.

 

[Mistermixmaster]

I had my friends over for a party (as I got the house for myself ^_^). Had a lot of fun, though it did get a bit messy (pizza crumbs, accidental spillage of drinks and the like, but nothing serious). Was a good time, though there are certain things that happened there that we won't speak of, ever. XD

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

I don't really remember what I did. I was one of the eldest in my peer group, so going for a drink would have meant excluding alot of people.

I think it was probably along the lines of, playing football(soccer)and then videogames as a group.

A day spent with friends.

 

[astrav1]

Yeah don't get drunk. Just get together with friends. Have some cake.

 

[Josdeb]

I didn't do a thing.

Plus its not completely arbitary, you are celebrating your birth which happened however many orbits of the sun ago, you could think of it as almost a celestial moment, for that day the earth is in the same position relative to the sun that it was when you were born! Thats quite cool in itself

Or, you know, be stoked for you every day of the year.

Hey, I love me. I'm happy to be alive. I love my fiancée. I love my life.

I couldn't care less how many times the sun goes around me - it doesn't change the above in any way.

But you can't celebrate everyday surely. At its simplest level a birthday is a convenient point to do something extra special or give loved ones presents. You can't do something special and give presents everyday. I'd go bankrupt!

You need to mark a day on the calendar to give yourself permission to give a loved on gifts or to do something special?

Sort of makes it a lot less special if you wait for a specific day - as if you don't think of them as special and deserving every day of their life.

How sad.

I don't think he means that every day ISN'T speacial, he's just saying that cerain days can be ETXRA special. I mean, take you and your fiancee: If you get married (hopefully so), would you give her a diamond necklace every day you were with her?

Financially that would be a bad move (Unless you happen to be an Arab oil sheik or something).
Not to meantion that the act of giving would lose meaning- We judge normailty by repition. It's not special to go to a resturant for dinner every night. It would be special if you went to a resturant once a month, though.

So why not plan the big events and gift-givings in one-year periods?

 

[Doitpow]

Do something fun, you'll regret it if you don't.
I rented a cottage on a clifftop and got 25 odd friends around...
I have far fewer friends since I left school

 

[Cowabungaa]

Didn't do diddly squat. Some relatives came along, I ate cake, got some cash, was bored. Not having friends sucks.

To be honest I didn't care all that much. I'm turning 20 in a month now, and I do care about that but in a negative way.

Scared shitless about turning the big two-o'. Quarter-life crisis coming up.

 

[tavelkyosoba]

I didn't do a thing.

It's just another day.

Nothing special.

Just a number.

Just an arbitrary number of days.

Celebrating surviving another years seems awfully strange to me; as if no one expected you to, so they throw a party.

/shrug

Teen angst, lawl.

People like to celebrate the anniversary of the most important day of their lives. The day I got married takes a close second, but I still couldn't have gotten married if I had never been born.

OP: pub crawl! You don't have to drink much, it's just a great way to get out and see things.

 

[Wingmna]

wow, i feel at home here... one of my mates who was a bogen who partied very weekend was like, 'wtf 18 and no huge as party??'... i didn't even get drunk, didn't see the point since I was already drinking anyway. My 21st was even more quiet... but i guess i plan on having a big 25th if I actually have friends...

 

[darth gditch]

Um, went for dinner with my parents and my girlfriend. Hung out with her afterward. Yup. That was my birthday.

 

[Josdeb]

SNIP

Because waiting for a preassigned day to show a loved one you care for them is silly.

You want to do something extra special? Surprise them. Let them know you care for them. Don't wait for the sun to go around the earth a certain number of times.

Hey, nothing wrong with that either.

I was just replying to how you said you should behave as if everyday were a birthday/etc.

The regularity does help with planning though. I mean, what if you wanted to get 10 of your friends together for a party to celebrate whatever and you only text them an hour before you want them over. The case with most people is that they will be busy/unavailable/already occupied/etc. If you told people in advance "Hey, you wanna come to mine for my birthday next week?" they'd have time to prepare.

I realise it takes away the surprise for the timing, but you could always just GO somewere surprising instead?

 

[Hippobatman]

For my 18th me and some friends partied at the boat from Oslo to Copenhagen.

It was awesome!