I’m turning 18 tomorrow and I feel like time has flown by so fast. My parents are throwing me a huge party, my dad’s idea, of course, and it’s nonnegotiable because he wants his business partners and rich friends to show up with gifts. If you’ve seen my previous posts, you already know my dad has a bit of a greedy streak, lol.
I scheduled vaccine appointments with my Dr. My parents were anti-vax and once I was old enough I went and did it myself.
Oh, wow, good for you! I guess I’m lucky that I was born before anti-vax was even a thing. In fact, my mother was one of the “polio pioneers,” the school children who served as the nationwide randomized, controlled trial for Salk’s vaccine, and her father had nearly died from polio, so I certainly got all my vaccines as a kid.
For my generation In the US the significant birthdays are 16, 18 and 21. 16 because you could get your drivers license, 18 because you could gtfo your parents house and 21 cause you can legally drink alcohol.
16 was awesome as I got my license and was able to get away from my nutty house.
18 was meh as I was really already out my nutty house.
21 didn’t matter as I didn’t really drink back then and when I did I never had problem getting alcohol.
Man don’t even fuckin remember wat happened my 18th birthday other than turned 18
Seriously. Could not tell you. I assume there was cake but I have no idea. Why is that? I can remember my 5th but not my 18th.
Ah, I will turn 18 soon too :^). My parents prolly aint throw a huge or expensive party for me. Just go 2 a relative w/ big house and call a few friends after school maybe. I want a blue BFDI (Battle For Dream Island - a cartoon on web which Im grown up w/) cake with some stuff like maybe getting some useful things 4 my pet rock (yes I have a huge “breed” pet rock) and get myself a bike I wanted for years or an ugly sweater, BFDI Woody (the char from same cartoon) plush maybe. I want that plush since it is out and loving the character since late 2010’s.
Anyways, I dont think much stuff will be changed really. Prolly will have a legal right to drink, have a job, drive or smth. And methinks I cant neither afford any one or my mentally ill ass prolly will commit some crimes or go die while being drunk so Id rather to not drink. And the best thing after 18s prolly getting into a some meh kind of an university.
Not a party, but my parents took me around to meet and dine with a few of their friends (mostly somewhat accomplished folks) as a farewell of sorts. I got sent to the US for college 2 months and basically never had a chance to go back home in 10 years so
In my extended family there is a tradition. The new adult receives 200 € and we all go to the Casino. The rest essentially drink and watch as the new adult loses all the money and learns a lesson. None of us gamble.
Couldn’t they just take your word for it, and keep the $200?
Yes, of course, but us humans have a habit of needing to burn ourselves, not take someone else’s word for it.
I got to wait 30 minutes until midnight so I could buy fuel system cleaner and a sharpie. Walmart can be silly.
When I turned 21 I got a liquor store to break the law and stay open late to sell me my first legal bottle of scotch at midnight (my roommate was good friends with the owner)
I just… did my own thing, by myself. Had my own car, a tank of gas, and some cash in my wallet. No concrete plans when I woke up that morning.
I ended up spending most of my 18th birthday at the zoo, just wandering around at my own pace. Whenever my folks would take me before that point, we’d always end up trying to speedrun the whole place, spending no more than a minute at each exhibit, if we’d stop at all. And without spending a single cent on anything other than admission.
I spent two hours just hanging out in the zoo’s walk-in aviary, feeding seed sticks and nectar cups to parrots. Best birthday ever.
You do you.
Life isn’t a dress rehearsal and you don’t get extra points for suffering.
Show up at the party and have the best time you can. See which rich guy gives you the silliest advice, or see how much cake you can eat, or Find someone else who doesn’t want to be there and do something to make them happy.
Graduating high school was the bigger milestone, tbh. That’s when I felt like an actual adult.
I hit a bunch of those milestones and honestly, it kept getting better and better.
Graduate HS - felt like an adult.
Finished college - felt independence.
Became 30 - feeling like I control my life.
Became a dad - realizing how small I am in this big world.
There’s a lot of hiccups and all. But it continues to get better and better for me.
I did what I do on most of my birthdays: went to a movie with friends. It was my first year in university abd I grew up in a small town, so that day was my first time riding a bus
I suddenly gained the power of telekinesis
“Oh hey, I’m no longer legally dependent on my parents, nice.”
I think I got drunk on Greek Row
