Birthdays now are a real drag! I’m 25 and I’ve long passed the point where I would get excited about birthdays, or even ask for presents anymore! Just like Christmas, the magic has gone, in way I wish birthdays didn’t exist. I always organize a night out with friends to celebrate but this is more out of necessity and the fact that I feel it’s obligatory rather than actually wanting to celebrate the fact that I’m another year older. It is odd how gradual the shift occurs from being young and not being able to sleep due to the excitement around birthdays, and in later years, wishing your birthday wasn’t happening. There must be many reasons for this and one of them must be that birthday parties were expertly organized by parents, an entire day of fun laid on for you and friends.
I remember when I was around 10 years old and had a swimming party at the local leisure centre to celebrate my birthday. The day began with feverish excitement and the day was kicked by being showered with all kinds of outlandish gifts. Later on my parents drove around town picking up all my friends and ferrying us all to the pool. When we got there staff put on a string of fun games and activities involving huge floats and slides. Afterwards we got dried and birthday presents were distributed, all to me I may add and we finished the day off with gallons of cola and sausage rolls!
To this day I look back upon parties like this fondly and wonder what has changed. Have the stresses and strains of life dulled our enthusiasm for such events? Christmas gifts certainly less appeal now. Would a part still work like this now? Financial constraints are clearly an issue, as well as the fact that the accepted birthday antics for anyone over 18 involves getting incredibly paralytic and waking up the next morning without the faintest idea of what happened. I say we should bring back kids parties! For my 26th I’m going to arrange a day out at lazer hub followed by a McDonalds!
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