21 - how did you celebrate?

jlw2505 · December 2012

My oldest nephew is 21 today. I was a week and a half shy of turning 21 when he was born!!! How fast time flies - I swear there are many days that I feel like I was just in college and now my nephew is in college and 21!!!!

Just for kicks - how did you celebrate your 21st birthday?

I was still up at school, finals were just ending and a lot of people had already gone home for the winter break but I was working at the mall so still there. A friend of mine's birthday is the day before so we all headed to the bar (under 21 could get in to the bar but you got a bracelet so everyone knew you couldn't drink) and at midnight, I had my bracelet cut off and my guy friends plowed me with drinks until the bar closed and then we all walked home (my sorority house was next to their fraternity house). I drove home the next day and celebrated with my family and that night, my sisters and I went to a bar for the 1st time together.

Scramblersmom · December 2012

I was home all night with my immediate family. My soon to be husband (now ex) didn't want me to go out without him. I guess he just wanted to be the first to take me to a bar but he was out of town on that day. I remember sitting home all night doing nothing. It would have also been finals week in college so I was probably studying for finals too. Not very exciting at all!

Happy birthday to your nephew! I agree that time seems to fly by. It seems like it was not very long ago when I was that age too and it is scary how fast the years pass.

jessandandy09 · December 2012

mine was sooooo lame. I had a 13 month old baby and my dh (ex now) was working nights in the air force. I went (with the baby) to the grocery store and bought a bottle of wine. They didn't even card me. Probably due to the bags under my eyes and the baby on my hip. I was very disappointed

several weeks later my dh took me to movies and out for drinks and then to the casino to celebrate. I put ten dollars on 21 on the roulette table and it hit. So that was awesome.

Happy birthday to your nephew!

BrideBuddies · December 2012

I have a really really poor memory for things like this, so I'm only guessing.

Since the drinking age in my state was 19 when I turned 19, I did the whole crazy drinking thing two years earlier. By the time I was 21, it wasn't that big of a deal.

Didn't have a boyfriend at the time, so more than likely, I worked at the TV station and might have gone out for a few drinks afterwards. Doubt it was very exciting. Yawn.

ELF4321 · December 2012

Senior year of college. Went out dancing with my girlfriends. Drinking wasn't a big deal because I went to college in New Orleans back when the drinking age was still 18, so the whole binge thing was already pretty much over and done freshman year!

Sunidaze · December 2012

I remember not doing much of anything. It was my bowling league night - but with Mom so no heavy drinking. And my boyfriend at that time was four months younger than me so couldn't do much of anything. I also remember that the actual day it was a Monday. When the boyfriend turned 21 four months later, however, not much memory of that night!

anchiba · December 2012

I was in college too, living in a little house run by a cross-cultural organization. My birthday's the day before Valentine's Day, and I planned to go out for dinner with some friends on actual Valentine's day since that fell on a Friday.

However, most of the students at the house were single, so they all asked me whether they could me because they desperately didn't want to be alone on V.Day. So there were over 20 kids at the restaurant! We went to a little hole-in-the-wall Thai place and they were very sweet about it!

Unfortunately, nearly everyone gave me boxes of chocolate for gifts, and there was no way I could eat them all, so afterwards I went with my two friends to give out chocolates to all the homeless people sitting around! There are lots of homeless people in that city so they loved it, and that made us incredibly happy too!

lawry13 · December 2012

I was a junior in college. My roommates had birthdays the two days before mine so we had three days of parties with all our friends then went to Vegas that weekend with a bunch of friends.

MesmrEwe · December 2012

I was working my summer job at the county courthouse for the Buildings & Grounds Dept., just like any other day... At one point the county's District Attorney who I had known for years as a family friend made it a point that day to come find me (I wasn't far, I was actually cleaning up in the courtrooms/office area) and unplugged my vacuum as a joke and said "I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and let you know that if I see your name on my desk Monday morning, that I WILL prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law!"... What a buzzkill, but honestly, a drunk driver and six months in a neck brace had already taken any desire to drink out of me (still have yet to have my first sip), so I went home that night to my parent's and didn't do anything... I don't even think I had a cake!

shelley1002 · December 2012

I was a senior in college. My BF at the time surprised me by visiting. He had graduated the year before me. My roommates made a cake for me then we went out the local bar. After a few drinks with my roomies college BF and I went to a nightclub and danced and drank it up and spent the night in a hotel. Very hungover the next day.

Strunella · December 2012

My girlfriends took me out for dinner and then we went to the bars around campus. Oddly enough, I don't remember getting drunk. I had one of the later birthdays, so most of my friends were already 21. Of course, according to my fake ID, I had been 21 for quite some time! LOL!

stever · December 2012

I had been living in Europe and had been toying with moving home for a while. The idea of turning 21 where turning 21 meant something won out, so I used that as an excuse to come home. I ended up having a house party and drinking all my friends under the table because, apparently, I wad a lush in Europe. Stick out tongue

groovygrl · December 2012

I had a summer bday and spent the semester prior in Europe so the bars were not quite as exciting, plus only a few high school friends were around to go out...I got home and my dad had left a garbage can next to my bed, I was not even drunk bc I remember it clearly, I went in and said good night and thanks but I wouldn't need th garbage can, lol. I am glad i was not at school for,it though, those bar tours could get really nasty, ugh.

ba23ba02 · December 2012

Congrats to your nephew. Yes time does fly by and I really do not remember what I did when I turned 21. I did not meet my husband yet so its not like I can blame him for anything for that night. I know I was with my girl friends but I really do not remember what we did??????????????

missleslielea · December 2012

Happy birthday to your nephew!!

On my actual 21st, it was a week night. I was still living at home and working. My mom made a cake and slammed a 6 pack of Zima on the table and said drink up!

The following weekend after my birthday, I headed down to Orlando to visit my sister and her hubby (now ex) and we partied hard on Church Street. My friend Doug, who I met through chat rooms waaayyy back in 96 flew in from San Diego as a surprise. That was awesome to finally meet him! Good times.

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