Birthdays
Not as stress free or as exciting as they have been made out over the years.
First of all there’s the party. Everyone has to have a birthday party! Great fun, providing they go smoothly, no-one gets in a fight, no-one goes home crying and we don’t end up in hospital. However, these incidents do usually provide the most memorable and best birthday anecdotes later on.
So, we start by planning the party, and you’d think in this modern day in age all of our wonderful techno gadgets would do this for us, but not yet. (may go check the Appstore before publishing, this could become a very different article!)
The organisational nightmare begins; when will all of your friend be free? Who’s coming to visit? How many people can you fit in the house? What theme will be people actually make any effort with? Then there’s the awkward business with invites, who do we really know well enough to have at our birthday party?
Then there’s presents - to write a list, or not to write a list? Writing a list could come across as greedy, but people hate buying gifts that you don’t like or won’t ever use.
Luckily this neurosis only entered my mind, long after planning out my Birthday. Besides I’ve had 19 birthday parties before, how will this one be any different? (Despite the fact, I just forgot how old I was)
If you’re trying too hard to have fun, chances are, you’re not having any fun at all.
- L
