Older Girls (18+, please)

[merorg4life]

So, I am turning 21 and I am not into drinking at all. I don't want a birthday party nor do I want a birthday cake. Honestly, I don't care if anyone wishes me happy birthday. Is there anyone out there like this or am I just a weird-introvert-non-acholic?

Also, this was like this for pretty much all my birthdays growing up. I didn't want a huge party. Like, at 16.

[Nyctimene]

Yep. I'm the exact same way and I know a few others that are. We all tend to be pretty introverted loners too. :-)

[scuzz]

You definately aren't the only one I really don't care either or way when it comes to my birthdays. I'm quite the loner (besides my boyfriend) but I still live with my family so I still generally get cake (cookie cake and regular cake normally haha cause I love cookie cake). Though my family tends to get cake and cookie cakes all the time we currently have a cake in the fridge that says Happy Birthday Stella which is what we get them to say all the time now lol. (I swear we are not fat at all!)

I'll be turning 21 in June and I also hate drinking. 

[flamingoccm]

Same! 

I think having "happy birthday" sung to me is one of the most awkward experiences in the entire world. I never really had big parties.

I just like spending time with friends. One of the best "birthday parties" I can remember was my senior year of high school when my friends invited me over for our monthly movie night and one of them made me a cake and one of them made me an adorable homemade pipe cleaner tiara and it was just 4 or 5 of us hanging out. It was sweet and personal and not a big deal and the focus wasn't on me really. That's the kind of thing I like--very low key and nbd.

[merorg4life]

Growing up, my parents drank and I just didn't find it very glamorous. Part of it was because I was stuck at one place and couldn't go home. Because my parents were having fun with their friends and I was bored to tears.

[merorg4life]

Never found it glamorous..

[merorg4life]

Honestly spending time with my family is probably the only things that I like to on my birthday.

[love_matt]

I'm not a heavy drinker. I didn't have a big party for my 21st and I didn't go out to the bars that day either. Even throughout college I didn't go to parties or drink. My senior year I did go out to the bars and parties but I barely drank. I went to have fun with my friends. Even now, I only drink on occasion, like during dinner or just to unwind after work. It's been a couple weeks since I last had alcohol. You are perfectly normal.

[littlebabydoll]

I'm from the UK, so I was able to drink at 18. I very rarely drink though as I also am not into it. Even if I was, I wouldn't be one of those who would drink just to get drunk, because I think getting drunk (so drunk you don't remember a thing) is just plain stupid. I'd rather have a healthy liver, lol.

So no, you're not the only one Sometimes when I think about how young people are today, and what they get up to on weekends, it makes me feel really old as I'm not one of them. I just couldn't do what they do. Freaks me out to be honest.

[stayclassy]

I'm actually quite the opposite.

At my 24th birthday last summer, my boyfriend threw a surprise dinner with my friends at a nice Mexican restaurant outside. They brought out a little cake for me with a candle and my eyes lit up. Then a friend of mine joked about singing happy birthday and I seriously said "That would be great. Sing it!" LOL... I sound spoiled but I'm not. I'm just big on my birthdays. I've always had a party except once, because I was on a vacation. So they sang happy birthday and the rest of the restaurant joined in. My boyfriend still teases me that I asked my friends to sing me happy birthday.

Anyway, you don't have to have a big party. Invite a few friends over and have some pizza or something. You don't have to spend it alone but at the same time you don't have to get wasted to the point of memory loss. If you'd rather spend it alone that's fine too.