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21st
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What have people done for their 21st? I have no idea as usual what to do for my birthday. Generally I find if I plan it too much it goes craply. Bored of doing the usual clubbing scene. Want it to be memorable in a good way. Any ideas?
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thats how you enjoy your 21st better, it only happens once
Use your flat (if its big enough), or someother house/flat if parents are not there, whatever. On the other hand you could still talk to some pub owner to have the pub for tonight and you promise to bring so-and-so many people who will all consume.
I celebrated my 20th with a friend together and we 'rented' (for free) a club with our own dj just for us. We had around 130 people there all friends, co-workers, old friends/coworkers, friend of friends, friends of coworkers, relatives (cousins) etc.
On the other hand you could make some kind of garden party, if someone has an outhouse in the greens or smth. Just try to make it different to the usual "pub, filled with lots of strangers and getting drunk" like every friday night.
whichever or whatever you choose, just make sure you have fun. you only turn 21 once.
Then I'm going for a big meal on the evening with my boyfriend's family and of course, my own
I think there's far too much pressure to have good "landmark" birthdays and even nights out, if I try and plan things perfectly they always go to shit - my 18th ended up in utter disaster for that exact reason. I can laugh about it now, but.. :eek:
Drinking champers before midday and wearing a bunny outfit whilst getting scared shitless on the rides, brilliant!
I agree, I ended up crying on both my 18th and 21st because it was so stressful trying to make them perfect...then again I actually do that drunken crying quite a bit so it wasnt too much of a shock.
I wish I had planned a better 21st though. To the OP if I was you I would milk it for all its worth, have a whole week of celebrations and plan loads of fun stuff, doesnt have to be expensive. Me and a friend got an all day, any location ticket thingy for the train and buses and spent the whole day travelling around the region having a couple of drinks in every town for her 18th. It was a brilliant day we took stupid photos in every location and collected things from the trip, i made her a little scrap book and gave her it as an extra pressie.
I would also advise fancy dress, that way you will probably get more drinks bought for you and you can probably blag some god awful "champagne" from a few places :yippe:
If on the other hand you dont drink alcohol forget all the above, sorry.
on one of my nights out i didn't spend a single penny (apart from putting towards transport there and back). my friends bought my drinks and a lad let me in the club for free cos he thought i was fit.
Good luck with it! It sounds like fun! I hope theres some kind of drama thing at my next uni. Guess I could go see a show for my birthday...
My first one was when I was on antibiotics and on placement so we had a tea with lots of cake and my flatmates and I went ice skating.
Then the second was the following weekend and we went to pizza hut and a bit of a pub crawl.
The second one was a joint one with my best friend we hired a Marquee in her back garden and had a devils and angel's party - with a buffet and a disco and a bouncy castle (she also had a swimming pool so lots of people went midnight skinny dipping). It was lots of fun and loads of people got very drunk and one of my other best friends got to snog the man she had fancied all summer (They got married in May) oh and a hit someone for being mean to my ex boyfriend.
Clearing it all up the next morning was less fun though.
Don't let me stop you.
The best 21st I've been to was on the Ullswater steamer, a huge party and it was great fun. Even for the designated driver (me, as it was the wife's mate's do).
My 21st I spent moving house and having a Pizza Hut for tea. Fucking party machine I am.