In less than 2 days I will officially be EIGHTEEN years old considering it is about 5am. I know it is still young and frankly, I am happy about that. Everyone reminisces on when they were younger! Is it just me or when you get older you just stop being really into birthdays? Like when people ask you what you want for your birthday you no longer have an answer. For me, it is because I feel like I already have everything I could possibly want. Then people ask you about plans for your birthday and you do not have the need to make plans. At least I have no plans with others really. More like a solo thing since I can legally sign off documents and make my own decisions according to the United States Government haha.
There once was a friend, more like an acquintance of mine that asked for a gift every year. Now I am not into begging nor beggers. (Not talking about beggers on the streets though!) C’mon now?! Begging for presents. That is pathetic. Do you not agree? People like that always puzzle me. Darn attention seekers! I blame Hollywood and all of those over-the-top birthdays. Get where I am coming from? It is like the more presents or the more lavish the gifts people recieve on their birthdays the more important and loved they feel. Trust me, if people love you then they love you. Whether or not they dish out the bucks for those new Jordans, that canary yellow Lamborghini or a Hallmark card is a question of how you both view your friendship/relationship in my opinion. For example, let’s say you have a friend you have made in the past year. It is the first birthday that you are around to celebrate with them. They are turning 21 and going to Vegas and you are invited. The over-the-top option would be to pay for the whole trip. The thoughtful option would be to buy their first shot. The meaningful option would be to accompany them and stick around for the pukefest after they have consumed all that alcohol to make sure they are okay. See the difference? People should overthink what route they take because if you go for option over-the-top then how will you TOP that the following year? In the end by their 25th birthday you will have to have discovered another oil outlet in the world in order to afford to buy them a castle on their own island! Haha not really but I am just saying. Every year will have to get bigger and bigger. Material possessions all the way from there on out!!
Back to reality. Also time to end my rant. My plans for my eighteenth birthday are: (1) Bungee jump in Canada but that is happening in August and (2) Get a tattoo of a music note inside my mouth. In my mind it is not over the top, but I have recieved many questionable looks when telling others of my birthday plans. My reasoning behind them is that I have wanted to do both but just was not old enough to do either one legally and on my own. So there. My simple plans worth about $150 will be plenty enough for me. That includes the one gift I have already bought for myself – The Lion King Deluxe Edition on DVD! (Favorite movie of all time!!!) Thank you eBay :] In your face lavish club parties, hotel rooms, road trips, vacations and other plans people usually make on their birthdays!
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July 20th, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Happy early birthday!
Birthdays do become much less exciting as you get older. I’m only fifteen and I already don’t care much for them anymore. I now have money to buy the things I want on my own. The most I expect friends to get me is candy nowadays.
Have fun bungee jumping. I envy you for having the courage to do something like that.
July 22nd, 2009 at 3:06 PM
Happy Belated Birthday! Hope You enjoyed it.
Now that I’m older and have a job. All my friends who don’t have a job feel it pointless to buy me gift because i can always buy it myself. But I’m like you i never know what to say when people ask what i want for my birthday cause i do have everything that i want at this point. And my birthday coming up soon and everyone keep asking what am i gonna do. And i have no idea, i don’t feel the need to make plans.
Have fun bungee jumping, and i was think bout getting music notes on the side of my neck below my ears.