Not good advice if their a teetotaler, or a Dracula.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish
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Not good advice if their a teetotaler, or a Dracula.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish
Yes, but then you've fulfilled your social obligation & what happens next is their problem. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Winston*
Birthday presents consist of either booze, or dinner-paid-for. Anything else from friends post-20 is just weird.
I still give my close friends and my family gifts for birthdays and Christmas. If close friends are having a baby I make and send a blanket. Small gifts at Christmas for co-workers and a card for birthdays.
Ok, if it's the kind of thing where there's social pressure from the birthday person to buy them gifts, then I get being annoyed by that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston*
I went to my friend's birthday party last night. Some people had bought (or made) gifts, other hadn't. I only brought some booze for the party. But nothing was required of anyone.
Those people don't have birthday parties anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by Winston*
One thing that does bother me a lot is when someone celebrates their birthday at an expensive restaurant or nightclub. Maybe I'm just a cheap bastard, but it seems to me like they're forcing me to spend money to be there with them on their birthday. If you don't want a party at your house, just make it happen at a bar, where everyone just pays for what they want to drink and everyone can go.
As my friends get older I notice this starts to happen more and more often.
That's what I like to do for my birthday - go to a really nice, expensive restaurant. Open invite to any of my friends who want to come. Then we usually go to a bar or something after.
I do. I was 11.Quote:
Originally Posted by number8
Yeah, I don't have a birthday "party." I might go to dinner with a friend or two, or maybe my parents have a dinner at their house with me and my siblings.
I would be embarrassed to have a birthday party at my age. On my birthday, I hung out with my wife and kids, ate a great dinner, and watched season three of Luther in bed with my wife. Fantastic birthday.
Yep, I haven't had a party since high school, and even then I feel like it was more of a hang out. Parties stopped when I was like 12.
Before the baby, my wife and I would go to a good dinner with a few family and friends and maybe hop a few bars around the inner harbor or downtown Annapolis. Now, it's even less "partylike" and is basically a family dinner and home for the evening... without the baby, if you get what I mean.
Eh, I think as grownups, it's not completely out of whack to throw a party for the milestone birthdays, 30, 40, 50, etc. Other birthdays, well being a Dad like Raiders, it's pretty much a nice meal and my kids hopefully not fighting/bickering for at least a few hours, and that's enough for me.
I went to Vegas for my 30th. No regrets.
I just invite a few friends over, play some board games, drink, and play Mario Kart. Never got or asked for any presents.
I turn 30 next year, so I may do something special. I've never been to Vegas so I might go there. Ezee, you should come.
For my 40th I'm going to Disneyland. Never had a birthday there, and thought it would be fun to do so. Open invite to friends and family. We're renting out a few rooms at the Grand Californian for 3 or so days. Really looking forward to it.
Yeh that's gonna be a fun 3 days. Love Disney-anything.
I haen't had a birthday in 10 years. It's great never getting old.
Well, if you know they all can pay it, cool.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
A while back it had become trendy to do birthdays at the goddamn Hard Rock Café, which is a fun place and all, but way too expensive. This is Buenos Aires, there are plenty of places where you can still eat well for a reasonable price.
I leave that decision up to them.
I don't know what my friends can and can't afford.
I wouldn't eat at a Hard Rock Cafe - ever. :)
Well, see, this is precisely what annoys me.Quote:
Originally Posted by D_Davis
If I want to spend time with you on your birthday because you're my friend, but I don't have the money to spend at that particular time, I'm basically cut off the celebration. By money issues, no less. It sucks to do that to a friend IMHO.
You can still hang out with them and not order anything. I do it all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouchy
You can do that at a bar, but a restaurant?Quote:
Originally Posted by Watashi
Guess you could, sure, but come on. In some places, they'd still charge you with service.
Luckily for me, all of my friends are super wealthy.
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Is this some weird Argentinian rule I'm not aware of? Why would they charge you anything if you don't order anything? Unless it's an all you can eat buffet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grouchy