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Birthday party depression?
I come from a fairly poor family (we are barely holding onto our house, and I pay for my own food, clothing, school supplies, etc.) I turned 16 in November but was unable to have any kind of party (we can't even afford chips and soda for an at-home party). It upset me at the time but I thought I'd gotten over it. Recently, for whatever reason, I've been really upset that I didn't get to have a sweet sixteen. A lot of people forgot my birthday too! I had tried to feel better before by reminding myself that I could have a big 18th or 21th birthday party...but I'll turn 17 as a senior and so all my friends will be in college when I turn 18. I don't know, I just feel like I've missed out on a rite of passage and that makes me really sad. Any ideas to make me feel a little better?
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if when you're about to turn 17 it really still means a whole lot to you have a party. make it a pot luck and invite your closest friends. assign each of them something to bring like chips or soda or pretzels and then cook up a really simple entree. play board games or whatever.
pot lucks are the only kind of parties that I've been to that have been successful.
if you get to college and still haven't had a birthday party, trust me, the opportunity arises. back in november my brother and his girlfriend and basically the entire floor threw a birthday party for this girl who was pretty homesick. if you tell people you've never had a birthday party they'll party just for the sake of partying.
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I am so sorry :( Birthday partys arent everything, you are still getting older, cherish your life. No matter how bad it could be, there is alway someone out there with it worse, its somewhat unimaginable but its true.
Be thankful for your heath, and for your family, and friends, look to the postive, not the negative.
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Honestly, after you're 12, birthday parties aren't a big deal anymore. To anyone. The only parties that are cool after age 12 are the kind where people drink & do stuff..yeahhh you know what I mean. Don't worry too much about it.
Edit: Ohh.. haha I didn't know you lived in those kinds of towns.. I thought since you were poor, everyone in your town was like that too.. my bad ;-; But, you could have a party any day :D!
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