How did you celebrate your 21st birthday?

[SallyMander]

I bought my first legal beer at Fenway Park. I knew they would card me (they card everyone) -- the people at the beer stand all got really excited and sang "Happy Birthday" to me. :D

Then i gave the beer to my boyfriend at the time, because it was Bud Light. :puke:


Went back to Rhode Island (where i was in school) and had a big party that night! I don't remember feeling TOO bad the next day, but maybe i've blocked the memory. ;)

What did YOU do???



This thread in honor of lelapin and ZombieNixon... both turning 21 today!!! :D :bounce: :toast:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7543854&mesg_id=7543854

[originalpckelly]

1. Trying to get my ID.

Which, ultimately, still has not worked out, at least I'm 21!

[SallyMander]

4. What do you mean?

You had trouble getting your license?

I'm confused :crazy:


:hi:

[ceile]

2. Went out for my free shots.

Here in Austin the bars downtown will give you a free shot on your 21st. Then went home and blacked out. Don't remember a whole lot, but I've seen pictures. Good times....

[SallyMander]

5. Wow! That's a good/dangerous deal!

:rofl:


I have two good friends who are thinking of moving to Austin in the fall... do you like it there? :hi:

[ceile]

11. Well, I've been here for 13 years

and I still find something new to do every weekend. However, I'm a big city girl and Austin is a little small for my taste. But other than that, I love it here.

[SallyMander]

13. I am looking forward to visiting there if they move!

I've only ever been to TX blazing across I-10... not the most exciting. ;)

My friends will be glad to hear there is so much to do!

[TZ]

3. I had a drink...In Canada...

We were at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario. Didn't really mean anything there since the drinking age at the time was 18....

[SallyMander]

6. LOL! Well it sounds like a fun place to celebrate nonetheless!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

7. My friends' band played a show, so I went to that.

[SallyMander]

9. Sounds good

What kind of music?

[ghostsofgiants]

50. Alternative rock, I guess.

http://www.myspace.com/marceno

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. I bought beer at three different stores

At the first one, I didn't get carded. Nor at the second one.

At the third one, the guy didn't card me, so I said — whined, really — "Aren't you gonna ask me for my ID?"

"Nah," he said. "You act 21."

:shrug:

[SallyMander]

10. That's funny!

I wonder if you would have gotten away with 3 beer purchases the day before your 21st? Or if you suddenly matured? :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

19. Y'know, I never thought of that

The only time I bought beer before I was 21 was at a liquor store where, word had gotten out, worked a clerk who'd sell to anybody. One day when I was 17, maybe 18, I bought a six-pack of 16-ounce Buds there.

A couple of weeks later, the storefront was boarded up. :)

I imagine, though, the guy at Store No. 3 had been selling alcohol for awhile and was astute about The Attitude — which I had only because I was of legal age. I doubt I could've pulled it off even the day before.

[TK421]

12. My friends took me to a strip club

and got me totally plastered :toast:

[SallyMander]

14. Fess up, you ended up dancing the pole, didn't you?

:rofl:

[TK421]

23. While the strippers at the bar took pictures of me..yeah, how did you know that?

:scared:

[SallyMander]

24. Really???

:spray:


I should start up a psychic hotline!!! :rofl:

[TK421]

26. I'm just kidding...they were actually asking for my autograph

:D

[SallyMander]

27. On the credit card receipt, right?

:evilgrin:

[TK421]

31. It was all CASH, baby!!!

;-)

[Gormy Cuss]

15. It was no big deal because the legal drinking age was 18 at the time.

For my 18th birthday I took my first ride in an airplane.:toast:

[SallyMander]

17. Nice!

That sounds like a birthday to remember! :D

[malta blue]

16. I went to the local watering hole for the college students

where my friend's band was playing.

Many, many people bought me shots - they say I had 28 in about 2 hours...

Rumor has it that I traded cigarettes for a seat at one point....

Apparently the band was playing Happy Birthday and was really pissed off at me because I decided I had had enough and walked out during the song.

I crawled to the kitchen in my apartment the following morning and drank the entire container of orange juice. I slept the whole next day.

[SallyMander]

20. Wow -- so far you win

In the category of "Excessive Drinking" :wow:

That's hilarious that you walked out during your "Happy Birthday" song :rofl:


I bet you felt AWFUL the next day!!!

[malta blue]

33. I truly felt horrible the next day and I certainly did do

really excessive amounts of shots.... I do remember this one guy on the lacrosse team bought me shots that were 151 and tabasco. EWWWWW.... I ran away from him after that and I was so drunk he managed to get me with another one a little later :crazy: My roommate bought me 10 shots and we did them together - that I remember

There was a guy in the band who played the sax and I had the biggest crush on him. Her performed a solo for me that night and said that I licked his earlobe during a break - I called his "lobes" anyway because he had the softest earlobes I had ever felt.

I was very touchy/feely with my guy friends, but by no means was I the skanky ho. When I go to reunion - I was class of '91 - all the wives tell me they always hear good things about me from their husbands, and they always hear how my friend was slutty :rofl:

Ah college - I was the queen of my tiny campus. Most of the sorority girls feared me because I was from "New York City" (I went to Ripon College in WI) and the guys loved me because I was fearless.

[IntravenousDemilo]

78. How were you able to walk out during "Happy Birthday" when it only takes 20 seconds to sing?

By the time you got out of your seat, it would be over!

[malta blue]

100. Who knows...

I think I was headed for the door before they started....plus there was a sax solo and all.... :shrug:

[SaveOurDemocracy]

18. We had a big B-Day celebration at a bar near my...

university that I'd already been patronizing for 2 years. I remember I was feeling no pain, was standing there with my sister (both with a beer in hand) when the owner came over to wish me a Happy Birthday. I chuckled, thanked him, then introduced him to my YOUNGER sister. Oopsie... :toast:

[SallyMander]

21. Oooops

:rofl:

Did he conveniently "not hear" you? ;)

[SaveOurDemocracy]

161. LOLLLL ... uh huh ;o)

:hi:

It was one of those little family run 'hole-in-the-wall' taverns. Aside from the dozen or so regular boozers, invariably parked at the bar, it was ALL college kids. If they started carding people ... they'd be out of business in a week. :rofl: Things like that were a lot more 'lenient' in the 70's. :hippie:

[leftofthedial]

22. if you can remember,

then you didn't celebrate

[SallyMander]

25. LOL

I don't know, i've had a few hilarious nights that didn't involve drinking!

[DarkTirade]

28. I had to work and all of my friends were busy that day.

Kinda sucked.

[SallyMander]

29. That sucks!

I hope you've made up for it on a subsequent birthday :D

[DarkTirade]

49. My brother took me out a few birthdays ago

to a place that was basically 'strip club lite', I.E., halfway between a Coyote Ugly style bar and a strip club. Then we went home and he did his best to try and get me drunk. Didn't work of course, it's damn near impossible for me to get drunk. :P

[SallyMander]

52. Really? What do you drink?

I'm kind of a lightweight :blush:

[DarkTirade]

55. That night?

Hmm... well, we started out at a bar with a good beer selection that my brother frequents (my roommate was there too, but he doesn't drink. So he was the designated driver that night.). We played pool and every time someone sunk a shot, the other guy had to drink. I suck at pool. My brother's damn good at it. :P

So I had three, maybe four beers total at that bar. Then we went to the more raucous bar, didn't drink much there. Then we went home and my brother started making mixed drinks. Tried to make the strongest chocolate martini he could. Barely phased me.

The reason I can't get drunk is because my stomach has a lower tolerance than the rest of my body. :P So by the time my stomach says, "No more!" I'm usually just barely tipsy.

[SallyMander]

64. LOL!

Maybe your stomach knows what's best :rofl:

[DarkTirade]

67. Actually it kinda sucks.

Only time I've ever drunk enough to throw up, I still hadn't gotten drunk yet. So I don't even know what I'm missing. :\

[Pacifist Patriot]

127. Majorly. Sorry!

[DarkTirade]

160. Eh, c'est la guerre.

I never did anything to celebrate turning 18 either... mostly because I don't smoke, I didn't want to buy a lottery ticket, and I don't feel the need to pay for porn. :P

[CottonBear]

30. I don't remember. The drinking age was 18 in Georgia at the time. n/t

[SallyMander]

32. Then do you remember your 18th?

:hi:

[CottonBear]

77. I had a picnic in the park with my friends and a cake at my moms!

No drinking was involved although I made up for that later when I went off to college that fall in Athens, GA in 1981! It only cost $2 to get into the 40 Watt Club and dance all night and beer was about a $1.50 for a Longneck Budweiser! Ah...those were the days! (We walked home to the dorms so no driving was involved!)
:)

[SallyMander]

79. Sounds like many good times!

We are within walking distance of our favorite bar here... convenient yet dangerous ;)


OT, but that's a lovely horse in your sig line! :hi:

[CottonBear]

81. Athen, GA in the early 1980s was awesome! I had the best time in college!

I got to see REM play for free along with dozens and dozens of other bands!

The horse is my mare's sire! He's an Oldenburg stallion and the picture is of him at his 100 day stallion approvals in Germany! He's amazing! Cotton looks just like him!

:hi: Have a great weekend! I'm off to feed Cotton and then I'm going to get ready for our Georgia DU meetup in East Atlanta tomorrow night!

[SallyMander]

82. Aww, have fun!

I hope we'll see pics of the meetup! :hi:

[CottonBear]

85. We will! Thanks for reminding me to bring my camera!

I'll post pics next week!
:hi:

[av8rdave]

34. I was a jr. at air force, and was restricted. Celebrated with some roomies and friends in the dorm

Drinking age was 18 then where I had come from, so already had the first legal drink thing under my belt.

[SallyMander]

38. Sounds low-key!

Did you have a crazy 18th, then? Or was that pretty mellow too?

[LibertyLover]

35. I woke up in the morning at Victoria Falls in what was then

Rhodesia and later that day flew to Joberg, South Africa. I managed to get into trouble at the airport too. This was in 1974, when apartheid was in full swing. My mom and I were on a safari tour of Africa and the group had about 40 people. We had to fly down from Vic Falls in 2 planes that left maybe half an hour apart. My mom and I were on the first plane and when we got to Joberg airport we had to wait for the 2nd group to get in so we could all get on the bus to go to the hotel. I really needed to use the ladies' room and so set off to find one, which I did, completely missing the sign that said "nie blancs - no whites" on the sign. I walked in and there were several black women at the sinks, which I thought absolutely nothing about, beyond smiling a hello. Afterwards, as I replayed the incident in my head, I realized that they had looked at me with trepidation. I completed my mission, washed my hands in a now empty room and walked out to rejoin my mom and the rest of the group. About a yard outside the door, there was a policeman waiting for me. He grabbed my arm and demanded to know what I had meant by using the kaffir restroom. I looked at him and replied, very intelligently "huh?, sorry what did you say?". I'm guessing that my accent gave me away because he removed his hand, looked at me disgustedly and said something to the effect of "oh, you're kaffir loving American, right?" Just don't use the nie-blanc room again." and walked off. I found out later that "kaffir" was not a nice word. There were a number of black South Africans watching (the restroom I had found had the companion nie-blanc men's room next to it) with no expressions on their faces. It was so surreal - I just shook my head and muttered something to the effect of 'apartheid sucks man'. One or two of the people in the area heard me and that's when I saw some real smiles. A few days later, as we were leaving South Africa for Nairobi, Kenya, we had to go through Customs and Immigration. The agent asked how we had enjoyed our stay. Mom said that the country was beautiful, which is true. The agent asked if we would be interested in immigrating. Mom looked at me and I answered 'hell, no - not with your stupid segregation shit.' It was one of the very few times my mother didn't lecture me for 5 minutes about the inappropriateness of the word "shit".

[SallyMander]

37. What a fascinating and wonderful story!

I would love to see South Africa -- sounds like you saw the good and the bad. Have you ever read the book "The Power of One"? It is one of my absolute favorites. It's about a little boy growing up in South Africa during apartheid (and it's the only reason i knew the word "kaffir"!). An absolutely beautiful book, though!

:hi:

[LibertyLover]

71. Thank you

No, I haven't read The Power of One. It sounds fascinating - I'll check to see if the library has it. South Africa is very beautiful and it was a good trip. A week or so later we were in Kenya and I got to pet a baby rhino, who followed me around the compound (Me: Mom, look he's following me, can I take him home? Mom: No. Me: But remember the Bill Cosby monologe about the house protected by a rhino - we could have it! Mom: No, you have a dog already. Me: Darn it.), and got sneezed on by an eland. I can recommend the first as a fascinating experience and the second as one of the more disgusting things I've had happen to me while traveling.

[SallyMander]

74. Awww, i want a baby rhino!

Eland snot, not so much! :rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

36. 18 is the big one here.

You can begin with the drinking much earlier, I think it's 14 now (I know I could order any alcoholic beverage without any problem when I was even younger.)

So, when you can get your driving license at 18, you already, in most cases, know what it feels like being drunk. And not like you get drunk on your 21st birthday, then hop into your car and drive into the void. I think this way works better, somehow.

[SallyMander]

40. That makes SO much more sense!

My parents always let me try a sip of whatever they were drinking -- which in most cases i hated! (Scotch, Dad? Really???) I think it's a good practice though, because it took all the mystery and romance out of it. And they always told me that they'd pick me up any time, any place, no questions asked. I have great parents. :D

[Call Me Wesley]

57. I agree.

It's just the novelty isn't there anymore when you actually can drive, where this 21st in the US seems to be a big thing - with everyone coming to the big party with their cars, get awfully drunk and try to drive home.

[laconicsax]

39. Didn't do much of anything.

I had to look up what day of the week it was to be sure. It was at a time when my school schedule had me busy from 7 AM to around 7 PM. After I was done with all that fun stuff, I went home, ate a quick dinner, then went back to campus to practice until the music building closed at 11. I probably stayed up until around 1-2 AM studying and doing homework.

[SallyMander]

41. How very responsible!

Were you a music major? I had some friends who were, and they worked their butts off!

[laconicsax]

44. Yep.

I would have loved to have done something to celebrate, but I didn't have the time.

[DarkTirade]

155. Ah, the life of a music performance major.

So glad I'm not doing that anymore. :P

[ptvet]

42. Ahh 21

Went out with two girls I worked with, hit a few bars and danced the night away.... :beer:

[SallyMander]

43. Sounds like a good time!

I was going to say Welcome to DU! But i checked your profile and you've been here a while... just a man of few words :D

[ptvet]

46. It was!

Thanks for reminding me :D
I am indeed an infrequent poster, (is there a pill for that?) I do get my thoughts out there in other places though! :hi:

[SallyMander]

47. LOL!

:rofl:


I think the cure for IPD (infrequent posting disease) is to discover the Lounge! :D

[ptvet]

53. Hey!

I've just doubled my usual weekly posting rate.... must slow down....must slow down.....

[SallyMander]

54. See? Told ya!

You'll hit 1000 before you know it! :D

[WeRQ4U]

45. Went to a dive bar where my friend 'tended.

I got way too many big, free drinks and drank a LOT of beer. Then i went home and barfed. The next day I layed around watched baseball all afternoon.

[SallyMander]

48. Watching baseball is fun!

Barfing, not so much. Although i think it helps with the hangover if you get some of it "out of your system" :P

[WeRQ4U]

51. So does having a beer the next day.

Just one. And a really greasy breakfast sandwich. Healthy? Not so much.

[SallyMander]

56. I've heard that (about the beer)

but i've never quite been able to stomach the idea... breakfast for sure though! I like a bagel to soak up the extra ethanol ;)

[Taverner]

58. In the infirmary at Oregon State with Mono

and I couldn't swallow at the time :(

[SallyMander]

60. Oh, no!!!

That is sad! :hug:

[kwassa]

59. Tequila shots, salt, lemon

small town in the Midwest, not much to do.

the fad at the time was to pour salt in the hollow on the back of the thumb, lick it, down a shot, bite into a lemon.

I was up to about the seventh or eighth shot before the first one hit. I don't remember half the night. I somehow drove my younger brother home without killing him. I couldn't even smell tequila for the next six or seven years without my stomach turning over.

Ah, the ravages of youth.

[SallyMander]

62. I've done tequila shots that way

Like you, i had some *bad* tequila experiences in college... i don't think i've touched it since then! :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

61. started at Guadalaharry's in Faneuil Hall, then Lily's, The Black Rose and some other bar's

then we were going out to dinner that night at Rosalie's in Marblehead so i went home to clean up and i feel asleep in the shower, we did go to dinner though where i fell asleep at the table, i was so drunk, i have never been that drunk since and the most amaziing part, wasn't hung over the next day.i

[SallyMander]

65. I was bouncing around that area for a bachelorette party last spring

We had a great time!

I can't believe you fell asleep in the shower!!! :rofl:

[AlCzervik]

69. i did and my Dad was pounding on the door "What'd ya fall asleep??!" more like passed out.

and then at Rosalie's right after my chicken parm hit the table i fell asleep before i even took a bite. Totally embarrassing but a hella good time.

:D

[Iggo]

63. Bar-hopping.

Got fit-shaced, but good.

[SallyMander]

66. LOL

If you're gonna do it, you have to do it right! :toast:

[Jamastiene]

68. Oh, I did an upside down day type thing on my 21st.

I QUIT drinking. I drank about a fifth of Smirnoff a day UNTIL I turned 21, then I realized that I just couldn't afford to pay $10 a pop and take all day to get drunk.

That's when I nose dived into weed and felt the best I had ever felt in my life. And, oh, yeah, around my 21st birthday, the woman I was totally in love with, and still probably the only woman I have ever truly been in love with, took me out in the woods in her Chevette and we did donuts while we got wasted.

I think we actually slept all day long on my actual 21st birthday, and did the trip to the woods the next day or something like that. I don't honestly remember, but I do remember quitting the drinking alone and deciding to hang out and get wasted with her all that time. God, I miss her. I loved her. I still do. Those were the days. I suffer from CRS now, but I wouldn't trade the memories I do have for anything in the world. So surreal, those memories are, like a dream I can't believe I was lucky enough to dream. I miss those days. I miss her. I miss the weed too.

I miss you SO MUCH LaWanda and Mary Jane. I hate being clean (mostly, except pills) and I hate not being in contact with the woman I still consider my ultimate soul mate. I guess you can tell that though. I'm pathetic and sober now. I need a drink. :P :eyes: :crazy:

[SallyMander]

72. Aww, J, sounds like good times!

What happened to her? Could you get back in touch?

In any case, you are NOT pathetic... i'm sorry if my thread brought up memories -- i mean, sounds like the memories are great, but i never meant to make you sad :hug: :hug: :hug:

[Jamastiene]

80. Oh, I'm not sad.

I do miss her and my drug taking days, but those are excellent memories. Who knows? Maybe I'll reach a point financially where I can go back to the wonderfully fuzzy feelings I used to have. I don't know where she is though. I am not on speaking terms with her family any more because of the way they did her and she split town last I heard.

The memories were outstandingly good. I do miss my drugs though. :D :hug: :hug:

[IzaSparrow]

70. ordered a pizza,

then bought a beer after midnight.

[SallyMander]

73. You're such a bad-ass... LOL

:*

[Lyric]

75. Alas, I couldn't drink a drop. My son was only 3 weeks old and

I was nursing him at the time--so no partying for me. :hi:

[SallyMander]

76. Awwww

Drunk 3-week-old, probably not a good plan :D

[MrCoffee]

83. I had the FLU!

:cry:

It SUCKED!!!

[SallyMander]

84. Oh no!!!

I hope you made up for it once you felt better! :D

[easttexaslefty]

86. Gave birth

My son Jeremy was born on my 21st birthday. The best birthday present I ever received.....

[SallyMander]

87. Awww, yay!!!

That's really neat! :hug:

[easttexaslefty]

88. It is...

He is 31 now and I love him so much...

[Longhorn]

89. I don't even remember. The legal drinking age in Texas was 18

back then so it wasn't that big of a deal! All it meant was that I could now legally sign contracts. ;)

[SallyMander]

92. LOL

I was pretty excited about 25, because my car insurance premiums went down! :D

[sasquatch]

90. Drinking REALLY heavily!

:beer:
You don't want to know the outcome.

[SallyMander]

93. Sasquatch passed out in a gutter somewhere?

:rofl:

[sasquatch]

91. Midlo celebrated hers by drinking bathtub wine because Prohibition was still on

:D
































:hide:

[SallyMander]

95. Whooooooa, ouch!

You'd better watch your back! :rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

118. I know

he's on a list somewhere now, I'm guessing.

:hide:

[sasquatch]

168. I might need a glock 21 to deel with her

A Steyr AUG if she brings her Bunko group.
:D

[Jamastiene]

125. Bad bad bad, now you are just asking for it.

:spank: :P

[sasquatch]

167. I know, I wonder if she'll dump me and matcom in the same ditch to save time

:rofl:

[Fox Mulder]

94. No party.

I just stayed in and got drunk with my brother (it was also his 21st birthday).

[SallyMander]

96. You're a twin!

I never knew that -- are you guys identical?

[Fox Mulder]

97. Yep.

Identical. He's ten minutes older than I am.

[SallyMander]

98. Did you play many tricks on people when you were growing up?

I used to wish i had a twin so i could skip class every so often :rofl:

[Fox Mulder]

99. Nah.

Our school chums could tell us apart. We tried though.

[Malikshah]

101. Was taken out by friends as the token American to a pub in Wales

They did a whip round and got me a pint...
In which was poured double shots of at least 5 hard liquors and topped off with Kahlua...

I was forced to drink it in one to the sounds of them singing the star spangled banner.

Mind you this was after four pints. I ended up having another pint or two afterwards.

Following this, I ended up dancing a jig with many people, lip syncing to Aretha Franklin's Think in front of ~30 close friends and acquaintances and being summarily thrown into a tub full of cold water where I was then dog piled on by 10 close friends.

All in all it was a night I will --believe it or not-- never forget. 20 years on, it was my best birthday ever. :)

[SallyMander]

103. OMG!!!

I am laughing my butt off... what a great story! Definitely sounds like a night to remember! :rofl:


That drink sounds flat out AWFUL though! :rofl:

[zingaro]

106. oh that sounds like a great time

:rofl: sober or not, a great time.

[zingaro]

102. Had the only alcohol induced blackout of my life.

I had decided I'd pace myself so I could have fun, but the bartender knew me and poured triple shots into my cocktails - everybody knew but me. All of a sudden things were woozy and fuzzy. I got into a giant half-remembered fight with my boyfriend and he left me at a bar with the rest of our friends because I apparently told him to get the hell out. To this day, I don't remember a single word of that fight but I remember being MAD at him lol. I remember getting into the back seat of some friends' car to go to another bar and the next thing I knew I woke up at the foot of the stairs in my house the next morning.

My roomies were less than enthused. :rofl:

[SallyMander]

104. Oh, another good one!

:rofl:

I hope you just passed out at the foot of the stairs, rather than tumbling down them?!? :o

[zingaro]

105. hee I did just pass out there. Apparently

I was quite loud and wild when I got home but I wouldn't go up to bed for some reason. You know, alcohol rationale is totally irrational :rofl:

There was another *ahem* incident where I did slide down those same stairs on my behind and had the most WICKED rugburn of my life. Oh how THAT sucked. But it got me some great sympathy. :evilgrin:

[SallyMander]

108. OUCH!

That sounds horrible! Mean, nasty stairs!

:rofl:

:hug:

[AnneD]

107. Drugged to unconciousness....

this was in the good old days....


I had to have my impacted wisdom teeth surgically removed and got to go to the hospital. Free painkillers and all the ice cream I could eat. :woohoo:

[SallyMander]

109. Oooh, ouch!

Ice cream is good, but you can get that without the oral surgery! :D


I had an awful time with my wisdom teeth removal -- and they weren't even impacted! But the surgeon i went to didn't do general anesthesia unless absolutely necessary... so i was awake for it! :scared:

[AnneD]

117. Ouch...

I wish I could remember your pain....:evilgrin:Poor baby. I got a weeks worth of pain killers that lasted me a year.
Hey, I was a poor college kid-ice cream was not on the budget. I lived like a queen for 3 days. When I got out I went and had a steak for my belated 21, with a group of crazy friends.

[SallyMander]

122. LOL! Sounds like a good time!

Come to think of it, i could go for some ice cream now... and the post below made me want a burrito... maybe it's dinner time??? :rofl:

[Pacifist Patriot]

129. Yikes!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

110. I put my hair in braids, so I would look younger, and bought a bottle of scotch...

Chivas Regal...

I just wanted to be carded. It took a long time to finish that scotch...I didn't really care for it.

My older boy turns 21 this year. I'm buying him some good beer. Here's to 21! :toast:

[SallyMander]

112. Had you had scotch before?

That definitely wouldn't have been my choice! :rofl:

:pals:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

114. I had...I liked it better than the other kinds of cheap hard liquor I'd had...

I guess I was just going for something familiar. My best friend had turned me onto it. She helped me finish off the bottle. :D

[Reverend_Smitty]

111. I didn't even get carded on my birthday!

Went to dinner, ordered a beer...nothin! Went out to the bar with some friends after and still no ID check! What a friggen letdown! But on the plus side, I did get wicked drunk and not hungover...so that's a minor victory

[SallyMander]

113. Aw, rats! You should have showed your ID anyway :-)

I got carded the other night -- i was out with about six guys, and i was the only one to get carded! I guess as the years pass i will appreciate that more and more...

[Reverend_Smitty]

115. I don't think I look particularly old for my age...

I'll be 24 in 2 weeks but I rarely if ever get carded. I don't know, maybe I walk into a bar with the swagger of a seasoned professional, thus I *must* be over 21. My best friend who is a few months younger gets carded all the time and was almost refused service when she was in Delaware because they thought her NJ license was a fake

[GreenPartyVoter]

116. A pile of us from college left campus and went into town for Mexican food. It was fun!

[SallyMander]

120. Mmmm, i could so totally go for a good burrito right now...

*drool*

[GreenPartyVoter]

124. I had cheese quesadillas with green chilis and a ton of sour cream that night. :^D

[NewJeffCT]

119. no clue

but, it was nothing special. i was a jr in college at the time and probably at school.

[SallyMander]

121. Aww, well hopefully you got some good presents at least!

:hi:

[NewJeffCT]

123. well, I've never been much of a drinker

so, I know I didn't go out & get drunk - I was on a college campus of 20,000 or so - it's not like it was hard to obtain alcohol before I was 21 if I wanted...

I also know I didn't get laid, because I didn't get anything until I was 22...

I'm sure I got some decent gifts from my parents at least.

[Pacifist Patriot]

126. It was amazingly awesome (!) thanks to my then boyfriend / now husband.

He surprised me by taking me to Monticello. He knew I admired Thomas Jefferson and had never seen his home. After touring the grounds he took me to a winery in Virginia. Barboursville. Not exactly high season in November, but hey, I was 21. I could go to a tasting at a winery.

We returned to our college town where he was going to take me to dinner, but unfortunately Virginia Military Institute turned 150 the day I turned 21. The cadets and alumni had trashed the town and most of the restaurants were overflowing (and the one we really intended to go to had closed because of damage). So we ended up going to some godawful Kountry Kitchen Buffet that didn't serve alcohol.

But it was next door to the ABC store. My boyfriend/husband took me and told me to pick out any bottle of champagne I wanted. And then he made the clerk card me because she was going to ring me through without even asking.

We went back to his place, had the champagne and he made me a breakfast of homemade french toast the next morning.

You gotta marry a guy like that.

[SallyMander]

130. Awwww!

What a great story! He sounds like a keeper, that's for sure! :D

Do you have an equally adorable proposal story?

[Pacifist Patriot]

132. LOL! Alas no. He screwed the pooch on that one.

After we had been dating for 13 days he pulled me aside and said, "so are you going to marry me some day?"

And then left me hanging for over 3 years.

We had a bit of a rough patch the summer we graduated and then the following year I moved from GA to MA to be with him. 9 months later I started getting tetchy with him about it and he promised he would formally propose by my birthday.

Well.

My birthday rolls around 6 months later and I'm expecting something romantic. Nothing. He'd forgotten it was a federal holiday and the ring was in a safety deposit box in a bank (heirloom). So the next day I'm back from a horrible day of meetings in New Hampshire, sitting on the sofa in sweats and sulking big time. He comes in with the ring and some flowers and says, "okay, here's your ring."

To his credit he has made up for it for the last fifteen and a half years. I have to consider him redeemed by now after all the romantic surprises he has pulled off since then. He's also a great father, a fantastic cook and will change the kitty litter without being asked. He's a keeper!

[SallyMander]

147. Well it sounds like he's made up for it!

:rofl:


IzaSparrow proposed while i was in the kitchen, in my PJs, putting away groceries. He said he wanted me to be surprised (i already knew he had the ring)... well i was! :rofl:

[skater314159]

128. Jeezus... I can't really remember...

... but I do know it involved some great acid, my three best friends, and a spontaneous trip to LA that had a detour that ended up in Vancouver.

To those turning 21 - TRY TO REMEMBER !!!!

[SallyMander]

131. Whoa, that's a pretty major detour!

:rofl:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

133. Hit the strip

for free beer or champagne, went to a football game, partied!!!
Dorm mates had a cake for me.

[SallyMander]

136. Sounds like a good time!

:hi:

[graywarrior]

134. I went to the packie I'd been getting my Southern Comfort from for two years

and told the clerk I was celebrating my 21st. He didn't know whether to laugh or throw me out. I then proceeded to get blasted to the point of throwing up for a few days.

[SallyMander]

137. OMG!

:rofl:


OT, i love that you say "packie"... where are you from? I don't hear that now that i'm out of New England...

Sorry about the barfing though! :hug:

[graywarrior]

140. Lynn, Ma where there's a packie or bar on every corner.

[SallyMander]

142. Nice!

I'm from Ahhlington, MA originally :hi:

[graywarrior]

158. Ahhlington. How many times did I get lost drunk in Arlington?

[RetroLounge]

135. I did shots all night at Niles Bowl

Bowled a few games.

Then had drunken sex with my girlfriend.

:hi:

RL

[SallyMander]

139. Sex before marriage????

SINNER!

I am APPALLED!!!






:rofl:

[RetroLounge]

159. Hmmmm. She wasn't...

:rofl:

RL

[Fire Walk With Me]

138. I can't remember.

I was in love at the time, and also seriously on the way to alcoholism, so probably some combination of love and liquor. Schade... She certainly deserved more than that.

[SallyMander]

141. "some combination of love and liquor"

That's poetic... :hug:

[Fire Walk With Me]

224. Not really. Neither in words nor in person.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

143. I don't even remember.

Which is sad, since I'm only 27. ;)

[SallyMander]

144. LOL!

You're getting old... memory is slipping :D

[GOPisEvil]

145. Alone and alcohol free.

x(

[SallyMander]

148. Hope you've made up for it since then!

:D

:hug:

[GOPisEvil]

152. Last night and this afternoon!

*hic*

[pokerfan]

146. Went out at midnight and brought my gf back some wine

Good times.

[SallyMander]

150. That's sweet!

:hi:

[pokerfan]

154. Then we got drunk

and screwed like rabbits.

[LeftyMom]

149. I went out for mexican food and had about half a corona.

I was lactating, so getting ripped wouldn't have been worth having to pump and dump a shitton of milk.

[SallyMander]

151. I have a friend who said the exact same thing

She had so much trouble getting enough milk to begin with -- the drinks just weren't worth it!

How long does the alcohol stay in your system?

[LeftyMom]

153. I had enough milk for four or five kids, I just didn't really feel like wasting it.

I'm not sure what the wait time is, I just made sure to drink little enough it wasn't worth worrying about. I figured half of a weak beer, at whatever tiny fraction made it into my tits instead of my kidneys, probably wasn't much worth worrying about.

[Rabrrrrrr]

156. Studying for a thermo test, I think.

Studying for some big test, anyway.

[SallyMander]

176. Aww, that doesn't sound like any fun at all!

But i guess you were a good student! :hi:

[harmonicon]

157. went to the bar/restaurant on my block for food and drinks

..... of course my friends and I had been going there for years and drinking, so it had to kind of be kept on the DL that it was my 21st birthday, or else some people (like our regular waitress) would have looked pretty bad. I sort of can't believe that I actually remember it at all... maybe it didn't happen, and I'm just assuming that's what happened because we went there all the time before and after I was 21? eh... who knows. I've killed more brain cells with booze than.... I would have used to come up with something witty here.

[SallyMander]

177. LOL

Made me laugh, so you must be doing ok :D

[momophile]

162. got handed back to my parents drunk as a skunk

after three margaritas and three shots in about twenty minutes, I passed out in the bar, was propped up in the back of a friend's car so as not to choke to death and slept for a while, driven home, passed to my laughing parents in the frontyard, slept like a rock, woke up the next day with a bursted blood vessel in one of my eyes - apparently a sign of alcohol poisoning, and one of the worst headaches ever.

I truly regret that night. how disgusting of me.

[SallyMander]

178. OMG!!!

Sounds like the next day was NOT fun :hug:

I'm glad your parents were nice about it! Or did you get a lot of "i told you so"s?

[momophile]

214. they just laughed

no "I told you so's." I think my mom handed me advil the next day too.

[kineneb]

163. a really-rum-soaked chocolate cake (no candles)

which I shared with my boyfriend (now husband) and his landlady where he roomed...afterwards...;)

[SallyMander]

179. YUM

That sounds fantastic! :9

[Solon]

164. I remember it really well...

My friends and I worked at the same place(Wal*Mart), and on the day of my birthday, I worked from 7am till 4pm. I was scheduled the SAME damned hours for the day after my birthday as well, so I went up to a manager and told them this, and they said to come in at 11am instead.

One of my friends at work was 2 weeks younger than me, so we decided to "combine" our birthday parties on my birthday, since we would both be legal then. So all of us first went to the liquor store, bought a bunch of stuff, that I was able to get myself now(had older friends buy me alcohol before). We then went to my buddy's house and we all got plastered, there were about a dozen of us at the party, give or take.

Oh, and I didn't show up to work the next day until 1pm, I was really plastered that night! :D

[SallyMander]

181. LOL -- did you get in trouble at work?

Or did they let it slide?

[ZombieNixon]

165. I took shots, I drank, I went to dinner, I went to a bar, I played Rock Band,

I drank, and I came home. That's about it. :P

[SallyMander]

182. That's cool you remember it

I mean, i know it was a really long time ago! ;)

[MrScorpio]

166. With sex

How original

[SallyMander]

183. LOL

Hey, some things never go out of style! :rofl:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

169. Nothing special, I was in the army

in Germany. Where the drinking age is maybe five.

:rofl:

So it was just another night at the gasthaus.

[SallyMander]

184. ...

:spray:


Where were you in Germany?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

222. Mohringen, just outside Stuttgart

By now, I'd guess Stuttgard has sprawled and absorbed Mohringen, but at that time there were a few kilometers of farmland between the two towns.

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

170. Bar hopping with my then-fiance...

Who is now my husband. My memories are very fuzzy, except for almost falling down the stairs at an after-hours place. :blush: We went to the Waffle House afterwards...nothing like a Pecan waffle and some hash browns (scattered, covered, and diced) to head off a hangover!

[SallyMander]

185. YUM... this thread is making me hungry

Glad you didn't actually fall down the stairs -- that could have put a damper on your waffle enjoyment :D

[SoxFan]

171. By walking home from a bar in Fells Point

I lived in New Hampshire.

That plan didn't last long.

[SallyMander]

186. LOL!

Did some friends come find you? Or did you get a cab?

[SoxFan]

205. I think I found a cab

The details were hazy 20 years ago, and time hasn't really helped!

[TimeChaser]

172. I sat around drinking a tasty bottle of wine,

and watched movies with friends.

[SallyMander]

187. That sounds like a fun night!

In fact, could be the plan for later this evening since we're snowed in! :D

[LostinVA]

173. Got totally toasted with some friends on some great weed

Yummy sticky buds.

Back then in NC, the amount we had was only a misdemeanor and a smallish fine. Those were the days!

[SallyMander]

188. I am shocked and appalled, i tell ya!

:rofl:


I hope you wrote down all your pot-induced profound thoughts... :D

[Pharlo]

174. lol......talk about bringing back not so pleasant memories....

I had a barium enema. Turned out I had an ulcerated colon. I was put on a BLAND diet for 3 months.

One thing I will say, I'll NEVER forget my 21 st birthday.

[SallyMander]

189. oh NO!

I'm sorry to hear it! I hope you've had more pleasant birthdays since then! :hug:

[rbnyc]

175. Big party in the bar I'd been going to for 3 years.

Bartender said, if I find out you've just turned 21...

It was a college bar, small town liberal arts school. All my best friends were there. I got very, but not too drunk. I played some kick-ass cricket.

[SallyMander]

190. LOL -- this seems to be a theme in this thread

:rofl:

Drunken cricket sounds like it could be interesting!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

180. My dad died the previous month, so I don't think I celebrated much

It was waaaaaay back in 1983. I was probably starting back to school at the time, as my birthday falls at the start of the school year.

[SallyMander]

191. Oh, i'm sorry to hear that

Hope you've had some happier birthdays since then! :hug:

[datasuspect]

192. i cut my ankle off with a pen knife after i was trapped in a skiiing accident

happy fucking birthday.

[SallyMander]

193. !!!

Really??? The bone? :scared:

[nomorenomore08]

194. Had about 12-13 shots of whiskey, a couple of beers, a little wine...

But I ate a gigantic cheeseburger (from Nation's) just before passing out around 2:00 AM, and that killed off most of the next day's hangover.

I can clearly remember listening to "Stuck Inside of Mobile" while sitting on my friend's couch, so drunk I was damn near having an out-of-body experience.

Keep in mind this was only a couple of years ago.

[SallyMander]

196. Glad to hear the aftermath wasn't too bad

:rofl:


BTW i totally love your screen name! :D

[Bzzzz]

195. Pregnant...n/t

[SallyMander]

197. That'll put a damper on the drinking

Congrats! :D

[Bzzzz]

200. It Was Only...

28 years ago!! :P

[SallyMander]

201. Well hey, having and raising a kid is no small thing

So i think you can still have a congrats! :D

[BreweryYardRat]

198. Ask me again when I get there.

It'll be in '09.

Definitely on the agenda: A nice dinner somewhere, and a bottle of good rum.

[SallyMander]

199. You'll have to let us know

I hope it's a good one! :toast:

[MrSlayer]

202. My brother took me to Vegas for my 21st.

You can imagine what went on.

[SallyMander]

207. You woke up missing the content of your wallet?

:D

[Sultana]

203. At home by myself no one remembered

In fact i've never had a birthday party :(

[SallyMander]

208. Oh no!

I'm sorry SillyFlower :hug:

Maybe you should throw yourself one this year!

[Sultana]

218. thanks, Sally

I will :D

[Skittles]

204. I was a sergeant in the military

I don't recall doing anything special

[SallyMander]

209. I'd be willing to bet

that you kicked someone's ass! :D

[Skittles]

213. I think it was something like 4 per cent female back then

I kicked a LOT of male ass, that is for SURE! :hi:

[musette_sf]

206. i honestly do not remember

because at the time and place, drinking, voting, and by association adulthood, occurred on one's 18th birthday. (NYC early 70s)

on my 18th birthday i went to a b-ball game at some college in Brooklyn and ordered my first legal beer. then I voted the next year.

i firmly believe, though many may disagree, that 18 is the correct drinking age. making the kiddos wait till 21, when they can vote, marry, and serve in the Armed Forces at 18, is just plain stupid.

happy bday lelapin and ZombieNixon!

[SallyMander]

210. I totally agree!

Call Me Wesley posted above about how silly it is that we let people drive before they can drink... Seems to me, if you take the mystery out of the alcohol, there would be a lot fewer DUI accidents!

:hi:

[Danmel]

211. I don't remember

Because the drinking age was 18 when I reached majority. On my 18th birthday, I went to the Nassau Coliseum with my friend Julie and we saw Eric Clapton's Slowhand tour. Then we went to Bill's Meadowbrook Bar and I had my first legal drink- a beer of course!:toast:

[SallyMander]

212. That sounds fun!

:D

[yvr girl]

215. I took my first flight lesson

Then I went out for dinner with my family. By the way, 21 isn't the big one here. We're legal at 19. I think I worked for my 19th, which is quite sad.

[SallyMander]

216. Ooohh, you live in Vancouver?

I've never been there but it is VERY high on the list of places i'd like to go! I don't think i've ever heard anyone say a bad thing about Vancouver. :D

:hi:

[deepthought42]

217. Awww...they're 21!!!!

:toast:


I had dinner with my family. Had an alcoholic coffee drink that I ended up not liking. But a few days later I went to downtown Annapolis w/my best friend for crabs and alcohol! :beer: The peach dacquiri was yummy as were the steamed MD blue crabs... :)

EDIT: Oh yeah... I also spent the morning of my b-day at the MVA renewing my license. I remembered this because it's been almost 5 years since then, so this summer I get to renew it again. Wooo....

[NuttyFluffers]

219. what i usually do on my birthday: vomit, fever, chills, diarrhea, etc.

it's become an annual tradition since around middle of high school! and it's routinely around my final essays, reports, and tests for the semester. wheee!

[PRETZEL]

220. About the only thing I remember about that was that I was at

Penn State because that was where I was supposed to be.

Honestly don't remember a thing about that. But then again, that was more than a few years ago.

Happy Birthday.

[Jimbo S]

221. 21 was no big deal. Drinking age was 18.

[Q3JR4]

223. I had sex on the beach

the drink...unfortunately.

Q3JR4.