Comments on: Thoughts for Thursday: 21st birthdays

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:43:34 +0000

i celebrated my 21st at my parents house. we had a huge party there and people were able to stay if they needed to or get a sober ride home. we had a bonfire and food/drinks/games. it was a lot more fun than getting wasted at a bar. oh, my boyfriend at the time (now my husband) is four months younger than me so that was another reason i stayed at my house to celebrate!
i don’t think any of these horrible stories will deter anyone from celebrating in the bar or drinking in excess. people just need to be smart – but sometimes that is asking a lot. good post. sorry i’m so late commenting!

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By: zoe

zoe — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:59:34 +0000

i celebrated mine at home with a baby who had chickenpox’s. yahoo. i really don’t think it will deter anyone from overdoing it on their big 21.

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By: Trina

Trina — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:07:42 +0000

hey Kristi..I don’t remember my 21st birthday..lol it was so long ago. I do know I didn’t get drunk. I don’t even think we went anywhere. If I remember correctly, it was just another day. I think it’s sad what happens to these kids. My brother turns 21 this year and I’ve been down his throat since he turned 19, hmph

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By: Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:33:07 +0000

I happened to be lucky in the fact that it was spring break when I turned 21 and unlike most of my friends I stayed at school. I did go out and drink fairly heavily, but I has not fed shots all night either. I have however probably been lucky not to have had alcohol poisoning bad enough to kill me. When I was 20 I blew a .23 and was fairly functional. No, I wasn’t driving, it was for an underage ticket. I think unless the whole culture around drinking changes, these stories will always be around. Where I grew up drinking was a sport the more you could drink the cooler you were. I think feeding people shots, after they are clearly 3 sheets to the wind should be punishable. After having done this and had it done on to. I now hate seeing people do it, or having it done to them.

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By: michelle

michelle — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:13:47 +0000

well, I hate to agree with Greta, but I think she’s right. I don’t think these stories will change anything. Nobody thinks it will happen to them. My tale of my 21st birthday isn’t something to be proud of, but I can remember it in entirety. I did get pretty drunk and spent the entire next day puking, but I think I handled it a little more responsibly than other people do. It’s a scary thing to worry about in the future!

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By: Greta

Greta — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:59:02 +0000

i celebrated mine at the casino’s!! i didn’t get smashed though…i was to busy feeding the machines money and playing craps and blackjack!!
i don’t think hearing these stories will change the way they think…and i say that because of the ole “but it won’t happen to me” sad but true

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