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<blockquote data-quote="DeejayR" data-source="post: 859022" data-attributes="member: 126679"><p>Depends how old you are. People attach importance to decades -- 30, 40, 50 etc, plus the juvenile ones of 18 & 21 relating to whatever it is you're allowed to do at those ages. I forget.</p><p>I celebrated my 60th birthday by overturning a small dumper truck I was driving, so I regarded that as sufficient celebration.</p><p>I can't remember what I did on my 70th, and you may draw your own conclusions (either I had a good time or dementia had already set in)</p><p>Your plan for your birthday is very reasonable, especially if it's not a decade event. You are allowing other people in to your home (10 points) and not drawing attention to your day (10 points), thus putting the spotlight rightly on the young man. Your daughter is seeing to his rite of passage with appropriate alcohol, so he is saved beer-fuelled reminiscences of his dad's miss-spent youth (20 points).</p><p>I advise you not to make light of wedding anniversaries, however. I recently tried to pass unnoticed (almost) through our silver wedding and Mrs DeeJay now has ammunition for another 25 years of accusations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeejayR, post: 859022, member: 126679"] Depends how old you are. People attach importance to decades -- 30, 40, 50 etc, plus the juvenile ones of 18 & 21 relating to whatever it is you're allowed to do at those ages. I forget. I celebrated my 60th birthday by overturning a small dumper truck I was driving, so I regarded that as sufficient celebration. I can't remember what I did on my 70th, and you may draw your own conclusions (either I had a good time or dementia had already set in) Your plan for your birthday is very reasonable, especially if it's not a decade event. You are allowing other people in to your home (10 points) and not drawing attention to your day (10 points), thus putting the spotlight rightly on the young man. Your daughter is seeing to his rite of passage with appropriate alcohol, so he is saved beer-fuelled reminiscences of his dad's miss-spent youth (20 points). I advise you not to make light of wedding anniversaries, however. I recently tried to pass unnoticed (almost) through our silver wedding and Mrs DeeJay now has ammunition for another 25 years of accusations. [/QUOTE]
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