Birthday Parties
Growing up I remember having a birthday party every year for several years. I was born in January so I also remember a lot of my friends were unable to come to those parties for two main reasons: snow and lack of funds/motivation to go to a party after Christmas not so long ago. I was not completely oblivious to the fact very few showed up once we got older. My mom was not really in the best financial position to have a party but felt bad if she didn't. The fact that it's the norm to have a party (and sometimes ridiculously extravagant ones) puts a lot of pressure on a parent and especially if you're low budget planning. I don't remember exactly when she decided but I do remember that one day she finally made the decision to change things up. No more yearly birthday parties. From now on it would be every other year we would have a party where we'd have a theme, invite friends and play games. On the off years we would have an immediate family only celebration with c...

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