Saturday, May 19, 2012

Top Ten List: Scenes from a 16th Birthday Party


10. For the first time, guests can drive themselves to the party.

9.  Mimicking adults at social gatherings, the boys will start off in one corner of the room while the girls will be in the other.

8.  There ARE boys at the party.

7.  All conversation ceases the moment the adult enters the vicinity.

6. No matter how loud the music, the volume of the talking will rise to meet or exceed it.

5. Because they will nosh all night, there is no such thing as leftover pizza.

4.  The level of amusement her friends express toward the mother’s humor is in direct proportion to the embarrassment the birthday girl expresses toward the same.

3.  The cost of the guests’ collective electronics is more than the price of your first car.

2.  It’s a valid concern that forty-eight cans of caffeinated beverages and six bags of fluorescent orange salty snacks may not be enough.

1. Little Mermaid decorations and gifts from Build-A-Bear are as big a hit today as they were ten birthdays ago.

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