This weekend, I have to attend a 1 year old's birthday party.
I always feel like Bridget Bloody Jones at these things... horrific. Its not that I don't like kids. I love kids. I find most kids more intelligent and fun than most adults.
But I hate the "oh, you poor thing, you're still single, when are you going to get married and have kids of your own" questions.
As if you need to get married to have kids anyway! Bah. And most of my friends are NOT the poster children for marriage being a good thing, I have to say, so why try and push me into entering the miserable state in which you chose to enter?!
But I digress.
This post isn't about my Singleton status, its about soliciting assistance in what I am required to take to said 1 year old's party.
The parents of Miss Ruby Violet (yes, that's the tyke's name - Red Purple), have requested that instead of bringing a present as such, we each contribute something from past year to be included in a time capsule they're putting together for her to open at her 21st birthday.
Quite a good idea really, but I'm a little stumped for ideas.
My initial idea was a truckload of trashy mags (NW, Who, Famous), the "Sorry Day" liftout from the SMH and a DVD of last year's Oscar winning film, The Departed.
Thoughts and suggestions on anything more interesting would be gratefully received... I need more inspiration please!
Her mother did suggest a piece of clothing or jewellery which is currently in fashion (and therefore by the time she's 21 will be "vintage", but I don't want to offend the kid by buying something that ends up being way too small (if she turns out to be a boomba) or way too big (if she doesn't).
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4 comments:
I hate doing this too. Everyone has children, and can't talk for longer than five seconds cause 'Oh [insert ridiculous name here] please don't drag that dirt inside/smash [insert ridiculous name here] on the head with a Tonka truck, darling, if it wouldn't be too much to ask.' DIE ! DIE!
I've solved it though. Last one I went to, I brought one of my single girlfriends along. We got drunk with my dad and had a great time on the swings, then went exploring afterwards taking photos.
Everyone probably thinks I'm a lesbian now, but hey, it was worth it.
plus the chicken wings and fairy bread were great...
This isn't so much a suggestion as a comment.
My dvd player recently broke so I decided to watch a video. I haven't used videos for sometime and I had a copy of "The Breakfast Club" that I had taped from tv circa 1994-ish. The ads and news updates in the breaks were hilarious!! It's hard to know what the technology will be like in the future but the audiovisual stuff is pretty hilarious.
As for Bridget Jones syndrome, I agree with sublime-ation, flaunting singleness often quells the "pity".
i like your idea of the trashy mags etc. what about a pack of fags and one of those alco-pop drinks? they might be banned by the time she's 21.
i have to say i think the whole thing is a little bit dubious. what's wrong with a stuffed unicorn for little red purple? she needs stuff she can play with, like, now.
i'm a luddite when it comes to kids birthday parties. well, most things actually.
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