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Did you have a sweet sixteen party?
I'm talking about a party at a catering hall or other fancy venue with an inflated guest list etc.
What are your thoughts on these kinds of parties?
Re: Did you have a sweet sixteen party?
Nope, I'm pretty sure that I was being punished so no friends and no presents. Not that my parents would have thrown a big party anyway.
I think parties like that are too much for a kid.
Seems prevalent among certain cultures. Not mine..lol. I was told to get my license and a job asap..
If that's what people like to do, great.
i was hardcore smitten with a guy in a band in high school, so my friends got the band to play in a big hall at the firehouse. they even made said guy slow dance with me. there were balloons and decorations and food and it was all a surprise. i usually think this kind of thing is totally idiotic and frivolous, but it kicked a ton of ass.
eta: the food was pizza, soda and cake, not fancy catering
no. i'm not the type to have one though. i hated my birthday w/ everyone looking at me, being the center of attention, etc. a huge party like you describe would be my worst nightmare.
i also think it's a bit wasteful. even if i were a party-person i think i'd rather my parents take the money they would have used for a big party and put it towards helping me get a car or something.
No, I had a party on my parents' screened porch, and my mom dropped my cake.
Not at a hall. We had a fancy dress picnic in a rose garden. Virgin strawberry daquiris, tea sandwiches and other small cakes and stuff. There were about 20 of us there, all girls.
My sister had hers at the cafe in the art gallery.
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In my hood no one ever threw birthday parties in halls, for kids/teenagers.
My mom threw me a surprise hot tub party cuz she won a free hot tub rental.. I am easily duped and was planning my own party that night. She managed to get almost all my friends to decline invites and my cousin to take me to a late lunch that ran extra late on purpose.. When I got to my house people were still showing up and I was confused .. Got into the house and just about everyone I knew was there.. I was so f'ing surprised !! No one believed be, apparently there were lots of hints dropped.. Yea I'm that blonde..
Then my BFF spent the evening grinding on someone else's bf.. It was awkward.
Uh so no, no big catered parties in halls.
No.
My then-boyfriend and two of my then-best friends came over and we all played Mario Party. At least, I'm pretty sure that was 16. I never had birthday parties, so they all blend together.
Also, no one where I grew up ever did big, obnoxious parties, except for the occasional quinceanera, which I don't include in the big, obnoxious sweet 16 style party category.
My parents threw me a surprise brunch with maybe 6 or 8 of my girlfriends. They had it at a little room at their golf club. It was really sweet! I was completely surprised because who throws a surprise 16th birthday party at 11 am on a Sunday?
Nope, nor did anyone I knew. There probably parties for friends' 16th birthdays, but they really weren't that different than, "Hey, let's party at __'s house since it's a Friday."
When BIL moved in with us after his wife cheated, I spent a week watching old MTV's My Super Sweet 16 episodes and drinking with him. It was surprisingly entertaining.
Nope, my sister took me to a Green Day concert for my 16th bday
A big, fancy party would have been really out of place amongst my group of friends and not something that I'd have wanted.
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No, and I never heard of such a thing until MTV aired those shows. My sweet 16 party was at our house, with all the furniture cleared out for the fantastic flailing limbed running man display of chirruns in their hammer pants (don't hurt em!) and the distinct scent of white rain hairspray/ Liz Claiborne perfume mixed with one hits.
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I'm a twin. We have a huge back yard BBQ type party with volleyball and other fun things. Incidentally- my mom made me help plan and set this joint party up as a SURPRISE party for my twin brother. Uh, right. She totally loved him best.
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OMG!
I had a quincianera.
Hall, puffy dress, catered food, a bunch of my moms friends, all of mine.
It was cool.
I did not have a quinceanera (celebrated at age 15, not 16) but both of my sisters did. I didn't have one because my mother didn't approve of some of the girls that I wanted as attendants so I was all, "NEVERMIND!" and she said, "Okay. No quinceanera for you." Sometimes I regret it being stubborn about it.
Quinceaneras are big time traditions in Mexican families. It's like a wedding without a groom.
The girls wear full formal ball gowns, sometimes actual wedding dresses with the train cut off. Reception hall, ceremony at church, dinner, gigantic cake, 14 attendants (signifying one for each year of her life) plus an escort for the girl having the party and an escort for each of the 14 attendants.
The girl is also given gifts of a ring, necklace, earrings, bible & rosary. Oneof my favorite traditions is Shoe exchange. The girl normally wears flats with her gown, but before the first dance of the night, the Dad will take the her to the middle of the dance floor and remove her flat shoes and give her her "first" pair of high heeled shoes as another gesture of her not being a little girl anymore.
I have never not cried during the shoe ceremony.
I saved for 14 years for my daughter's quinceanera but she said she didn't want one so now it's wedding money when the time comes.
I remember my exchange so vividly. Also the dance with my dad. I also danced with my grandfather. We didnt have a great relationship but he was all misty eyed when we danced.
Most of the Dads turn into blubbering messes at the quinces that I've been to. More than the moms.
No. I stopped birthday parties at around age 12. I've never been one much for birthday celebrations. For my 16th birthday my father took me to get my driver's license, and my parents took me out to dinner to L'Auberge Chez Francois, which felt very grown-up and awesome.
Updated September 2012.
No, but I did have a quincea?era (I'm mexican). With a live band, catered, tons of people. It war actually bigger than my wedding. It's tradition with us, so I didn't think too much of it
ETA: We did not do the shoe exchange. We do "la ultima mu?eca". My last doll. It signifies the end of my childhood and is supposed to be my last toy. I ugly cry everytime this is done. It reminds me of my dance and exchange.
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yeah. It was pretty amazing for me.
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I forgot about the doll tradition too. Here in MI, the dolls are just another gift, like the rosario and jewelry but the shoes are a bigger deal.