18th birthday suggestions?

lealdragon
Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:53:38 +0000

Our son is approaching his 18th birthday, and we want to do something to make it special (that doesn’t cost a lot!) but here is our dilemma:

Most of his male friends have recently discovered alcohol and pot, and our son is straightedge. So, he says that they won’t want to go to a party that has no drugs/drink. (In fact he is really bummed that they no longer seem interested in hanging out, playing video games, etc.) He has lots of female friends but most of them are ex-girlfriends so they obviously won’t mix.

Even if we can decide on just a few friends who will mix, what on earth do parents do for birthday parties? Do 18-yo’s still have birthday parties??? (dumb question, I know…) Having a party at our house is not an option because we got flooded awhile back and it’s still getting the floors redone and is not yet presentable.

Any ideas would be most appreciated!