I don’t know if I’m looking forward to my 18th birthday or not

December 11th, 2003 with 239 views

I always thought I’d spend my 18th birthday just sitting quietly at home, doing what I do everyday of my life. But a couple of days ago, I finally gave in to my parents’ wishes and decided to have a debut so I can present myself to society as an proper, well-bred young lady ready to receive and be courted by suitors (ewww).

I haven’t gone over the plans with my parents yet but I’m pretty sure that they will agree with whatever I have in mind since they are the ones who want me to have a debut after all. So yeah. This is how I want my debut to be like. It’s going to be a fantasy-themed costume party with surrealistic, fairy tale-ish decor. No cheesy videos of myself, none of that 18-roses, 18-candles shit, and my souvenir won’t be a figurine or a CD. There’s going to be other stuff to look forward to aside from food, but I won’t talk about it here until plans have been finalized. I’m scheduling it on a date when I know everyone’s finals are over, and at a place that’s easy to go to. That way, no one will have no excuse to not show up.

You know, that’s the thing that scares me the most, and I guess the number one reason why I don’t want to have a debut in the first place. What if none of my friends come? What if the whole thing ends up being boring or dull? I’ve seen quite a number of debuts gone bad, and I don’t know how I can show my face at school if my party turns out to be a flop. And then this afternoon, I made a tentative guests’ list and to my horror, the guy-girl ratio is only around 1:5. Assuming that all the guys I’m going to invite will show up. Crap.

Oh well, I’ve always wanted to wear a red velvelt medieval dress.

Let’s see how this debut thing turns out to be.

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5 Responses to “I don’t know if I’m looking forward to my 18th birthday or not”

cherub143 on December 11, 2003 06:11 pm
good luck on the debut. :hug: I’m celebrating mine next year, end of January. It’s tough since I’m going all out, with all the 18 roses, candles and treasures.
nina on December 11, 2003 10:15 pm
eh, don’t fret much about it lauren.. remember, your debut is a celebration of 18 wonderful years of life i didn’t really want to make such a big deal about my 18th birthday party too.. but then my sister suggested a swimming party, so i gave in and had a children’s pool party! none of my college classmates came.. we were just freshmen then, so we hardly knew each other.. but what’s important was that my close friends came, and so did my family.. that made it all worth it.
krystle on December 12, 2003 05:57 am
Awww I know how you feel! The reason I get scared to have parties is because I get scared I’ll party up with only myself and a half-eaten birthday cake… Oh well happy birthday whenever it is!
Kathy on December 13, 2003 01:53 pm
lauryn - have you seen the movie The Debut? i don’t know if it came out in the Philippines… it’s here just in case. i never had a debut, just a normal sweet 16. i guess my parents were never into that stuff. have fun! i can’t wait to see the pictures! (i hope those links show up.)
edith on September 5, 2004 03:52 am
My daughter will be 18th yrs old in 2 yrs. I am so excited for her
She will be 18th yrs old only once, So i want her to experience what I did not experienced when I was 18th.So when that day comes, I will be very excited for her She will be a beautiful”Debutante” I cannot wait when this day comes.I will make sure everything will be organized.(I hope so…)