Cynthetiq

eh... while I wouldn't wear the outfit... since I'm there with family I'd do it.

Sometimes one does things for family not because they want to but because it's for the family. This is quite harmless and not a fight worth fighting say vs. lifestyle arguments from dating to homosexuality, marriage to kids.

Then there's the future thoughts of the family like, "Damn do you remember that time for so and so's X bday and they just flipped out because the server wanted to dance around the restaurant?" "How uptight... it was just a birthday song."

In my opinion there's much more to be upset about the world than something as petty as someone doing a goofy birthday moment. Maybe it's because I grew up going to Farrell's where for different reasons they'd bang a bass drum, ring a bell, sound the siren, and announce your birthday, because you ate a Pig's Trough (a double banana split), special orders.

Now I can understand someone who doesn't want to be the center of attention as my wife isn't interested in it at all, but sometimes one has to get over themselves to help create lasting memories for the rest of the family. While she's not going to do this at this point, the example I had to use for her is that she would not allow anyone to take her picture, and I said that if anything happened to her that I would have no memories of her to look at. Memories are how you make them, you can make them angry and negative if you like. I prefer that they be without drama and difficulty.

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