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21 Thoughts When You're About to Turn 21

Katherine Brown
Apr 11, 2016
Drew University
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21 Thoughts When You're About to Turn 21
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With a milestone birthday fast approaching, 21 thoughts that are bound to cross your mind, more than once.

1. Does anyone think this will actually be my first drink?

Sorry to burst your bubbles.

2. How much time will pass before I stop getting nervous in the liquor store?

Accurate depiction of how I feel.

3. I'm like a real adult now -- sort of.

Right?

4. Ugh, do people really not go out to the bars until that late?

Yeah, it's my bedtime.

5. Where do people get the money for all those drinks?

6. Nothing says, "my first time in a bar" like a sequined dress.

7. And a "21 and hot buy me a shot" button.

8. And a tiara. And sash.

Overkill?

9. Why can't more of my friends be 21 to join me at my first bar outing?

But I'll get to be there for their big days.

10. I hope the Uber driver is OK with stopping for snacks.

11. What's going to be my go-to drink?

12. Speaking of which, I probably have to stop ordering that gross drink I love because it makes me obviously underage?

Red wine and Coke, I'm looking at you.

13. Will I meet bar bathroom BFFs who I'll compliment and never see again?

Or does that just happen in movies?

14. Will I turn in my crochet hook for a shot glass on Friday nights?

Probably, definitely, not.

15. Do I have to upgrade my cheap alcohol for the good stuff as an "adult?"

16. Ah, almost forgot this birthday also means a trip to the DMV.

Significantly less exciting.

17. Wine. Just wine.

18. What if I order a gross drink unknowingly?

Ten dollars down the drain.

19. Will I go to classy brewery tours and wine tastings all the time now?

20. Am I really this old?

21. What will my first legal drink be?

Suggestions appreciated.

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