The first one after my dad passed in 2015
this year, everyone forgot
In my mid teens I didn’t have a ton of friends yet and wasn’t into parties, kind of a loner besides my best friend who had to be somewhere else that night. Had absolutely nothing to do nothing planned. So my dad took me to see a movie and that was the first time I got that feeling like I should be doing something else or FOMO. My dad bought me a box of Dots at the theater for some reason, I never ate them and brought them back home. I’ve kept them in my sock drawer ever since, no idea why, but I see it occasionally and it reminds me of that night long ago, that my family and dad in particular was always there for me 🙂
My 18th. My parents took me to a Penn State Football game (even though they know very well I don’t like Penn State or football). So we sat in the freezing rain for hours watching a game I didn’t care about. I actually tried to see if I could get my hand so cold that Id lose all feeling because that was more entertaining.
The only person I invited didn’t show up because her parents said no …
Then I got to watch the movie we’d picked out with my mom, who hated every second of it.