DS Turning 16 and small Vent..

[pfishgirl]

My DS is turning 16 on May 6th.... I of course, being Proud Momma, wants to have a small party, some friends and family... Ya' Think DS would let me??

HECK NO !!!!!

He tells me he isn't a "girl" and not turning "Sweet 16" he is just turning 16 No Big Deal....


Did any of your son's have a party for 16 ???

 

[MamaLema]

OK my kids aren't teens yet, but maybe you can ask him if there is anything he DOES want to do.

Teenagers

 

[pfishgirl]

OK my kids aren't teens yet, but maybe you can ask him if there is anything he DOES want to do.

Teenagers

I asked like a zillion times and all I get is "I dunno"
I thought maybe he would want a "guy" party or Something... Anything... but it is only 2 weeks away now..

 

[minkydog]

My DS19 is exactly like this. It's all we can do to get him to stay home long enough to eat the cake I baked. Go out fo dinner? ha!

For John's last birthday we gave him enough cash to take some friends to a movie and then pizza. He was in heaven!

 

[Uuaww]

maybe do a day trip for him and his friends, like to a baseball game, thats what my friends parents did last weekend, they paid for the 3 of us to go to the Braves vs. Giants game (hes a huge Braves fan) and yes the drive sucked.

 

[Evil Queen]

My oldest (now 23) has always been fine with parties. We usually combined his with football anyway (even though he hates football-I think it took away from the I don't need/want a party). We did a lot of birthday parties at city parks, his faorite park had nature trails leading to the intrcoastal waterway, so his friends and him always thought those were "cool".

 

[sweet angel]

How about a Blueclaws game?

My son will be 15 on Friday. He just wants a bunch of friends to go to the movies. He doesn't want the family party stuff. He has asked me what I'm going to do for his Sweet 16 -- I told him he's not a girl so he doesn't get one.

 

[Marseeya]

I haven't been able to do anything with my DS since he turned 13.

TEENS!

 

[WeirdEyes]

Yes, my DS did have a party. Just tell him that he'll get presents.

 

[mickeyfan1]

My son did not have any parties after age 5 for his birthday. He said they were for girls. Fine with me, I was never a fan of having a bunch of kids in my house anyway. If he doesn't want one, what's the big deal? If he wants to go somewhere or do something, he will let you know.

Don't push the issue, mom. It's not worth it.

 

[Sandy V.]

My son just turned 16 a little over a week ago. He didn't want a party either; he asked for an IPod instead. So that's what he got and he was very happy. We also went out for Chinese food that night - his very favorite.

 

[pfishgirl]

Yes, my DS did have a party. Just tell him that he'll get presents.

I even TRIED that !!!

I told him that all his family will give him $$ so just think how much you'll have for a car.. didn't work.. I got a yea well maybe I dunno...


He use to have parties, at the park, the movies, chuck e cheese, he never not wanted a party before...

I think "mom" is having a hard time just letting him grow up

 

[LisaNJ25]

Be thankfull you have a boy and not girl. My husbands family has "Sweet 15" parties like they are mini wedding.

I hear you about having a hard time letting them grow up. My son took down all of his disney stuff out of his room last year. I thought I was going to cry lol.

 

[AuntieM03]

My niece turned 16 last year. She did not want a party but her mother (my SIL) insisted. She told my niece that she was being selfish, and that the party wasn't about her I thought birthdays generally were the one time of year it is all about you.

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

My son is just like yours, and I have to say it does not bother me.... on the contrary, I am THRILLED not to have to "do it up". We go to dinner as a family and give gifts - that is it. If he wanted to have a couple of friends over, that would be fine. Never been an issue around here.... we did not even do the all out party stuff when the boys were little.

Guess each family is different... just be glad your DS is easy to please!!!

 

[mickeyfan1]

My niece turned 16 last year. She did not want a party but her mother (my SIL) insisted. She told my niece that she was being selfish, and that the party wasn't about her I thought birthdays generally were the one time of year it is all about you.

Oh boy, wait till she gets married!

 

[AuntieM03]

Oh boy, wait till she gets married!

That's for sure!!

 

[ozarkmom]

My oldest ds hasn't wanted a party since he was 12. He usually wants to have a family dinner and invite a friend or girlfriend. I wanted to do something when he turned 18 and he was very adamant about not having a party. I respected his wishes.

 

[pfishgirl]

well I give up.... DS doesn't want to do anything so I am not pushing him.. We may just take his Girlfriend and Us out to dinner.. So I assume Ha-Na the Japanese Habatchi he likes is going to be it...

 

[MouseWorshipin]

Boys around here don't have those kind of parties.


After asking my son about 100 times what he wanted for his birthday and getting, "nothing," "I dunno," "let me think about it," I demanded an answer. He says:

"What do you WANT me to want?!"

Ug.