2007-12-22 01:24:24 · 11 answers · asked by martin p 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Well 21 used to be the age of majority, when you could vote and did not need your parents permission to do anything at all..you were an adult....so thats 21....then they reduced the age of majority to 18. So we celebrate that for the same reason....don't see why we have to celebrate both now...seems a bit greedy.
2007-12-22 01:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by Knownow't 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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I have to say that my 20th birthday was hard b/c I was no longer a teenager, my 30th birthday was hard b/c I was no longer in my 20's and in October '08 I will be 40....I am dreading it, I have had 3 major relationships, two have proposed but were cheaters, I have two children but I have never been married and my goal was to be married by the time I"m 40 but I don't see my b/f asking me anytime soon if ever, I am dreading my 40th but I"m hoping as it gets closer I'll get the 40 is Foxy feeling. I'm always so depressed on my birthdays so I'm thinking a new goal should be to treat it as a milestone and embrace it.
2016-04-05 07:28:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why Celebrate 21st Birthday
2016-12-14 05:16:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, have you been 20 before?? It's so boring. There's a reason why they call it "The NothingYear". You're not a teenager anymore, yet you're still not a legal adult. Sooo by the time you turn 21, it isn't really about being able to drink (because everyone does that in high school, and it looses its fun and thrill), it's more about the whole concept of "HOORAY I'm not trapped by 20 ANYMORE!!!"
2007-12-22 01:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by k. booo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because once we hit that age we are then suddenly legal to do something
In England, when you're:
16 - you can have sex, you can sign parental permission slips in school...etc
18 - you can buy cigarettes and alcohol, get into clubs, get a credit card, take out a loan, legally sign contracts....etc
21 isn't so much of a big change in comparison to America, where that is the age you are allowed to buy alcohol and some places also cigarettes...
2007-12-22 01:33:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
21 was because it held within its scope the magic numbers of 3 and 7, which along with 40 were popular with all religions.
18 because the government of the day needed youngsters to bolster its chance of reelection or passing some referendum. At 18 people were presumed to have finished school and would therefore be sensible enough(?) to vote!
2007-12-22 02:05:41 · answer #6 · answered by Christine H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well in 4 days I'm 18 and I can legally vote, smoke, drink and gamble. WOOHOO. So I'll celebrate, athough the timing of my birthday sucks.
2007-12-22 03:15:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about you but we celebrate every birthday around here.
2007-12-22 01:27:06 · answer #8 · answered by BlueSea 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question....
i really have no idea!
it's weird that something as normal
as that, people dont ever think of
things like that!
soz i dont no the answer....
but thats a rlly good question!
2007-12-22 01:29:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Good question.
2007-12-22 01:32:35 · answer #10 · answered by Classy Spice 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋