When it comes to describing a perfect birthday party, the answers will depend on the person's preferences, age, hobbies, and so on. Most of the time, birthdays are quite similar, and you can rarely get any surprises, yet very few might stay in your memory forever.
From horribly distasteful to straight-up scary, these people shared photos of a birthday party that stuck with them. Some images are from childhood parties where the parents made questionable decisions, some are just hilarious fails, and the rest are of outrageously weird choices for a birthday cake.
Either way, hopefully, these people had a special day nonetheless, and for us, it’s just another reason to get a good laugh.
#1 Happy 1st Birthday To Our Baby. Jai's Got This Social Distancing Gig Down Packed
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#2 Today Was My Friend's 30th Birthday. This Was His Cake
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#3 What A Mild Inconvenience
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You can plan, organize and prepare for your birthday party and still get it wrong in other people’s eyes. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and though it’s impossible to get everyone on board, as long as you and your closest people enjoy it, it’s all you could wish for.
However, we live in a world where even the most private gatherings get shared with strangers online, and people have no filter whatsoever.
#4 My Sausage And Mashed Potato Birthday Cake
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#5 Happy Birthday, Richard
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#6 The Youth Are Our Future
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When reading and hearing what other people think is right and wrong, we've gotten to a set of rules for organizing regular birthday parties that wouldn't insult others. So today, we are going to go through a list of things that could help you prepare for your next party without making it a distasteful tragedy.
One part that most of these people got halfway right is choosing a theme. However, the other part that they forgot to consider is to ask themselves if this is age-appropriate and/or if it is subtle or too out there.
#7 My Friends Made Me A Birthday Cake This Weekend
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#8 My Son Loves Trash Cans And Garbage Trucks, So For His 2nd Birthday I Made Him A Dumpster Cake
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#9 My Mom Paid A Stranger To Be A Clown At My Sister's Birthday. This Image Still Haunts Me
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In regards to food and drink, we all expect cake, and we love personalization; however, simple, tasty, reliable cake can go a long way. We already saw how horribly wrong the decorating can go, especially if you are making it yourself. True, they can be way more fun, but this time we are covering the tragedy-evading scenarios.
#10 Strange Place To Have A Birthday Party
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#11 My Best Friend's Birthday Cake
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#12 The Worst Birthday Party Ever
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As far as games and activities go, I think we are already past that clown at kids' birthdays phase. Instead, it’s way more efficient to invest in engaging games or creative stations to both have fun and enriching experiences. Add a curated music playlist to the background, and you have yourself a party that probably won’t end up in this thread.
#13 So My Mom Made This For My 7-Year-Old Niece's Birthday. She Said, "They're Taking A Bubble Bath"
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#14 Costco-Themed Birthday Party Was A Smashing Success
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#15 This Birthday Cake
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#16 An 80th Birthday Cake Was Shared On A Local Facebook Page To Advertise The Bakery. Just A Bit Tacky
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#17 What The Hell, Buca Di Beppo? Who Wants Their Kid's Birthday Party Overseen By The Pope?
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#18 This Was The Entertainment For My First Birthday Party. I'm The One In The Overalls
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#19 Last Weekend, I Inadvertently Attended An 11-Year-Old's Playboy-Themed Birthday Party
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#20 Let's Just Take A Hand-Bra Picture At The Beach Next To My Dad And Friend To Show My Gratitude Toward Him On His Birthday
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#21 Not Sure Who I Feel Most Sorry For: The Birthday Boy, The Guests, Or The Cake
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#22 The Theme For This 1-Year-Old’s Birthday Is “Pizza Party” And Not “Let’s Cut The Baby Up” Like I Originally Thought, Thanks To The Writing On The Balloon Wall
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#23 What A Fantastic Way To Behave At Your 7-Year-Old's Birthday Party
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#24 Happy 14th Birthday. Let's Get Your First Tattoo. Love, Mom
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#25 Evidently, This Was Rented For Some Guy's 75th Birthday. He Actually Looked Pretty Thrilled About It
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#26 How Entitled Some People Can Be
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#27 Worst Birthday Party Venue Of The Week
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#28 A 16-Year-Old Boy's Birthday Cake With An E-Cigarette Decoration, Posted By His Mother
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#29 When You Want To Wish A Kid A Happy Birthday But You’re A Giant Rat
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#30 I Want To Show My Father Entertaining My Childhood Birthday Parties
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#31 Because Encouraging Your Underage Child To Drink Is So Cool
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#32 Birthday Party At Costco? I Went Through The Exit And Did A Double-Take. There Was A Full-On Birthday Party With Balloons And A "Happy Birthday" Tablecloth
I’m sure this isn’t the oddest celebration at Costco. It was just a big surprise.
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#33 Worn To A 5-Year-Old’s Birthday Party
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#34 I'm Unfortunately Friends With The Person This "Cake" Was Made For. They Just Turned 16 A Few Days Ago And Posted This On Facebook, Which Caused Me To Gag
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#35 This Nightmare Fuel Birthday Party
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#36 I Saw This On Facebook. Mother Gets Her Teenage Son Tattooed For His Birthday
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#37 What The Heck
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#38 A Little Bit Of Self-Cringe From My 18th Birthday Party
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#39 Someone I'm Friends With On Facebook Is Begging People To Send Her Money For Her Birthday
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#40 No Way
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