What did you get for your 21st?

Raymond Lin · 22 Jun 2012 at 18:26

FlapR said:
I was kind of trolling a bit lol. When I hit 21 I received my inheritance from all my grandparents as they passed when I was fairly young. Decided to use it for a deposit on a flat and rent the other room out to help cover the mortgage. Would definitely have just spunked it everywhere if I hadn't.

I was right!

Pawnless Endgame · 22 Jun 2012 at 18:27

Ahhhhh right, good idea FlapR :-)

I would have done the same, but a few years later as I was still at uni at 21.

Housey · 22 Jun 2012 at 18:28

Think I got a card.

TheLegendOfMart · 22 Jun 2012 at 18:29

Nothing, just like what I got for my 18th and 30th.

Headwires · 22 Jun 2012 at 18:40

My parents paid for my eye to be lasered

Collider · 22 Jun 2012 at 19:08

I got a car, but then I got my sister's cast off old sports cars almost every year from 18 when she was having her '**** sports cars bought in a dodgy auction that look great but run for 20 miles and then go bang / part bang, given to sibling or sold for parts' period. I miss that time! This one lasted 3 years though. And my mates and I went skiing in the US, which my parents paid for, best time.

dfarrall · 22 Jun 2012 at 19:18

PapaLazaru said:
All the newspapers from the day I was born. My Dad had them stashed all that time. Then I just got drunk on champagne.

Thats definatly a cool one. For my 18th i got all the royal mint collections since i was born, and will get the final one on my 21st.

matty114 · 23 Jun 2012 at 16:01

I was 21 on Thursday, I went out and got wasted

Trifid · 23 Jun 2012 at 16:05

Housey said:
Think I got a card.

Plus we had a family meal in a very nice restaurant that we had been wanting to try.

fozter · 23 Jun 2012 at 16:10

paradisiac said:
its when minimum wage goes up to something semi usable

It actually only goes up at 22 doesn't it? Thought the wage was for 'over' 21s. I accept that I may be wrong but these were my thoughts.

mushroomsoup · 23 Jun 2012 at 16:11

can't remember.. it was two years ago.

Gammawolf · 23 Jun 2012 at 16:33

fozter said:
It actually only goes up at 22 doesn't it? Thought the wage was for 'over' 21s. I accept that I may be wrong but these were my thoughts.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/employment/employees/thenationalminimumwage/dg_10027201

"the main rate for workers aged 21 and over"

starfighter · 23 Jun 2012 at 16:54

Fire_fly · 23 Jun 2012 at 17:05

I'm still waiting for my gift and my 21st was almost a year ago. I still don't know what I would like though.

reflux · 23 Jun 2012 at 17:14

A Roland electronic drum kit. Cost my parents loads and I rarely play it now, so I feel a bit guilty!

Joshct · 23 Jun 2012 at 17:20

dfarrall said:
So OCUK, what did you get for your special birthdays, and what could i get for mine!

21 isn't the least bit special though... After 18 theres nothing significant about individual birthdays.. not sure why people say there is for 21. Just copying american culture i guess..

The Funktopus · 23 Jun 2012 at 19:17

A TAG watch that my dad suggested. I'd initially been happy to have a much cheaper Seiko, but my dad was insistent that I take the TAG as it'd last a lot longer, 7 years on and I still have it. My dad sadly passed away in the intervening years, so this is one thing that I'll have that'll always remind me of him, so it's now my most precious possession.

DiscoDave · 23 Jun 2012 at 19:20

£500K
Car
House
Holiday to the Bahamas

Or, you know, a few drinks and some money.

builder22 · 23 Jun 2012 at 19:41

got a weeks course of HGV lessons, test on the 5th day
great present, got me out of a ****** job I had

schumi84 · 23 Jun 2012 at 19:51

I hadn't passed my driving test by the time I was 21 so I got a little model car from my dad with a note saying he would swap it for a real one when I had passed

.

Actually got round to taking my test the following year and along with that, my belated birthday present.