A special dinner to celebrate voting for first time?!! Oy. This has to be a troll pulling our leg.

My 18 yr. old son (HS senior) will be voting tomorrow. No plans to celebrate, though it'll be kind of fun to go to the polling place with him.

I gave my young friend yellow roses the first time she voted. They were a symbol of the suffragists.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How fun! Not necessarily something a lot of people do but why not?

My daughter turns 18 on November 10th, poor thing.

Why poor thing? My birthday is also Nov 10. Granted Im much older than almost-18. She shares a bday w the USMC, Sinbad and Martin Luther!

I think she meant poor thing bc she just misses being able to vote this year.

My friend birthday is on November 5th......... She missed the 2008 election by one day

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How fun! Not necessarily something a lot of people do but why not?

My daughter turns 18 on November 10th, poor thing.

Why poor thing? My birthday is also Nov 10. Granted Im much older than almost-18. She shares a bday w the USMC, Sinbad and Martin Luther!

I think she meant poor thing bc she just misses being able to vote this year.

Anonymous wrote:How fun! Not necessarily something a lot of people do but why not?

My daughter turns 18 on November 10th, poor thing.

Why poor thing? My birthday is also Nov 10. Granted Im much older than almost-18. She shares a bday w the USMC, Sinbad and Martin Luther!

Anonymous wrote:The first time I voted I was the only one at the polling place. It was the middle of the day and staffed by older retirees. I guess I looked young because they asked if it was my first time. I told them it was, and the all clapped when I left.

That happened to me back in 2008.

The first time I voted I was the only one at the polling place. It was the middle of the day and staffed by older retirees. I guess I looked young because they asked if it was my first time. I told them it was, and the all clapped when I left.

How fun! Not necessarily something a lot of people do but why not?

My daughter turns 18 on November 10th, poor thing.

That's nice but I never heard of it.

I voted for the first time in college (I turned 18 the fall of freshman year).

I think that’s awesome. The first time I voted was absentee from college. Have fun!

Never heard of this but why not! Life is short and often tough. Celebrate things!

Tradition? Never heard of it.

You are the only ones. (Not being sarcastic)

Do you take your 18 year old's DC someplace special after they vote for the first time? MY DS voted for the first time last year and we took him to his favorite place which is Chipotle. MY DD will vote for the first time tomorrow and we would take her out to eat somewhere. Are we the only one's doing this tradition or is it common?