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Oh this so makes so much more sense now that I remember the OP as the person who posted a few months ago about expecting a Monday or Friday off work on your BD. Why does this not shock me that he also has immature narcissistic friends? At any rate glad to hear not many people showed up, and if he had the nerve to even post that on facebook it shows he is lacking in any self respect imo.
I'd have gone in a bed sheet/toga and brought 500 pennies in a plastic grocery bag just to make a point.
I don't mind a person throwing his own party to celebrate a milestone birthday but there should be no expectation of gift or attire. Gads!
With some "wild & crazy" friends I can see having a suggested attire for fun. My group of female friends have had parties where the invitation said "wear your jewels & furs & boas" which was code for dress really crazy.
Everyone came in over sized costume jewelry and feather boas and a few wore old fur collars that they got from Goodwill or Grandma or saved from when they were popular on winter coats in the 1960-1980s. Most of us wore old prom dresses or bridesmaid dresses. If you didn't have something to wear you tried to be extra creative or asked your friends if you could borrow something. I have four or five brightly colored feather boas in my closet, don't you? It was a real hoot!
We have had several parties like that over the years.
Maybe the party host was trying to do something like that? But did not make it clear that it was just a suggestion.
Regarding, presents IMHO, it is never polite to ask for presents. My husband and I used to throw an annual spring party on or near our birthdays. A few times it was called a birthday party (like when we turned 30). A few people brought gag gifts or cards or hostess gifts like a bottle wine. Anything that we received was appreciated but certainly not expected.
I get the costume party angle and I enjoy those type of themed parties but the OP didn't phrase his post to sound like this was a "cooperative" type of situation. The request for "cash" pretty much sealed what type of party it was.
You leave out a lot of important details in your posts. The way you made it sound, you haven't heard heads or tails of this dude for the past 10 years.
Whatever. You made your decision.
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