{"id":419,"date":"2008-05-27T11:05:23","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T15:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/birthday-cards-help-celebrate-an-unforgettable-50th-birthday\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T20:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T01:24:17","slug":"birthday-cards-help-celebrate-an-unforgettable-50th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/business-birthday-cards\/birthday-cards-help-celebrate-an-unforgettable-50th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Cards Help Celebrate an Unforgettable 50th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

My 50th birthday will be remembered forever and not only because of the birthday cards<\/a><\/strong> I received! We have a tradition in our office of taking out the \u201cbirthday girl\u201d on all major milestone birthdays. There is a group of 15 or so people who belong to this special birthday gathering. We go to the same restaurant year after year to celebrate, gossip, drink and generally have fun.<\/p>\n

My 50th birthday started out rather routinely except for the excessive \u201cover the hill\u201d gag jokes which included Depends, a silly cane, and some not-so-nice gags I won\u2019t mention (I often say \u201cwith friends like mine, I don\u2019t need enemies!\u201d). I did receive some lovely happy birthday cards though and I enjoyed reading through each of the greeting cards<\/a><\/strong> my friends gave me.<\/p>\n

Soon after dinner arrived, I noticed my friend Dolly looking at me with bug eyes, face turning red and not saying anything. I continued to look at her with a blank stare until the woman next to her said, \u201dOh my gosh, she\u2019s choking!\u201d Not even thinking, I jumped up, grabbed her from behind and started doing the Heimlich maneuver. It was not working and I felt her going down to the floor. Getting panicky, I thought if she falls on the floor it\u2019s over. I gave one last frantic squeeze and out popped the lodged piece of steak. Dolly sat down and I collapsed in my seat thinking I was going to have a heart attack due to the adrenaline rush and die on my 50th birthday!<\/p>\n

Well needless to say, this event has been mentioned every year since my 50th as my birthday draws near, and in every birthday card I receive from Dolly. It will be my most memorable birthday ever, not because of the happy birthday cards I received, but because both of us survived the ordeal. In the future, please just send the personalized birthday cards<\/a><\/strong> and skip the excitement! My heart\u2019s getting too old to handle it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"My 50th birthday will be remembered forever and not only because of the birthday cards I received! 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