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From Birthdays to Funerals
When we look back, we discover that life is not only measured in years, but in the places where we met friends. As children, gatherings revolved around birthdays, first communions, or tombolas, now called by the anglicism family day, with balloons, puddings, and piñatas. In those days there were no worries, only a happy bustle that tasted of milk lollipops with Kola and piononos.
TL;DR
- Social gatherings evolve from childhood birthday parties to teenage house parties and ultimately to funeral services as people age.
- Childhood parties involved simple joys like balloons, puddings, and piñatas, while teenage gatherings featured music and dancing.
- As the author approaches 62 and takes daily medication, funeral homes have become the new meeting places for friends, leading to reflections on mortality.
- The author recalls specific instances, like his great-grandfather's funeral and a lawyer friend who used funerals to network, and his father's group who toasted absent friends with whisky.
- The article ends with a poignant tribute to a friend named Rica, who inspired the narrative, imagining him singing boleros in the afterlife.