10. Birthday parties happened at home.
Planning a birthday party in the ’80s never broke the bank, and it rarely involved more effort than just baking a cake and remembering to pick up candles. Your kid simply invited a small group of friends to your house, and then everybody sang “Happy Birthday,” ate some cake, opened gifts, and maybe played a few games in the living room. The whole thing took two hours max and never cost you more than $50. Trampoline parks were nothing 1980s parents could’ve seen coming.
