The 3 girls just kinda whisper and as soon as dinner was over , we usually sit around and talk but they all left and went and watched tv in the other room . Our cruise may be interesting if that 's the way they are . Mallory and I can always go off on our own though I figure . I also did quite well with picking up the birthday presents .
According to the above context, answer the following question.
Why may the narrator have opted to go on this cruise ?


It was a birthday celebration .