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Birthday surprise for BF?
BF's birthday is coming up on Friday. After wracking my brain to come up with gift ideas I had nothing, so I made him tell me exactly what he wanted. He sent me links to Amazon to buy a weight lifting belt kinda thing and a compression shirt. So I ordered them and - SURPRISE - turns out he had suggested the exact same to his mom and she gave him two of the shirts last weekend. He said he didn't really have use for a third one, I was annoyed about it so he said he would give one back to his mom for her to return.
So anyway, BF already knows exactly what I'm going to give him and we had that little tiff about it, which is kind of a bummer. So, I want to do something or give him something additional as a surprise but I can't think of anything. What have you ladies surprised your SO's with? Any ideas would be great.
So anyway, BF already knows exactly what I'm going to give him and we had that little tiff about it, which is kind of a bummer. So, I want to do something or give him something additional as a surprise but I can't think of anything. What have you ladies surprised your SO's with? Any ideas would be great.
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Re: Birthday surprise for BF?
@allusive007 I love all of your ideas!!!!
I hardly ever surprise FI with gifts because whatever he asks for I'll get him. Last Christmas he wanted an Xbox One and I was able to pre-order it, but I told him that I couldn't get it. So on Christmas morning he was really excited and surprised!
This year for his birthday I might surprise him with a cooking class or something. We're trying to not go crazy for birthdays/holidays this year but that hasn't worked out so far (we're generous to a fault...)
@Buddysmom80 - I love the cooking class idea. H gave me a couple's cooking class certificate for one of our anniversaries and we used it for a Spanish Tapas class. It was so much fun!
@TwoDimes - The movie buckets are great for all kinds of things. I used them for our white elephant gifts for H's office holiday party. Also great for kids/teens!
What about TV series? Could you get him his favorite series on DVD?
Tickets to a sporting event (or concert)?
My H is practical and buys stuff when he needs it so it is hard to get him gifts he doesn't already have. I've done tickets to a show/concert a few times (Coldplay, Radiohead, Bears). I did tickets to his favorite comedian last time and that involved an out of state trip (but driveable) so I made it into a scavenger hunt of sorts with small gifts (i.e., put a map of where we were sitting with a little thing of whiskey he loves to drink before the show, put a picture of the hotel we were staying at with snacks he loves to eat in the hotel and a picture of the comedian with the big gift of the tickets at the end). Cheesy but I'm cheesy and he knows it.
Otherwise, what about new technology? Does your BF need a new phone? They have some really cool portable and cordless speakers if your BF is into music (that was part of H's last Christmas present).
I'll be following this thread because I'm stumped this year for H for his birthday (in a month). It is also our anniversary so I'd be willing to spend more than normal and double the gift size but I'm out of ideas and have been for months.
@Phira - Nope, not horrible, although C and I have chosen to wait. Otherwise that would be my go-to.
@Blue- I'm a Braves fan lol.
Also, Saturday's game is sold out supposedly...boooo
I say it would be my go-to because I can never think of a good surprise gift and I'm terrible at cooking. But there are a few other things I'm good at if ya know what I mean...