What did you do for your 50th? (scouting for ideas)

[Enko]

I will be 50 next year. I have never had a party for a birthday and I am somewhat thinking I would like to do something to mark this day.

I am however not your usual " party" type person.. I am more a dinner and enjoyment ... However there is a large part of me who would like to gather friends close to me and celebrate with them all.. My birthday is on a Sunday and I am thinking the Saturday would be a good thing to do.

I know I dont want to just do a family thing and I 100% want to mark it so I am not looking suggestions to ignore it.. I am comfortable with turning 50 :)

Birthday is in the early months so nothing outdoorsy is possible. We live in a house that will not easily host a lot of people and I don't want to be spending an insane amount...

Am considering dinner out with close friends
Afternoon tea...

but neither of them are making me think " ohh yes that would be great"

We were planning a family holiday in Florida (coinciding zero birthdays) but then Trump got in .... Still, it gives us time to increase the savings pot for another time

So I did very little for my 50th. Took advantage of respite for our son and had an evening out with DH, nice meal etc. A close friend made a cake and brought it into work for me.

My DP surprised me on my 50th birthday breakfast with an envelope for dinner at a 3 * Michelin restaurant (on my bucket list) and when I asked when we going he replied 'tomorrow'! Flew to Heathrow and had a fabulous night

I had a ceilidh for my 40th. 130 friends, had a blast.

Do whatever you fancy, and don't rely on others to do it for you.

Have fun!

Some lovely ideas. I don't want to go on holiday O find them quite stressful experience s. I love the idea of about but get badly seas ick. Truthfully oK would love for Dh to arrange a sunrise party but I also know.him well enough to know he would never do this. his idea of hell. He keeps suggesting city breaks but really I would like 1 Birthday party

I’m going to be 47 this year, so I thought I’d follow this for some inspiration. I looked ahead on the calendar to see what day of the week mine was going to fall on. Wouldn’t you know it? Fucking Monday. Bleurgh.

Mine was 2 months ago and I'm still waiting for a celebration. Lots of vague talk from DP as to Michelin starred restaurants, weekends away etc but so far nothing.

My DH is 50 next year.
He is having 2 'parties'
First, is the weekend of his birthday, and we are taking both sets of parents, siblings and some close friends to a hotel we love.

Then the following week, he is having a huge party at our local club.

I have asked to go to the Bahamas for my 50th, I'm half joking, half serious. I think I'll get to go though.

I had a big dinner in a lovely restaurant in one of their private dining rooms-it was lovely

No money no party few friends ( 70 ) ☹️

I took husband to an F1 Grand Prix abroad and he took me to Venice..
No party for either of us as neither of us would have wanted one

Variation on a friend’s theme...why not invite 50 people and get each on of them to suggest 5 things for a ‘50’ list ... it could be ‘run 5k, ‘get a a tattoo’ ‘visit New York’ etc ..put them all in a tombola and you choose ...maybe you create a yes, no and maybe list ?

I've got a big one next January but I'm totally unsure what I want to do I don't want to go away on a special trip. I'd love to see friends and family but I've realised that what I enjoy most is talking! So a party where that is possible is not so easy. Also I'd have to organise it myself and I don't want to. I had cancer a few years ago and said that if I ever reached my X birthday I'd celebrate but now I'm not so sure. Help!

Afternoon tea with a bunch of close girlfriends and then a joint 50th with the 2 guys I had shared my 21st with. We invited as many of the original guests as we could track down and had a fab eve looking at old photos and catching up.

@Davros I think that is my issue too I enjoy talking and speaking with people and parties seem to cancel this out

We had a garden party for DH who is absolutely not fussed about parties but DD and I insisted on doing something.

When it is my turn in 2 years I have hopefully saved enough to go with DH and DD on a safari.

I had a lovely party for my 40th but don't need ot repeat it.

I'm doing lots of mini breaks away over the year. So I've already done a long weekend in Cornwall with one of my best female friends. Next weekend I'm going to Nice for a long weekend with another friend. We have a festival planned with yet another group of friends. And then a fabulous week in a luxury villa just before my 50th away with my husband three children and my brother and my mum.

On my actual birthday I am planning to just go to the pub with a group of friends locally.

Hired a fabulous house with loads of friends and their DCs for a long weekend.

My family organised a surprise party for me - and it was a total surprise. I had no idea otherwise I'd have vetoed it - but they were right, I loved it because I hadn't had time to stress about it. A very, very happy memory.
For DH we went to Italy.

It's lovely to have things organised for you of course, but if you want a birthday celebration at this age and your partner isn't good at that sort of thing, do it yourself.