What did your partner/husband get you for your 40th

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As above thank you

Can't actually remember what I chose for myself!

I honestly can't remember. So it couldn't have been very wowsers, could it.

• and it was only last year.

A party and new wedding and engagement rings.

I can't remember so nothing special, we had 2 toddlers and a teenager at the time though and were skint.

An emerald and diamond ring.. but the best things were that he got all of my friends an family to record a video message of their favourite memory involving me and he made a compilation video of all the clips.. and he baked me my favourite kind of cake (he's never baked before in his life!) .. it was the effort he put into these that meant the most (yes I know I sound smug but i know that I'm a very lucky lady )

@thisstooshallpass what's wrong with that though for a milestone birthday? There are many other birthdays for less extravagant gifts

@thisstooshallpass what's wrong with that though for a milestone birthday? There are many other birthdays for less extravagant gifts

Eternity ring.

We had a weekend away at our favourite Cotswold hotel with friends. He gave me my ladies Chelsea shirt that I'd kept on about, and he also covered the cost of a short break to Florence that I already had booked with a friend together with my spending money.

A diamond watch....absolutely love it. He phoned up the jewellers (miles away)and it was the last one so he asked them to keep it and took me to see it. But when it is Mother's Day l get bugger all cos he says l am not his mum!

Surprise trip to Rome

I can't remember. Which tells me it was likely something insignificant as usual. But my ex hated to spend any money on me, some years I never got anything, not even a "Happy Birthday" on the day.

I cant remember! But I got a very expensive cycle helmet for my 50th, a good one makes a world of difference to the comfort so I'm thrilled with it.

I was supposed to be having a fair lot of people to a party he was catering. I'm not very easy to buy for in terms of 'stuff' so any other year he would have played a blinder, but unless restrictions get lifted so we can have more than 6 people in the garden, it won't be great. There are a few of us in my family with significant birthdays this summer, we might have to have a lot of 'with experience' parties. (IE 40 with a year's experience)

I'm one of the ones with an extravagant present (a cruise) upthread.

HOWEVER we live a very frugal life mostly based around the kids, and we hadn't been away just us for more than a couple of nights since the eldest was born (she's now nearly 8).

So it was really a holiday for both of us, plus a nod to the fact that we'd spent really no time or
money on ourselves really since the kids were born. Our parents live too far away to be regular babysitters, so we don't even get regular nights out.

My 40th felt like a bit of a recognition that our decade had mostly been spent in service of others and it was a good time to mark it. My 30th was far less extravagant!

I think that may be why a lot of people have big 40ths - perhaps financially a bit more stable plus recognition that celebrations may have been few and far between with child rearing.

Tiffany diamond necklace. Those were the days 🙄

A scooter!! I was always saying I'd love an adult one as I've hopped up on my kids' ones every so often. It's amazing!

I can’t remember. And it was
Only 6 months ago.

A McQueen dress and a week in Marakesh. Wish I could still get into that dress...

A weekend in London to watch the Foo Fighters 😁😁😁😁

@allthegoodusernameshavegone 💞💞 so lovely and so glad he's still here.

A good rogering

@livefornaps

A good rogering

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Nothing. It’s a sore point.