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

[hopingtobedally]

As above thank you

It's my 40th tomorrow, best present I have is being single 😊
Although I have some presents today. My dad brought me a tool box. Mom brought me a drill and £40 in a card (£1 per year). Work friends brought a bottle of gin and a blow up man doll!
I think my parents have given up on me finding a man

We went to NY for my 40th, well just after in the half term. We stayed at the Waldorf.
We did go out for dinner with friends to a nice Italian on my actual birthday. There were about twenty of us.
I think dh is angling for Vegas for his 50th.

He married me .... it was the best day

A two night trip to a Scottish island staying in a luxury hotel with fantastic food. And a North Face snowboarding jacket, which I wear all winter every year since I got it 10 years ago!

A weekend away in a beautiful part of the country and dinner at a Michelin starred restaurant.

Perfect.

My dads funeral was 4 days before mine so I had a very low key birthday as I really just wanted to ignore the day.
We had planned to go away in June instead for a half birthday but obviously that was cancelled so technically he got me nothing but he’s usually very generous so I’m not fussed.
Maybe we’ll do something for my 41st instead.

A long weekend in New York. It was winter, so snowy Central Park, post-Xmas sales and loads of amazing food made it a trip to remember, but it would be lovely to go back in summer at some point too.

A bottle of perfume and a meal at tony macaroni. Very underwhelming. Last year I got an orchid from Tesco.
I'm stopping going above and beyond getting him something he would love as its never reciprocated.
Mother's Day was great too, not even a card and DS is 16. It's not that I 'want' a gift, but an acknowledgment would be nice.

A rose gold and diamond chain, it is beautiful and made even nice by the fact he chose it himself.

He and my sister planned a surprise party in our house (sister took me out for the day and we returned to it, I was so shocked)

And as I have a winter birthday he booked a weekend away in June of that year.

I don't expect anything, mine is soon. I would like a 40 card and for the kids to draw a card ( this won't happen as DH too lazy to do anything with the kids) Would love love love him to make a cake, I'll suggest that and pretend he did it off his own back.

I don't expect a gift and I can't think of anything I want. There's loads of house/ kids things I could spend money on if we had it, like wardrobes, that would be so nice, 5 years living here and no wardrobes anywhere, but that's not the type of thing you get as a gift and not worth hammering the credit cards in this difficult time.

I'm very happy I don't need a thing. DH being lazy well that could be better and don't facilitate him, but it is what it is.

Christian louboutin shoes and a day out in London.

Had a surprise weekend away to Amsterdam which was lovely, and a new (to me) car. The best present I got, though, arrived approx 9 months after said trip!

fishfinger my DH also says the same about Mother's Day

Vintage diamond bracelet and a mulberry bag. Plus a surprise dinner at local restaurant with about 15 friends. Dh isn’t often romantic but likes to go all out occasionally!

We're planning a child free week, flying business class and spending the week touring amazing restaurants and having live-ins!

The biggest gift will be time alone with my husband, we haven't had that since we were dating!

As we were both 40 in the same year we had a fabulous family holiday in the Caribbean where we both learned to scuba dive.
We didn't want parties or anything, so this was our present to each other.

A trip to Lisbon (and a baby, born 36 plus 5 days later).

@thisstooshallpass I don't see anything wrong with people being able to spend within their means.
Back when we were skint we used to set limits so we had to be creative with gifts. For example I love face masks, bomb bomb, wine and candles. You could do that for £20 and it's at least thoughtful. Silver earrings can be found on amazon. It's really quite easy to put a parcel together that shows a bit of thought and doesn't need to be expensive. Other people have got Lego which is what they asked for or their partners knew they would love.

@hopingtobedally have you had your birthday yet?

A really nice coffee machine as I am addicted to nice coffee. And, We went for a really nice meal out as a family.

The latest Apple iwatch

No I haven't but I'm really worried about being disappointed as this is a pivotal moment

No I haven't but I'm really worried about being disappointed as this is a pivotal moment

Card and flowers first thing. He took the day off work and I was off anyway so we had a day in town, went shopping and I chose a necklace for my gift that I could also wear to our wedding a few weeks later (and haven’t actually taken off since). Was also treated to lots of cocktails and brunch and dinner in one of my favourite places.

He does normally choose gifts himself but I’d told him I wanted a necklace for the wedding but would need to try some one so we decided to shop together.

When is your birthday OP?

A caravan.