50th birthday present for a well off male?

[MaggieFS]

I need to get a 50th birthday present for a very high earning male. The reason I mention that is because they don't want for anything and have no problem buying whatever they need. I don't want to get anything twee. If I can't think of anything then I'll try and get an exceptional or special bottle of booze of some sort. Budget £50 - £70. Any suggestions?

You haven’t said anything about what this man is interested in or enjoys! People can’t make sensible suggestions based only on your perception of his bank balance.

Do you feel any affection or respect for him? Will he welcome some expression of that, in the form of a gift, from you? If yes - does he:

read books?
eat cheese?
drink alcohol?

There you go …

Book voucher from local bookshop? Flowers? Men don’t get them very often. I’m sure he will get loads of booze

@MaggieFS Cashmere scarf? Can’t go wrong. Some bargains around at the moment. Silver key ring with initials or leather one from Smythson? Mulberry do alphabet letter key rings for £70. I’d try and buy something classy. These are! Bucket hat or Beanie or baseball cap if he wears them. Acqua di Parma body wash (look for discounts), Loewe soap on a rope.

@BetsyRegards Yes, that's a very good point. He doesn't get a lot of time for himself as life is mostly taken up with children. He likes football, wine and gin. He has travelled in the past but not for some time.

Do you have a close relationship with them? How about taking him out for a nice meal or some kind of event like the theatre/comedy show etc and make a quality memory rather than buying "stuff" for someone that really has no need for it...

£70 budget limit, @CC222 …

Personally I'd just send him a card. Perhaps you could send a donation to a favourite charity or a charity present, like a couple of goats and seeds for a family to plant or school books for a child. I truly don't see the point in giving grown ups birthday or Christmas presents unless it's immediate family or a special friend and even then it's only a token.

We sent BiL (who fits this description) a whisky tasting voucher and enough to buy a bottle at a posh shop.

He liked it.

I'm in the same boat OP. Going to a colleagues 50th birthday next week. He is very well off and I haven't a clue what to get so will likely just get a really, really good bottle of wine. I had considered getting him vouchers for a nice restaurant but actually my budget of £50 wouldn't even cover two main courses and a drink in many nice restaurants.

If he drinks what about a nice carafe or wine airer thingy.

I don't know where OP lives, but in London you can do a lot by getting deals for things like meals, theatre and comedy shows that would be well within budget of £70 for 2 people

What do you buy a man with everything

buy him a bubble machine or a similarly whimsical gift,
he will be knee deep in booze and other ‘special’ gifts

If he drinks what about a nice carafe or wine airer thingy

He'll probably already have at least one of these. Booze is a popular present for a reason, supposedly meaningful 'stuff' just takes up space whereas consumable presents get used and then are (thankfully) gone. For a man with enough money to buy what he wants buy booze, food, soap, or socks. Go for quality not quantity.

But if you buy gin don't buy a flavoured one. I got so many bottles of flavoured gin for my 50th we're still drinking them 3 years later. However I have had to buy a couple of bottles of 'normal' gin in the meantime.

My husband is about to turn 50, I won’t be that far behind. His present from the immediate family will be a
something related to his sport. It is something that he has meticulously researched himself.

The problem with gifts for this group is that, if there is something we want, we will just buy it themselves when the need comes up, and often it’s quite specific.

i think that for both of us, we would be very touched to be bought a lovely thing or something related to our interests, as the gift-giver will have put thought and effort into the purchase, but actually, these lovely things then weigh you down a little, because we’re at a stage when we want less stuff, rather than more things. The thing we’re short on is time.

I would much rather spend time with my friends and family than have gifts. But if you really want to get something, I would echo PP to get something consumable.

If he’s interested in local history or geography he might like an old map of where he lives so you can see how much the areas changed - look up oldmaps on Etsy and see if there’s one for his postcode. Lovely quality and you can pop in a frame.

How well do you know him? Do you have a good photo of him you could frame? That’s a nice, thoughtful present. Or how about a small piece of original artwork.
There are some good independent cheese companies doing subscriptions if he’s a foodie type.

Engraved fancy pen / lighter / hip flask?
Whiskey glass
Bonsai tree

A cool gift I recently gave was a newspaper from the day said person was born on. That was about £50

Does he like sports. I treated my DH to a trip to Lords because he loves cricket. He got to tour around the long room and loved looking at art work there. A trip to a football stadium. Would something like this appeal to him?

I'd get him a bottle of some random expensive gin. I wouldn't be a voucher or other present that requires him to do something.

Voucher for local really nice restaurant, he can afford to top up extra. Maybe offer to babysit so can go with other half? Can you share with any other friends to combine and make it special night out for them ?

Get him a copy of the book that was at the top of the charts the day he was born?

Someone did that for a friend and it was a lovely idea.

Starmap of his birthdate?

Either a bottle of small-batch gin or a selection of amazing cheese

What cause does he support.
Donate to that.

This is DH. For a recent birthday I bought him a “happy birthday” message from a celebrity who he adored growing up. He thought it was hilarious.