What did you do/get your DP for his 40th?

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My DH turns 40 this year. His birthday is quite close to Christmas so we don't usually do anything beyond an expensive bottle of wine and a takeaway.

But I'd like to mark his 40th a bit more. So I'm here for ideas. What did you do for your male DP's 40th?

A drive in a Ferrari around a race track.
He loved it. I booked it through the place itself, rather than one of those red letter/virgin experience things.

A surprise weekend at our home with oldest friends from Hong Kong, Tuscany and London. We were in Cornwall. He loved it 😊

A bird of prey experience and a party.

We went to Singapore for two weeks. And Iceland for mine

Went to Scotland and climbed Schiehallion

I made him a photo album/scrapbook of all of our photos from all the time we have been together, everything we've done. The DC and I decorated it and he absolutely loved it. I got him an Apple Watch, some trainers and had a cake specially made. Family came round for a bit of a party, he didn't really want to do anything but he loved it.

For mine, he really upped the game. Mine was 7 months later. I got a Tiffany necklace and got taken to London for the weekend to do sightseeing and see a show. On the evening of my birthday he took me for a meal with family and I had a huge cake. I was really spoiled and had a lovely time.

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Buy him 40 bits of cheap tat and give them to him in a cardboard box

Why? Unless she hates him 🤣

It's always holidays for us. Helps we are the same age and only a week apart so we can double up!

If it had to be a thing it would be tickets to his favourite sport or a special edition of his favourite whiskey.

A pool table - he’d had one on his wish list pretty much his entire life, so I bit the bullet. It’s also a dining table so my dining room doesn’t look like a pub!

We had a 10 week baby so the 3 of us going for lunch at a nice pub and no one ending up crying was as good as it got for DH's 40th 😀

He used to sail, so we did a sailing day from Southampton for both of us and stayed the weekend there. Some things he's had others years:

-Flying experience. I bought the one using a 4 seater plane so I could go to
-Gliding experience
-Outdoor pizza oven
-BBQ smoker
-Specialist camera he wanted
-For mine, we went to Prague for a few days

We went to Venice. I bought him a tie and a box set of an opera on CD (this was a while ago)

A two night stay at l’Enclume with all the meals

A flying lesson in the morning, lunch out, family dinner

Some lovely presents here! Unfortunately we can't go away but I quite like the idea of 40 random things (not necessarily cheap tat) in a box 😅

We did vegas for his 40th (5 nights)

We don’t give to each other for birthdays, we go abroad 5/6 times a year so instead of presents we put the money away for that

A Mont Blanc fountain pen. He always wanted one, writes in ink since I know him and loves it.