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How to celebrate 40th birthday?

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Mummen · 21/03/2025 23:02

It's DH 40th birthday over the summer and I'm struggling for ideas to celebrate it.

We already have a family summer holiday planned for the summer with another couple but we won't be away for his actual birthday.

He doesn't seem to want a party. He has different groups of friends in different locations and the local ones tend to be a bit flaky.

For his 30th I took him away for a weekend watching formula 1 in another country but since then we have had 2 kids, who are now 4 and 7.

Options I'm considering:

  • Try to plan a gathering with his local friends.
  • A couple of nights away locally with DC doing adventure type activities.
  • A night away without DC in a nice hotel (but we will have already been in a hotel for 2 weeks on family holiday).

None of those options sound great to me.

Can anyone offer other ideas for inspiration?

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TheDandyKhakiDuck · 21/03/2025 23:05

Is there an experience he’d like? What about one of those experience days driving a racing car?

Mummen · 21/03/2025 23:15

Race car experience is a good idea. A flying lesson might also be an option although while he likes travelling, I'm not sure he has ever expressed an interest in actually flying a plane.

His birthday is on a weekend so we could do an activity like that with dinner after or do the activity one day and small get together the next.

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