In thinking no-one is actually surprised by a Surprise Party?

[ChaosMomsnet]

I've only been to 2 and both times the surprisee admitted later to having an inkling.

It's my, ahem, significant birthday soon, and scenarios are going through my head, that if anyone ever wanted to fool me (not that they would), they'd have a difficult job as I'm naturally sceptical.

I mean, who would believe that all their nearest and dearest were unavailable around the time?

So IABU to think it's impossible to throw a Completely Surprising Party?

But look on the good side, they must really like you to want to do that, and other people always think you will have fun no matter what you say. And maybe you will!

ChaosMomsnet, keep us posted!

DH did one for my 30th and I genuinely didn't have a clue. The same year I went to a friends and again, she truly didn't have the foggiest and in November I am going to my Dad's 70th. My sister is organising it with my mum. My only contribution is to drive to the UK in time for it. DH is flying over on the Saturday morning so me and DD will collect him at the airport and drive a couple of hours to where it's going to be. DD does know she has the day off school on the Friday, does know she is staying with her aunt's and cousin's but doesn't know that on the Saturday she is attending her best grandads's party. She has gob like the mersey tunnel and would phone him and tell him. really looking forward to it.

We had our wedding blessed on Dh?s 25th birthday (just us and Mum and Dad in church, who also had their wedding blessed) - we then went on to a local pub, where there was a massive gathering of Dh?s friends. He didn?t click on at all, even though there was a banner saying ?Happy Birthday DH? over the bar, and all of his mates were there. Also, I ran a catering business at the time, and DH had helped me earlier on in the day, take all of the party food to said venue (in fact, he actually helped cater for his own surprise party, but didn?t cotton on)

It was only when everyone sang ?Happy Birthday? that he realised - he admitted to me later that he thought it was a bit weird that so many people had come to our post-blessing celebration, when they?d not been invited to the church!
I?ve not bothered since?.

Will do gtamom.