I appreciate that this might be outwith the experience of the majority of STW members……..Wife hits the big Five-O in a couple of weeks. She asked me what I was arranging as a celebration. Assuming that wimmim prefer not to acknowledge their half century I indicated that I hadn’t planned anything special. Bad move! Cue hissy fit, tears, going in the huff etc etc. Anyway now that the meat & two veg have survived the knife attack I’m still no further forward. This may be my last ever posting unless I come up with something appropriate. Any advice / suggestions for an acceptable celebration ???
markenduro…that’s the kind of “out the box” thinking I’m looking for. Now all I have to do is find some young nubette looking for an old bloke with hardly any hair and a big wobbly bit around the waist. Brilliant
How long have you been married to this woman? I only ask, as if she’s got to 50, perhaps you may know her likes/dislikes by now? Did you not think to ask a couple of months ago?
stumpy01…Cake’s a good idea. Not willing to spend much although I suspect if I hired the Lowry Hotel in Manc. for the evening and invited all the friends & family it would be a solution. As I said not willing to spend much. And that’s not because I’m Scottish.
take her to a posh reasonable restaurant for a slap-up adequate meal
then meet up with friends and family at her favourite pub the local for some champagne and cocktails beer and scratchings
scottishcyclocross….That was the best I could come up with myself. All curry houses in England are by definition crap unfortunately so local is not an option. A weekend in Glasgow perhaps, book the Shish Mahal for 20 invite a few friends & family. And possibly a visit to Ae on the way back south.
at least get her a very nice (expensive ) present if you cant be bothered to organise her a party or do her a favour and just leave her if you’ve been with her for 34 years with 2 kids and not considering marrying, keeping your options open whats that about lol
Can you get someone to look after juniors pallywally?
If so ,take her away somewhere. A weekend ( if funds allow), or a night in a good hotel, wine and decent food. Flowers waiting for her in the room. You know the sort of thing.
Don’t however book a male stripper. She may have a heart attack.
make her a cup cake with a ring in it, ask her to marry you, (hope she doesn’t try and eat it breaking teeth)
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go to yha near coast pembrokshire is nice, beach drift wood fire, rug, bottle of wine, watch sun go down – ask her to marry you.
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Failing that go out get drunk come home bladdered, get in bed say will you marry me piss yourself
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Chances are she’ll take any of these options (well maybe not the last) and will cheer her up a bit.
Surprise party… then, remind her of her hissy fit and say “Well, I couldn’t tell you could I?”. Cue, well, anything you want in adoration / apology etc
34 years and you still have not made your mind up no chance deciding on her birthday then have you…and you make my 15 years [now married]look positively wirlwind.
Seriously do what you want/she would like as she clearly accepts you as you are.
I am already wondering cos my Mrs is 50 next year and 10 days prior to that is our 30th W/A, so what do or how do we celebrate both…
Wimmin are so hard to cater for… so long as corrie is on the box my mrs is happy , Mmmm ! maybe a Corrie DVD will do the trick 🙄
When my wife turned 40, a crowd of us took our kids to a hostel for the weekend, We booked the whole thing and went biking, walking, canoeing, rock climbing with barbecues in the evenings.