30th birthday ideas

hklinger

My DH's bday is in several months and I want to do something special.  I've already thought of a couple of ideas, mostly sports related. He doesn't want a party (at least with his family), possibly I could do a surprise party with friends... He is difficult because he doesn't like making a big deal over it, but I feel compelled to do something! Help!

TARAnj

DO you have to do a party? I told my DH no party...I hate surprise parties..plus I think it's too much money for 1 night.Instead he surprised me for a long weekend trip to Bermuda in March.

martinilove

Well, you could definitely get him tickets to his favorite sport/team/etc. for just the two of you. 

But if you want to do something fun as well with his friends, you could invite them all to a restaurant (without him knowing), have dinner and then go out for drinks/etc.  A friend of mine did this for her husband one year and it was actually a lot of fun.  We all arrived before them and had a big table reserved, so he was surprised to see us there when they arrived but we didn't jump out at him and scream surprise either...it was pleasant!  We all had dinner/drinks together (we all paid for our own dinner/drinks which we knew about up front) and then headed to a comedy club to watch a show.  After that, we all went out to the bar and had a great time together.  It was fun, effortless, he was surprised but not annoyed, it hardly cost anything and it was a great way to get everyone together and have a good time.

SuMmErKuTiE

martinilove:

Well, you could definitely get him tickets to his favorite sport/team/etc. for just the two of you. 

But if you want to do something fun as well with his friends, you could invite them all to a restaurant (without him knowing), have dinner and then go out for drinks/etc.  A friend of mine did this for her husband one year and it was actually a lot of fun.  We all arrived before them and had a big table reserved, so he was surprised to see us there when they arrived but we didn't jump out at him and scream surprise either...it was pleasant!  We all had dinner/drinks together (we all paid for our own dinner/drinks which we knew about up front) and then headed to a comedy club to watch a show.  After that, we all went out to the bar and had a great time together.  It was fun, effortless, he was surprised but not annoyed, it hardly cost anything and it was a great way to get everyone together and have a good time.

 

We did something like this for my best friend's birthday last year. We made reservations to do hibachi and she was so surprised to see everyone when she walked in. It was a great time, and like pp mentioned very effortless. Aside from spreading the word about the surprise and making reservations, there's no food and drink preparation or cleaning the house, etc..