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s/o 30th bday- is it a big one?
Just wondering if turning 30 is a big thing anymore. This year most of my friends (and me) will turn 30. I've been trying to think of ideas for outings and/or parties for friends, but no one else seems to really care, and DH tells me that 30 isn't a big deal (says the man who got a party he swears he doesn't remember me throwing and a long weekend trip to Boston). Am I just trying to make a big deal out of things that aren't really big anymore?
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Re: s/o 30th bday- is it a big one?
It depends upon how birthdays are celebrated in your family. In my family, they are cause for celebration. Mr erbur and I have a question we ask of each other before milestone bdays: party or trip? Pick early.
He turned 30 a year before me, asked for a trip, so we went to Ireland for his bday.
The following year, I turned 30, and I wanted a party, so he threw me a great surprise party with friends and family.
We both were happy with the celebratory levels for our 30th. We've had dinners out, pot-lucks at houses, or full she-bangs of parties and themes. It's really up to the individual.
I think it depends. I've had so many parties /showers in the past couple of years I'd be embarrassed to have another.
5 years ago I threw a kick ass party for my DH. It was themed and super cute. But that's me and how I roll. So I kinda hoped DH would go all out for me and it was nice, but I have to remember he's a dude and not capable of Martha Stewart-ing it out. I also told him I didn't want him to spending a lot of money because we really were on a spending freeze. So while my gathering was nice, I probably would have wanted more hoopla because you do only turn 30 once. But it's true - I had so many friends turn 30 that year and nobody really had anything crazy. It's just a great excuse to get together with your friends and celebrate.
I actually was more pissed at my DH for forgetting to get me a card, gift, flowers, nada... haha!
This is how I feel! I dunno...I just feel like it calls for more than the "usual" thing we do with our group of friends, which is dinner at this little hibachi place and going out to a local bar that we've been too old to hang at for years already. But maybe I'm just a weirdo in my group? Who knows.
The first of us turns 30 tomorrow actually, but she is in Disney for a half marathon she'll be running. So next weekend I'm hosting a low-key lunch at my house for a couple of us and I'll get a cake. I guess erbur is right- depends on the person- so I wouldn't force anyone to have a huge party or anything...but perhaps I will admit I feel selfish and silly saying I kinda want a big deal out of mine come October. It's like I feel like if I try to organize stuff and make big deals for others, they'll all kinda get the hint...lol.
I just turned 30 this past Fall, and also had the choice between a trip or a party. I chose trip, and got to spend my 30th in Scotland.
I kind of feel like I avoided the whole turning 30 business by being out of pocket the week before and week after my birthday. No, cake, no cards, and aside from my husband's gift, no presents.
J turns 30 this summer, and since he's not big on being the center of attention, I'm thinking a long weekend in Boston.
Jamie, my BFF since Kindergarten and I are planning on taking a cruise together in March. Her 30th is in March. We really want to do something, just the two of us, for our birthdays. We're making an obnoxiously big deal about it.
For DH's birthday, I had a surprise party in which he was so surprised, he cried! haha Not full out ugly crying but enough for me to bust his balls every now and then. It's one of the two times in 12+ years that I've ever seen him cry. I had the party a month after his birthday so he had NO idea. I even managed to pull it off holding it at our house.
Ooh where are you cruising to? That sounds fun!
And yay for you for pulling that off for DH. That's awesome!
My H loves his birthday, so I try to make a big deal out of it every year. We've thrown him surprise things (not big parties, but surprising him with friends at dinner) for random odd birthdays, just to throw him off- like his 23rd birthday.
I'm finishing grad school 3 months after I turn 30, and I'm making a MUCH bigger deal about that. As in, I've never wanted a party before, but I want a BIG FREAKING PARTY for that.