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I'm fast approaching the big five-oh (feddit.uk)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by WanderingSoul@feddit.uk to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee
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Everyone is now asking me what i want for my birthday, there's this strange pressure that because it's a milestone birthday, you have to have something lavish, people say "you're only 50 once you know!" but you're also only 49 once too! and the truth is, i dont know, i haven't got the foggiest idea of what I want.

To be honest id be happy with a couple of bottles of rum, maybe a bottle of red wine, and the obligatory things you'd buy your dad on father's day, things like socks, pants and some Lynx toiletries!!

It's just another birthday.

Edit: i was mainly referring to the presents that some people want to buy me, rather than things to actually do. I'm having the usual birthday bash, so don't go thinking I'll be moping around the house!!

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[-] norimee@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Ask for memories or expieriences. Unless there is something material you really need and can't get for yourself, these are the things that really count in the end.

You could ask everyone to share their favorite memory of you in some form. Or bring a photo from something you did together and make an album. Or to plan a Camping trip or a weekend in a mountain cabin for all your extended family or a Fishing trip (or something you like to do) with your buddies. Or ask everyone to gift you an invitation for dinner or bbq at their house, so you have a years worth of evenings with your friends.

I just waded through decades of family photos for my mom's 70th, to make an album for her with all her friends and family from youth until now and it was the highlight of the party.

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