TheRock Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Ladies, I need your help... My Girlfriend of 8 months is turning the BIG 3-0 in 1 week. She said not to buy her a present & all she wants is to spend her entire birthday with me. She graduates with her Masters Degree in May, and b\t Christmas, our 6 month Anniv., Valentines Day and Now her B-Day and Grad, she feels bad that I have to spend for another gift...It is her 30th and I feel I kind of HAVE to get her something regardless of what she said...ANYWAY, I finally convinced her to let me get her something and she said if it meant that much to me to buy something, to please not spend more that $25-30. WHAT DO I BUY FOR HER 30th B-DAY, esp for $25-30??? HELP PLEASE ) Link to post Share on other sites
KittenMoon Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 How about a box of handmade chocolates? Something nice, from a real chocolatier (if you have any nearby). Link to post Share on other sites
Author TheRock Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 Found a gr8 place for that in NY called Anna Shea Chocolates & did that for V-Day. Got her a necklace for Christmas and Produced a Video of our first 6 months for our 6 month Anniv... Link to post Share on other sites
Limerent Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 WHAT DO I BUY FOR HER 30th B-DAY, esp for $25-30??? HELP PLEASE How about a star? You can name a star after her and recieve the official certificate for it, they can even put it on jewelery, stuffed animals, in official books, blah blah blah...you name it...rather, they name it, after her. I think you can do something like this for around $20 or so. Google it, I think its something like starname or starregistry with the .com. Link to post Share on other sites
laRubiaBonita Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 How about a star? You can name a star after her and recieve the official certificate for it, they can even put it on jewelery, stuffed animals, in official books, blah blah blah...you name it...rather, they name it, after her. I think you can do something like this for around $20 or so. Google it, I think its something like starname or starregistry with the .com. ugh... do NOT do this. it was neat like 10 years ago, now it is such a generic gift. why do you have to buy her anything? take her on a picnic or something...... Link to post Share on other sites
Limerent Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 ugh... do NOT do this. it was neat like 10 years ago, now it is such a generic gift And so is buying chocolates and flowers. I think its pretty neat, especially if it is not something that either of them have ever given or recieved before. Also, not to be rude here, but who cares if it is out of style? Its the thought that counts, so they say, and something like that will be around alot longer than a flower or a piece of chocolate. Another thing you could look into, is putting park benches in her/the both of your names. Sometimes if you donate a certain amount, you can do that. I think it would be romantic to have a park bench with her name or your names together as a sort of monument of your love....or her birthday.. If its not too generic that is. I think that Bonita has the right idea. You dont have to spend money, and a picnic is fun too. Link to post Share on other sites
KittenMoon Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Why don't you take her someplace? A day a the zoo or a museum or something? Then you could do something romantic partway through, like pull out a rose or something... Link to post Share on other sites
JamesM Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 It is not how much you spend on her, but how much time and thought you spend on/with her. Get creative. And this does not mean it will cost alot. One of my wife's favorite memories was her 30th birthday. Yes, I spent more than $30, but what she liked was the night away on the the town, and a night in a motel, all in a limousine. At the motel was gifts and clothes I had bought. Because all of this was kept a secret. The gifts were nice, but I could have given those to her at home for less money and less time and certainly much less energy. What she liked is that I spent all of that time and thought trying to make her birthday so special. It was not the money...it was the thought that showed her how much I loved her. And one of the best gifts I gave her...in her eyes..is a book I wrote about our dating days and early marriage. I think you are certainly creative if you already did a video. Sit back and think of how you can make her birthday special...not with just a gift but with a day that will have so many memories. As they say, these are priceless. Each woman is different, but I have never met a woman who liked a star named after her. Personally, I think that whole thing is a scam. Link to post Share on other sites
Motor35 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Hi Rock! You sound super awesome that you want to put so much thought into your GF's gift! You are a great BF! Do you have photographs of her and you together? Do you have enough photos to put together a scrapbook? Perhaps you can include a poem or a letter written from your heart. Maybe you have kept little momentos from your growing relationship and you can put that in a scrapbook? (such as movie stubs, concert programs, etc...) Tell us more about your girl Link to post Share on other sites
2sunny Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 you could go to one of those ceramic places where you paint the cup- plate - platter - or vase, etc. however you want to. they fire it for you - then you pick it up. you could paint some things that interest her or things that will remind her of you and her 30th... Link to post Share on other sites
Limerent Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Each woman is different, but I have never met a woman who liked a star named after her. I wonder why not? Its not as if it is a bad thing. I have never had a star named after me, but I think it would be kind of neat because it is something that will be around long after I pass on. Personally, I think that whole thing is a scam. Could be, who knows, but I tend to think not. There are scads of millions of billions of stars out there, its not as if they lose out on anything by selling a few, even though technically stars are free... you could go to one of those ceramic places where you paint the cup- plate - platter - or vase, etc. however you want to. they fire it for you - then you pick it up. you could paint some things that interest her or things that will remind her of you and her 30th... I think this is a beautiful idea! It is not how much you spend on her, but how much time and thought you spend on/with her. Isnt that the truth!! Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 just get her the $28 box of Godiva milk chocolates (assorted) and some sappy card with some bull**** written in it. Link to post Share on other sites
sb129 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I think the creative idea is great..... you can do all sorts of stuff online too, like get pictures printed onto stuff, or have albums made etc. My BF made me a picture book for xmas, and I loved it. He put two tickets to a band we both love in the back of it. Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 My BF made me a picture book for xmas, and I loved it. jeez...is he going to knit you a sweater next? Link to post Share on other sites
sb129 Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Oh bugger off you grumpy bast**d. Jealousy will get you nowhere. Who yanked your chain? Got PMT again? Link to post Share on other sites
laRubiaBonita Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 as a woman, here are the gifts i NEVER want from my boyfriend(again): * stuffed animals * chocolate * stars named after me * jewelry, UNLESS you know i want that particular trinket * a 30 pack of beer, unless i specifically ask for it * a tea kettle * a toilet seat i would have been happy with a card and a daisy, than to recieve those gifts. Link to post Share on other sites
Limerent Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 * a toilet seat :lmao: Please tell us you are kidding?!! Did he really?? as a woman, here are the gifts i NEVER want from my boyfriend(again) Generally speaking, I would never want the same gift again anyway. It would be nice if there was an actual registry that one could look up a persons name and know what gifts not to get..I know they do that for baby and bridal, but it would be cool if there was one in general (not cool, cool, but you know) stars named after me That really makes you disgusted doesnt it??!! What was it like, and was it for real? Link to post Share on other sites
alphamale Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 I once gave a new digital alarm clock to my g/f....unfortunately she was in quite a foul mood when she opened it and ended up throwing it at me screaming "You got me a clock you ****ing a-hole, get out!!" Pesonally I thought it a good gift, her old clock was falling apart. Link to post Share on other sites
laRubiaBonita Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 :lmao: Please tell us you are kidding?!! Did he really?? i am serious! "But It is made of Oak", he said....... i had no problems with the other toiler seat we were using, in fact it had never really occurred to me that i might need a replacement seat for any toilet. Link to post Share on other sites
thoughtsofhim Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 :lmao: A clock alpha? wow... you remind me of my dad...every gift has to have a purpose.. lame. Link to post Share on other sites
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