What do I get dh for birthday.

Why not Adoot an animal at Chester Zoo?

You could always get someone else to do an afternoon tea and have it delivered or why not involve your family and ask them each to bring something ? Why should you be lumbered with all the work ?
We have a family barbecue between Christmas and New Year (yes really) as well as one in the summer around the dates that our parents birthdays used to be . Each family has something allocated for them to bring - salads/ bread/ meat/ veggie option/desserts and then whatever needs cooking is done and we all get to share. Works for us!

For my husband’s 70th recently, I bought him a drone. It cost about £500 so pricey but it was a special birthday. He absolutely loves it, says it’s one of the best presents he’s ever had. We also had a small family gathering which he enjoyed, took lovely photos and videos using the drone. But he’s very techy so it suited him well.

An experience day is good I treated DH to Aston Martin day then another one was Birds of prey.

For the family gathering there are companies that provide afternoon tea deliveries. I've had two and both have been fantastic. Sure a birthday cake could be incorporated. For a present would DH be interested in a picture of the family gathering. Provide a frame with an IOU of a photo.

You have my sympathies! When you’ve been together for many years, you’ve been down every possible route. My DH had a birthday recently, but I only came up with pretty boring stuff like pyjamas etc, not exciting but necessary and at least something to unwrap. Oh ams a book he wanted. Our two girls were a little more imaginative, one gave him some very luxurious sheepskin slippers from Celtic, other brands available, and the other made a hamper of Italian food and wine which he’s particularly fond of. Excellent selection at selfridges but fearsomely pricey! All very well received.

A nice fruit hamper from Gogo fruit or a cheese hamper from Neills yard are my two favourite presents. Would he like any of those?

Coolgran65 - a family gathering with a theme - I’ve made kebabs, bought olives, Turkish bread, houmous and roasted veg with halloumi - everyone has to learn a few words of Turkish and a fact about Turkey that they can offer around the table - you can change the focus and make it a Greek theme or French, Spanish or Italian - it’s just a little bit different as it’s more entertaining - I went to a friend’s house one evening for an Indian takeaway and he was dressed accordingly and playing Indian music - it would have been more fun had he asked us all to enter into the spirit of the evening but as it was we had unusual talking points.

Me and my DH think it’s a waste of money buying just for the sake of it if there’s really nothing you want so we didn’t do birthday presents this year and just ended up having a take away for our silver wedding anniversary as our spa break was cancelled due to covid
These things would have upset me years ago but not anymore

For my DH's 80th Birthday last year My DDs organise a trip to the farm he was brought up in, which he enjoyed immensely, but he has raved about the chippie his sister decided we should go for a late lunch. We are visiting his sister next week, I bet he will want to visit the chippie again!
Don't know if that will give you any ideas?

If you ask around a local catering firm might be doing afternoon tea boxes to keep solvent. I have used one on a few occasions lately.They were a big hit and I did not have to do any catering.They even supplied a cake.
My dh husband always wanted to play an instrument and I bought him one with a teach yourself manual and video. It went down really well.
The other thing I have got for a big birthday was a voucher for a shop selling telescopes we live in a very dark area and it was a very big hit

How about Fudge? Etsy have lots of options to personalise a gift box of fudge. The Cambridge Fudge Company is heaven!

Yes, a family get together with a takeaway means that everyone can relax and enjoy themselves. We do it a lot here - for no special reason - get everything delivered and sometimes I'll make dessert or a cake.

Cakehead do a lovely box of tray bakes for about £20. You could wrap them up and enjoy them with a cuppa in the afternoon. You could buy an expensive tea for the cuppa.

Does he like cheese as you could get a lovely selection of cheeses from a specialist shop such as the Cotswold Cheese Company? Maybe some special biscuits and chutney to go with it.

Why not buy yourself some nice undies and dress up for him with a bow wrapped around you. It might be something he’s already had but at least it’s something for him to unwrap lol

I’ve suggested this several times over on MN, and it’s always been well received…
One of the best presents I’ve ever bought for he-who-has-everything is a lock- picking kit. A board of practice locks & set of tools. It kept him amused for ages, working his way through each type and mastering it. Now he’s over the moon if someone needs a lock picked - loves to get his kit and proudly do the deed!

Magazine subscription?

When we have a family get together now we all bring some food with us arranged in advanced! We also ask the birthday person to write down 20 things they’d like up to the value of £20ish and we all pick one out a hat you can get an app that does this. So it’s a surprise but something they want.

Audible subscription? They have some great books to listen to.

How about an experience day?or does he like his garden? I special rose or tree to plant?

What’s he into?

I think a donation to a charity in his name would be a good idea. I have done this for Christmas presents...usually Crisis at Christmas.

Thanks everyone. He loves reading and uses kindle so an Amazon voucher is a possibility. He doesn’t drink. Would definitely not be interested in a. Helicopter flight etc. I’ve done the family photo on a canvas, cup etc. I have previously suggested we limit birthday presents but he doesn’t stick to it.
Sorry to sound negative about some suggestions it’s just I’ve been through most of them.
To get a takeaway seems popular. And also the M & S salted caramel cheesecake (x2) plus birthday cake which I’d bake.
And a wrapped box of posh chocolates.
Thank you all so much. Seems we all agree men are difficult to buy for.
And 4 weeks later comes Xmas!!

When we go out for birthday meals which is quite frequently because we have 6 sons we all pay for ourselves and the birthday boy or girl so it isn’t just one person footing the bill . We also like a take away and you can get whichever is your husband’s favourite. We’ve bought my DH a couple of helicopter flights which he really enjoyed so much so his next one is a microlight flying lesson. He also likes books and books on the kindle .

We agreed to stop buying birthday and anniversary presents for each other a few years ago as we both found buying for each other was getting increasingly difficult. We just buy a nice card and go out for a meal together, well we did before Covid but the last two birthdays we bought a nice meal, dessert and bottle of wine from M and S and cook it at home - their Chinese meal boxes are very nice and so is their salted caramel cheesecake.

It's my husband's birthday next week. I've bought him a new seat for his boat, his choice, an Am...n voucher, so he can buy books for his Kindle and I found a ceramic coaster with his favourite football team on. I think men are incredibly difficult to buy for as there is usually nothing they want or need.
Good luck.