Birthday Celebrations….what do you do

My birthday is 5 days before my husband's, and we always do something with the family - a meal out somewhere. Both sons get us presents (individual), and the grandchildren usually paint us a picture or make us cards. We go out for a meal for every family member's birthday

I would be upset if my sons forgot my birthday, but they never do - fingers crossed! My brother used to forget my mother’s regularly. That said, all I want is a card and maybe a small present. No fuss, and certainly no parties!

The last big celebration I had was over 20 yesars ago, for my 60th. My sons organised a trip to Paris. That was lovely, but now I would be too tired to benefit from anything like that. I just want to be remembered, but left in peace and quiet.

Hello, 👋 Witzend! Just a thought, I made my son a photo book for his 50th birthday and he was delighted with it. We used Printerpix, my sister helped me with uploading the photos, once I had organised them into decades/ chronological order.

If your DD can gather a good selection of photos - baby, school, 21st, graduation, engagement, wedding, birth of children, holidays, Christmases, pets, cars, homes, etc- you could maybe try that.

Just double check that his parents are not making him one ?

I didn’t want any fuss at all for my last very big birthday, but was overridden by dds and dh, who organised a weekend long extended-family stay in a huge converted barn.
Having said I wanted no such thing, I did enjoy it.

For ‘ordinary’ birthdays, we just do relatively small presents and cards.
My son in law’s 50th is coming up - he’s certainly not looking forward to reaching his half century, but both he and dd are super-sociable so I dare say there will be a major ‘bash’ of some sort.
He’s a very good husband and father to Gdcs, so I’d like to give him something special but have no idea what. If I ask dd I know she’ll say not to bother! So would he, I’m sure, if I asked.

I’m always at work for my Birthday, unless it’s at the weekend, I don’t have to worry then.