Anything he wants, he buys but will be offended if I buy nothing!
I’ve looked at going some place nice like Lady Elliot Island but it’s very expensive ($5k for 3 nights), renting a boat in the Whitsundays for a week (don’t know how the kids will cope). He’d love a Kokoda trip but he has no one to go with.
I’m useless with technology ideas.
He has a good watch.
Maybe a divorce?? Hahaha
I’ve got a month - help!!!
Has he dropped any hints?
Nope! I’ve asked a million time too.
A 1969 proof set of Australian coins like this: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1969-Australia-Proof-Coin-Set-wi…
Make sure it has the 'foams'. They typically go for around $300.
Some collectors expect no “speciness” on the coins and others no turned coins in these Perspex sets.
Try for a nice 1966 set in a light blue box, if you can find one. In these sets the patina on the bronze coins is expected.
3 bedroom villa in Bali; with own pool.
I know it’s Bali…. but you will get value.
Fly direct in business class.
Oh we love Bali - we go annually!
Remember when a guy a couple weeks ago asked for some ideas and everyone told him to break up with his girlfriend because she was materialistic and he didn't know her well enough to pick a present.
Ahh those were the days
Blow-up doll
Perfect birthday gift
Bake him 50 cupcakes - each different and are all for him.
One a day with a cherry on top. Kiss him flirtatiously and dress differently every time you present it to him.
Hopefully that leads to you allowing him to ‘engage’ every time you do that .
A man will remember all that and will value it.
He's going to be 50, not 15. 50 days in a row at 50 isn't going to happen.
All sounded good until the 'allowing' part
50 days in a row at 50 isn't going to happen.
50 cupcakes would be very bad for anyone's health. I'm not sure why you think being 50 would limit the other insinuation.
If he has a best mate also close to turning 50 maybe speak to their partner and send them off to Vegas for a week.
anal sex
A ride in a tank for him and friends/family at gelsoft, not to mention playing gelsoft. Some things can be hired.
Tesla X.
You will need a new vehicle sooner or later. Why not get it sooner?
Definitely special and somewhat unique (so far). Kids will go crazy about it too.
Base camp from Nepal.
Travel to somewhere he's always been into. Eiffel tower, Venice, Ayauhasca in Brazil, Congo boat ride? Big fishing charter trip, archery lessons, psychic reading. Buy him a commercial slot on TV. Tattoo. Harley. Entire collection of his favourite music. Skydiving with you naked. A boat, yacht or caravan. Metal detector and mining lease.
I asked my wife what she'd like for her birthday and she said a divorce. I said I didn't want to spend that much.
Sailing boat tour from Groupon. Not so expensive.
Groupon also have helicopter tours, glider flying lessons etc.
A middle to high end hifi system. If he's into music and vinyl records.
Rent an expensive apartment in schoolies week..sit out on the balcony and play count the cops and ambos game
If you are in Paris then go to the top of the Arc de Triomphe and watch the traffic. It is hilarious watching how much of a mess it gets into and then the gendarmes coming out and trying to fix it again.
Glanced over the other posts, you're in Gold Coast, right?
What about a day trip to Treetop Adventures in the Tamborine Mountains?
We just went there a few days ago with the kids and did some ziplining. It was lots of fun.
Yep - love that place!
Spend around $2000 to sponsor a 3rd world village to build something like a well.
6 months later, go and meet the people of the village and see what a massive impact your money has made.
How do I go about that?
here one example, plenty of others
https://www.jacobswell.org.au/home/act-now/clean-water-donat…
$2500
Something with mates - like the Variety Bash or https://www.1200kmsforkids.com would be awesome fun and for a great cause.
Screen shot this thread to show how much you care….gee I have just realised how soppy my comment is..too much Batchelor and Bachelorette
Maybe he doesn't want anything ? I'm close to 50 and my wife has asked me if I want a party/nice gift and I was not particularly interested. Just another year !
It sounds like he/you/your family is in a good place, so something very small and quiet may be all he wants.
He’s hating the thought of turning 50 and just wants it to pass silently. I’ll just feel bad if I do nothing. That said, I hate buying something meaningless just for the sake of it.
We’re having a family party on a cruise ship so that’s pretty special as he rarely catches up with his family as they’re interstate. He doesn’t really have any friends to invite to a party. We don’t socialise much outside the kids school friends.
Seems like he has everything and you've been everywhere and a family gathering's booked - just lacking friends to share the special occasion with.
So How about an Ozbargain meet up at your place for a surprise birthday party ? We'll all say we're his FB friends and pretend we're all mates and talk about enloops and JV while wearing our $1 Havianas and those special offer "use promo code 10OFF" custom printed T-shirts - we'll order ones with orange OB logos to be delivered to your place.
Then we could all go out and enjoy a cheap Groupon Chinese 10 course buffet dinner and BYO some putrid cleanskin boxes of mixed red and white wine and head off to those seedy night clubs with those free entry tickets they give out in Cavill Mall and dance to ABBA's "Money, Money, Money" around your LV hand bag from Thailand.
We'll go into the Celebrity Photos shop and get pictures with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and another with the MGM lion - it'll be just like The Hangover, Gold Coast style. And to soothe the midnight munchies we could eat a vegan street kebab, or a Maccas hash brown followed by a Martini Expresso coffee with slice of hash cake for $5 you can get down those back ally lane ways like Justin Lane in Burleigh.
After, we could relax at one of the hundreds of massage parlours along Gold Coawt HWY for a happy ending while singing Happy Birthday - then back to your place for a spa in our birthday suits.
And in the morning he won't remember a thing and completely forget he's 50.
Who's in ?
Me! Hilarious- best laugh I’ve had in ages - thanks!
When’s the big day? What have you decided? - tell us how it goes.
It’s on the 14th. Almost booked Hawaii but one of our son’s passports expires on 19th and also thought it was a bit far for 8 days - I’d rather take some more time which I just don’t have right now.
Still actually have nothing - oh, except an ulcer from worrying about having nothing!
Since he likes outdoors/hiking and has some interest in (vintage) cars, a hobby that he could share with the kids is remote controlled cars. Not the toy type ones but proper hobby grade ones ($500+) with replica bodies etc.
The 'rock crawler' style ones such as those made by Axial (e.g. a replica vintage Land Rover, Jeep, Land Cruiser, Unimog) are great for taking out into a national park and driving up a challenging rocky track while you hike along. A surprisingly fun activity to share with the kids if you get a couple of them. If he gets into it, it is a hobby he can continue with endless options, repairs, customisations and upgrades.
Maybe a Mustang like he used to own. Fun and something to tinker with but without the overhead of a real vintage car.