Advice Archived My [24M] Girlfriends [21F] birthday is coming up next month and I need some ideas! (relationships)
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Advice Archived My [24M] Girlfriends [21F] birthday is coming up next month and I need some ideas! (relationships)
submitted ago by Anaxi
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[–] IAM_NOT_A_ROBOT 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Look at Groupon deals for activities. I started doing this a few months ago and I have several activities ready for the year such as a helicopter ride, glass blowing classes, auto racing, etc. They make great dates and require little effort to find or schedule.
[–] alexisgib 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
In my city, the Ulta makeup/salon and the TJ Maxx are right next to each other. I was going to give my wife a $50 gift card to Ulta for salon services and a $50 gift card to TJ Maxx and drop her off there and find something else to do for a couple of hours, then take her in her new makeup / hair / clothes to a groupon dinner.
I don't like to just give gifts, but to fill a need. For example, if your girlfriend doesn't get to spend a lot of time with her friends, go to your local salon and get a gift card in the amount of salon services for her and her three besties, and drive them all there and leave them, then do something after with just you two. This way, her birthday doesn't completely revolve around her relationship with you, but how you fit into her life with her friends. Just a thought.
[–] 1234567890 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Take her somewhere. Do something. Tell her as little as possible. Plan out the day, then go from event to event. Have 3-5 ideas in place. Keep it a mystery.
Start early in the day. Get up and go to a cafe for breakfast. Then, depending on the climate, pick a physical activity to start the day. Kayaking, say. Go-karting, roller-skating, whatever. Ideally something she hasn't done much before. Next, go grab lunch in some hipstery, hole-in-the-wall place. Then go for a walk for a while. Fit in another event if possible. Then dinner somewhere not too pricy. Hit up a quiet bar, have a few drinks, then head home and curl up in bed with a movie.
[–] Lyssalou 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Sweetest thing a guy has done for me was surprise me with dinner. He made us a great dinner from scratch, brought me over to the house blindfolded, had candles and rose petals scattered around and "romantic" music playing. It was incredibly sweet because I know that he wasn't a planner, and he did something for me that required forethought and a lot of logistics.
He's actually done a lot of surprises like that now that I'm thinking about it. One year for my birthday he bought a Groupon deal for a helicopter ride to take us and pick us up from dinner. For Christmas he bought us 6 private dance lessons. Last year we went to see Wicked in Baltimore. Activities that you can do together are awesome, create great memories, and can sometimes be incredibly cheap if you find a good deal.
Something that I do for him is keep a list of all the things he says through out the year that would be potential gift ideas. So if he says, "Wow, I'd love to see Circa Survive in concert", I add it to the list to keep in mind for future years. It's incredibly helpful when you're trying to think of something that's creative that you know that they'll like. Good luck!
[–] Anaxi [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Thanks for the reply, that advice about keeping note of everything she says she wants throughout the year is a great one as I forget things constantly and I too am not much of a planner haha. I'll check out groupon today, cheers!