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Conference turris::womannotes-v3

Title:Topics of Interest to Women
Notice:V3 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:REGENT::BROOMHEAD
Created:Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1078
Total number of notes:52352

1018.0. "Your mate's birthday!!!" by SRATGA::SCARBERRY_CI () Thu Sep 05 1991 15:01

    How important is your mate's birthday?  What's been the worst or
    the best?  Is it too big a deal?
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1018.1FDCV07::KINGCan't think of anything clever.......Thu Sep 05 1991 15:303
    Its about as much importance as mine.... 
    
    REK
1018.2COMET::PERCIVALI'm the NRA, USPSA/IPSC, NROI-ROThu Sep 05 1991 15:395

	It's a REAL big deal since it also happens to be our anniversery.

Jim
1018.3My BIG Day is Coming SOON!FROSTY::SHIELDSThu Sep 05 1991 16:5615
    My mate's B'day has become less and less a big deal as the years go by. 
    He is only 2 weeks after Christmas and I always do my UTMOST to make it
    special.
    
    My b'day on the other hand is a VERY, VERY BIG DEAL to me!!  I begin to
    warn my SO and children at least 2 months in advance.  I don't want
    presents just a card and a cake with my name on it!  That thrills me!
    When I was growing up I NEVER had a cake with my name on it.  My dad's
    B'day was the day before mine and we ALWAYS celebrated our b'days
    together on HIS day.  Therefore the cake was always "Happy B'day Dad"
    and that used to break my heart.  Since I've married I strongly
    requested that I have my desire.  And so far, they've done pretty good.
    
    Estelle
    
1018.4BOOVX1::MANDILELynne Mandile a.k.a. HRHThu Sep 05 1991 16:587
    Since his is July 5th, and we have a family party on the
    4th, he gets a big celebration.....even though he could care
    less...his mom cares a lot, tho'!  She makes sure it's a big
    deal )-;  
    
    
    	HRH
1018.5See 12.1535REGENT::BROOMHEADDon't panic -- yet.Thu Sep 05 1991 17:060
1018.6I love B'DaysAYOV27::TWASONFri Sep 06 1991 04:1519
    
    I always make an extra special fuss of John on his B'day and Christmas.
    Why?  Because although he always got plenty of pressies on both
    occassions from his parents there was never really any kind of
    celebration.
    
    His very best birthday (he says) was his 21st.  It was not long after
    we had moved in together and I wanted it to be different - and
    different it was I spent 6 months planning it and he was the only
    person that didn't know.
    
    He got the usual clothes, aftershave and a cake and then THE envelope. 
    What was in the enevelope...... Two return to tickets to Paris for the
    weekend.  The look of surprise, delight and sheer "is it really true"
    was great and it's one of the best weekends we have ever had.
    
    Tracy W (we just had our 2nd wedding anniversary on Sunday :-) :-))
    
    ps This was his first trip in a plane which made it doubly exciting.
1018.7She used to spoil me rotten too !JUMBLY::BATTERBEEJDILLIGAFFFri Sep 06 1991 07:1815
    My ex-grill fiend (I mean girlfriend #-)  ) has her birthday on the
    12th of January. Her family were always broke from Xmas and she never
    really had much in the way of presents as a kid.  It was made worse by 
    the fact that all her brothers and sisters had their birthdays in the 
    summer and would get expensive presents.
    
    I tried to rectify this by spending loads on her at Xmas, so she didn't
    expect much for her birthday, and then spend even more on her for her
    birthday, ie loads of roses, presents, a special cake, a nice day out
    somewhere and basically spoil her rotten.
    
    It was worth the nasty letters from the bank to make her day !!!
    
    
    Jerome. 
1018.8I love fussesRDGENG::LIBRARYProsp Long and LiverFri Sep 06 1991 08:557
    To me, Garrick's birthday is _very_ important, but he doesn't like me
    "making such a fuss" over him. To me it's important because I love
    doing things for him, buying him things, etc... and a birthday is an
    excuse to do so. He hardly lets me, unless there's such a legitimate
    excuse!
    
    Alice T. (whose name comes out "Alcie" if she types too fast)
1018.9if you don't like your b'day, move itMYCRFT::PARODIJohn H. ParodiFri Sep 06 1991 10:0212
  Re: .7

  Alison's birthday is on December 26th and she had the same sorts
  of problems.  Anyway, there are just too many other parties during
  that time of year.

  So we shifted her b'day by six months, to June 26th.  She is never
  quite sure how old she is anymore, but that is not necessarily a
  bad thing.

  JP
1018.10I love birthdays!!DUCK::SMITHS2Mon Sep 16 1991 11:3018
    
    My husband's birthday is January 30th.  When we first started going out
    together, I arranged a surprise get-together of most of his friends at
    a pub near us for his 25th birthday.  It was quite hard because as I 
    hadn't been seeing him long I'd only met them once or twice so had to 
    explain who I was when I phoned them all up!
    
    We went for a meal first, and then to the pub.  When we first got there
    there were only two people there, Andy thought it was a co-incidence. 
    In fact, he still hadn't twigged when about 10 people had turned up! 
    When he did though it was worth it.  About 20 of his friends came, and
    he was so touched!  He had never had a party for his birthday, and
    apparently no-one had ever made any real fuss over it.  He said it was
    the nicest thing anyone had ever done for him!  Perhaps that's why he
    decided to marry me! :-)
    
    Sam