Anonymous
01/24/2024 23:16
Subject: Re:How did you celebrate your 40th, 50th, and 60th birthday?
40th- husband threw a catered surprise party at our new house
50th- husband threw a surprise party at a restaurant and planned 5 restaurant nights out each week leading up to it (very hard to get reservation)
Anonymous
01/24/2024 13:35
Subject: How did you celebrate your 40th, 50th, and 60th birthday?
40-- Paris+Rome
50- Singapore
60- NZ
YOLO!
50- Singapore
60- NZ
YOLO!
Anonymous
01/24/2024 12:45
Subject: Re:How did you celebrate your 40th, 50th, and 60th birthday?
40 - DH surprised me and had a few of my closest friends come for a "party" at the house. It was very low key but a nice surprise.
50 - I threw myself a big party at home.
60 - I'm turning 60 the first week of February. The week I was born, the Beatles landed in the US and went on the Ed Sullivan Show and had a concert in DC at the Washington Coliseum. The new Capital Hall in Tyson's Corner is having a tribute concert on Feb 10th - the day before the 60th anniversary of the concert in DC. A tribute band is playing the exact set they played. DH and I are going to the concert. I've always known that "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the #1 song when I was born so this seemed like the perfect way to celebrate. On my actual birthday, my kids, DH and I are going out for dinner. My best friend is taking me to get a pedicure and manicure and lunch a couple of days before my birthday.
50 - I threw myself a big party at home.
60 - I'm turning 60 the first week of February. The week I was born, the Beatles landed in the US and went on the Ed Sullivan Show and had a concert in DC at the Washington Coliseum. The new Capital Hall in Tyson's Corner is having a tribute concert on Feb 10th - the day before the 60th anniversary of the concert in DC. A tribute band is playing the exact set they played. DH and I are going to the concert. I've always known that "I Want to Hold Your Hand" was the #1 song when I was born so this seemed like the perfect way to celebrate. On my actual birthday, my kids, DH and I are going out for dinner. My best friend is taking me to get a pedicure and manicure and lunch a couple of days before my birthday.
Anonymous
01/24/2024 11:01
Subject: How did you celebrate your 40th, 50th, and 60th birthday?
Anonymous wrote:A lot of people's friends having parties for them here. I like my friends but no one has ever tried to have a surprise party for me and it's hard to imagine anyone putting in that effort. Do I or my friends just suck?
I think it’s usually more about the friends than about the birthday person herself. Maybe that’s just based on a single anecdote, though — my friends threw me a surprise party for my 21st, and trust me when I say *nothing* about me says “surprise party.” I was touched, but I still think it was more about the group sitting around and suddenly thinking, “hey, a surprise party would be cool…”
Anonymous
01/24/2024 10:56
Subject: Re:How did you celebrate your 40th, 50th, and 60th birthday?
40th - trip to Nashville to see Taylor Swift on my birthday. It was a big trip over 2 weeks where I visited all the big cities in TN (Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg, Chattanooga, Memphis, Nashville). This was in spring 2023 so no 50th or 60th for me.
I think I may want to do a cruise for my 50th.
I think I may want to do a cruise for my 50th.