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How do you celebrate milestone events

cb2 View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 07:13 AM Post #1
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How have you/would you celebrate milestone events such as 40th,50th bday, 10th,15th,20th wedding anniversary etc etc After some ideas for upcoming events in the next 2 years

lsolaBella View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 10:40 AM Post #2
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Depends on what type of person you are. I am wildly introvert, so the idea of a big party would send e running for miles. For our 10th wedding anniversary next month, DH and I are going away for a long weekend to a spa retreat. Kids are being looked after by my folks. If we had the cash my dream was always a week in Bora Bora... But we haven't won the Lottery. My 40th in 18m time will be hopefully a week holiday with DH. Otherwise a nice dinner with DH and a night at a city hotel. If you were really pushing it for something big, maybe a dinner out with friends. For DH (who has been invited to lots of big catered 40th events), we may hire a private dining room and invite 20 or so guests. MIL turned 80 the other year. We just took her out to lunch. Her SIL for her 80th had a swky do in a ballroom for her 80th. My folks have been married 45yrs. Have never done anything other than dinner out together. For our 30ths years ago we went out with two other couples for dinner. DH met up with some mates at a bar for drinks. My 21st was dinner for 20. ETA my brother on the other hand is extrovert. So his 40th involved a weekend away party. 80 guests, major party. huge thing. Cost more than most people's wedding. We have been to catered cocktails and private room at nightclub/bar, fully catered party in people's homes, functions in ballrooms, private dinner rooms at restaurants. All depends on your budget and what type of person you are. Themes have been Bond, Austin Powers, Spanish, Age of Jazz This post has been edited by lsolaBella**: 10/02/2013, 11:08 AM

LynnyP View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 10:48 AM Post #3
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My snarking is a medical condition.
We go out to dinner or go away, just the two of us. I'm not a party person.

Sassy Girl View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 11:01 AM Post #4
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For my 40th last year I had a big 'Childhood' themed birthday party complete with jumping castle for the adults For our 20th anniversary this year all I want is to be separated from DH with a pending divorce in the near future. If I loved him we'd be going away with our DC, my sister and niece to renew our wedding vows. As I don't love him we won't be doing anything. I grew up in a family that celebrated milestone anniversary and birthdays so we tend to do the same.

cinnabubble View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 11:08 AM Post #5
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I like cats, but I couldn't eat a whole one.
I sedulously ignore them.

howdo View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 11:17 AM Post #6
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Am I supposed to do something?

jayskette View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 11:20 AM Post #7
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milestone birthdays is just another birthday to me, but since all of my friends are asking me what I would do and they have indicated that they would join me in whatever I've decided, we are now going to a degustation dinner at Quay

JRA View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 11:56 AM Post #8
Posts: 41,613 Joined: 18-September 02 From: Victoria
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I think there is a huge difference between a 10th anniversary and a 50th anniversary. Mum and dad's 40th and 50th anniversary we did a "party". I think the 50th was an afternoon tea, that was all mum could stand up to at that stage, the 40th was at night. I now realise you meant 50th birthday. For 40th we did reasonable catered parties at home. DH did not do one for his 50th, which he is annoyed by now, so he is putting pressure on me to have one for my 50th. I only probably want a smaller number of people for my 50th so doing the whole catering at home is probably not going to work as there just wont be enough people. So time will tell on that. For our 10th wedding anniversary and 15th we didn't do much. 20th haven't thought about that yet

JRA View Member Profile	10/02/2013, 11:56 AM Post #9
Posts: 41,613 Joined: 18-September 02 From: Victoria
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I think there is a huge difference between a 10th anniversary and a 50th anniversary. Mum and dad's 40th and 50th anniversary we did a "party". I think the 50th was an afternoon tea, that was all mum could stand up to at that stage, the 40th was at night. I now realise you meant 50th birthday. For 40th we did reasonable catered parties at home. DH did not do one for his 50th, which he is annoyed by now, so he is putting pressure on me to have one for my 50th. I only probably want a smaller number of people for my 50th so doing the whole catering at home is probably not going to work as there just wont be enough people. So time will tell on that. For our 10th wedding anniversary and 15th we didn't do much. 20th haven't thought about that yet

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