Birthday present for 40year old bloke

diable

NAR wrote: »

A 20 year old bimbo! :eek: :rotfl::rotfl:

Not for £50 you won't........

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

diable wrote: »

Not for £50 you won't........

Might do - for about 10 minutes, anyway.....

paddedjohn

You'll get her for half an hour in the local knocking shop round this way.

SandC

Am I the only one thinking £40/£50 is way too much for a friend's husband? Imagine if everyone spent that much! Is it just cos he's having a party?

I would restrict it to a tenner and get a nice bottle of wine or a bit more for a bottle of spirits.

Loved the tshirt thing but that's for people you know really well eh?

Me and my friends stopped doing birthday presents after age 30 sadly. But we are all turning 40 last year and this and seems we are buying something token of about a fiver for the occasion. Sucks doesn't it but they all have families and prefer to spend their money on them and not friends.

jamsandwhich

My SIL bought OH a bottle of his favourite drink - Bulmers Cider! and stuck 40 £1.00 coins to it!

He got a lot of random stuff as he doesn't have any expensive hobbies but someone went to a clothes shop (river island I think?) and there just happened to be a t-shirt with 40 on it which was quite good but not obviously age related so he could wear it

euronorris

SandC wrote: »

Am I the only one thinking £40/£50 is way too much for a friend's husband? Imagine if everyone spent that much! Is it just cos he's having a party?

That's a good point. I guess it depends on how close they are, as well as other factors.

I only spent that much as it was my brother's Birthday, so the OP may want to adjust how much he spends accordingly.

onlyroz

I'd suggest a game (if he's got e.g. an xBox or a PS3), some sort of gadget or "executive toy", a book token or maybe beer/wine/spirits if he's into that sort of thing.

As for the amount - I'd spend that much on my brother, but not on my friend's husband.

clearing_out_my_pockets

FatVonD wrote: »

Is he a football fan? What about a team shirt with his name and the number 40?

If he is a football fan, I'd stick to the shirt and not do the 40 on the back. Unless the squad number 40 correlates to a player that he likes. An ex of mine did something like this and I never wore the shirt.

Spring_Time

The only problem with the football shirts is that some fans are "fussy" lol and the season shuts down in a couple of weeks and new shirts will be back out again in the summer So the shirt you buy will be "out of date"

SandC

Some new shirts are out tomorrow, but others are later towards summer.