 | HusbandsHappy Birthday, Virtuous BlondePosted Friday, December 21st, 2007 and visited 255 times, 1 so far today by MInTheGap |
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Husbands, do you make your wife feel special on her birthday?
I have it rough every year, but especially this year. You see, my son was born on Dec 19, and my wife was born on Dec 21 (she brought him home from the hospital on her birthday!). So, that usually means that we have different celebrations, different guests, different presents for Christmas, but this year, there’s an added wrinkle.
You see, not everyone could make it on Saturday, when we would have liked to have our son’s party, so we’re having our party tonight. On my wife’s birthday. That kind of makes it difficult to celebrate the birthdays separately.
I assume that it’s that way for those that have birthdays on Christmas, or share a birthday with a family member. I’m going to try to make sure that she feels special by getting her things throughout the day before her party (hope she isn’t reading this!). I will try to have her open one of her gifts tomorrow before I go to work.
What kinds of things have you done in this type of situation?
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February 26th, 2008 at 1:46 pm Subscribed to Comments
Hubby’s birthday is usually two days before Thanksgiving, depending on the year, and his sister’s birthday is the same day as his. She’s eight years younger, so very often they’d get a combined present from people and it’d be a Barbie or My Little Pony and he’d be left in the cold.
Pizza is his favorite food by a long shot and turkey really doesn’t curl his toes, so quite often, I bake a jumbo pizza (I cheat, i get boxed pizza dough mix at the store, but he doesn’t care) for him when all the Thanksgiving hullabaloo guests are elsewhere.
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February 27th, 2008 at 9:17 am
He’d get a Barbie? That’s terrible! You’d think that he’d at least get a Ken doll.
Glad you have such good ideas for making his birthday special. We’ve toyed with the idea of moving the celebrations of the birthdays to the summer time, but haven’t tried it yet.
February 27th, 2008 at 11:07 am Subscribed to Comments
Yeah, he got a Barbie. That’s because people got one gift for both of them and were thinking more about the 6 year old girl instead of the 14 year old boy.
I wouldn’t move the birthday celebrations to the summertime. If it were me, I’d be sad. I would feel like a make-believe birthday. Instead, celebrate your son’s birthday the 1st weekend of the month and your wife’s the 2nd, then you have the 3rd weekend to celebrate Christmas and even the last weekend if you like to make New Year’s a big deal. (We do - that’s our anniversary.)
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February 27th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Man, did he ever play with it, or just give it to his sister. Some boys would be “It’s my doll!”
So far, we’ve just celebrated on the days, or the weekends of the days, but my wife still feels a bit more left out. Have to do something big for her this year.
February 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm Subscribed to Comments
I don’t think hubby did, but my brother always wanted to be Barbie when we played, so I got stuck being Ken.
You could do a Channakah-type celebration for your wife where she gets a different present each day for eight days prior to the holiday.
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