What did you do SPECIAL for your birthday?

[BroadwayDave]

For quite a few years after turning 50 I gave up on birthdays. I live by myself, have relatively few friends, and fewer co-workers or neighbors who care.

 

Due to some drastic changes in my health a few years ago I decided to start treating myself: go up to a Pirates ball game or see big musical performance, have a special meal in a fancy restaurant (since I rarely eat out), and/or plan something special by going somewhere I’ve never been.

 

I’d be interested in hearing what amazing things you do on your birthdays. Whether it was small, huge, and something in between, what did you do that was special for your birthday?

[+ purplekow]

Well since I started hiring, for the week or so around my birthday, I hire several men. I may go for weeks or at time months without hiring, but around my birthday, I push my limits. The first year I did this, I hired 8 guys in 3 days.

[+ honcho]

My most memorable birthday was the day I turned 30 (more than half a life time ago); it was the first time I got to play the english horn solo in the New World Symphony (Dvorak #9) (although it was only a summer reading orchestra). My boyfriend takes me out to dinner these days ...

[gallahadesquire]

My most memorable birthday was the day I turned 30 (more than half a life time ago); it was the first time I got to play the english horn solo in the New World Symphony (Dvorak #9) (although it was only a summer reading orchestra). My boyfriend takes me out to dinner these days ...

Is that the one that goes DAH-dahdah DAHdumdum DahDeDah de DAH?

[+ honcho]

Is that the one that goes DAH-dahdah DAHdumdum DahDeDah de DAH?

 

Yeah, that's the rhythm at least ... (solo begins at 46 seconds in). (and that is *not* me playing, although I would dearly love otherwise. )

 

[+ Robster]

My birthday is on Monday, and I'm treating myself today by hiring a very special guy I met last year, and have lusted after much longer than that.

 

Happy Birthday to me!

 

Rob

[rvwnsd]

My birthday treats have varied over the years. When I lived in Chicago, I'd take the day off from work and visit the lion house at Lincoln Park Zoo (I'm a Leo) and would either have a nice dinner with family and/or friends. When I lived in San Diego, I'd go out with friends. Then one year my niece and nephew suggested I visit them in Chicago on my birthday rather than making random trips home. That lasted until three years in a row the weather was so bad we were all miserable (as my nephew said, sarcastically, "Happy Birthday from all of us at the heat stroke clinic"). Last year I went to Albuquerque to visit a friend whose birthday is a few weeks after mine.

 

This year, I will probably hire the hottest guy I can fid and then visit said Albuquerque friend on Labor Day, which falls a few days after her birthday.

[+ purplekow]

My birthday is on Monday, and I'm treating myself today by hiring a very special guy I met last year, and have lusted after much longer than that.

 

Happy Birthday to me!

 

Rob

Say hello for me and I hope everything went well. Wish I was in Palm Springs with you. More specifically, I wish I was in Palm Springs and involved in your birthday party.

[Mo Mason]

I stopped celebrating birthdays when I was in my 20's. I also live alone, no friends, no life. I usually work on my birthday and do nothing more... except try to forget that it's my birthday.

 

I'm now an ornery old man and I'm only 37.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

My husband insists on doing something every year, even though I don’t want to be reminded that I am getting older.

It is counter-productive actually, he worries that it won’t meet my expectations, I worry that I am not showing enough enthusiasm for his efforts, it is so annoying.

 

This year I managed to make him accept that for my birthday, my present is that: 1. we are doing nothing, and 2. we are not mentioning my birthday.

 

Finally!

Edited July 14, 2018 by Tarte Gogo

[+ sf westcoaster]

For my last birthday I took my four grandsons and their parents on a Disney Cruise. The joy, smiles and pleasure that I observed as I watched them was the best present I have ever received.

[+ SundayZip]

When I turned fifty, I flew myself and an escort to San Francisco for a weekend. We spent a couple days doing the usual SF touristy stuff and, of course, other fun stuff that one does in the privacy of a hotel room.

[+ TylerandAce]

I (Ace) turn 50 Friday. We just got back from Europe with the family. Really thankful for the time....and the beach nudity when were got away from the kids.

[+ ursalex]

I hired Dane Scott!

[+ Avalon]

The last time I celebrated my birthday was in 1999. I took my father and step-mother out to a steak house. I paid for it. I insisted on sitting opposite my father. My step-mother was not happy but I told her since I was paying for it I got to choose the sitting arrangements. My father died the following year before my next birthday.

 

I would have preferred to be alone with my father but by step-mother would never allow it. One year she brought her youngest son with them.

 

Of course I never got any gifts.

 

When my mother was alive we had a nice, special dinner at home.

[+ purplekow]

I (Ace) turn 50 Friday. We just got back from Europe with the family. Really thankful for the time....and the beach nudity when were got away from the kids.

Happy Birthday Ace. I think the god of genes gave you a gift 50 years ago and he or she keeps on giving to this day.

[+ easygoingpal]

This year was special since I had not really celebrated my birthday for the last 15 years or so... I asked one of the well reviewed escorts in this forum and at daddy's reviews to join me in Las Vegas. Before meeting him, I took a helicopter tour to the Grand Canyon (checked from my bucket list). Later that day, I met him, we then spent the next three days enjoying our company, eating at different restaurants, shopping, and we saw two Cirque du Soleil shows. I told myself that it was a birthday to remember for years to come and it will be...!

[+ Avalon]

Happy Birthday Ace. I think the god of genes gave you a gift 50 years ago and he or she keeps on giving to this day.

 

"He or she" - now here's a need for a gender neutral pronoun. ;-))))

 

The word "god" has become generic. But there is the word goddess. Maybe we need another term for the deity? I like the ancient Latin word TONANS (Thunderer).

[marylander1940]

My husband insists on doing something every year, even though I don’t want to be reminded that I am getting older.

It is counter-productive actually, he worries that it won’t meet my expectations, I worry that I am not showing enough enthusiasm for his efforts, it is so annoying.

 

This year I managed to make him accept that for my birthday, my present is that: 1. we are doing nothing, and 2. we are not mentioning my birthday.

 

Finally!

 

Americans because of obesity and other issues are dying younger, you have a husband, a lot of folks on here don't even have a family to talk to. Be happy and enjoy life!

Just ask your husband to cook for you a very difficult French dish, he might try to keep things simple next birthday.

[marylander1940]

Hang out with my family, and I ask folks NOT to talk about business.

[BroadwayDave]

I stopped celebrating birthdays when I was in my 20's. I also live alone, no friends, no life. I usually work on my birthday and do nothing more... except try to forget that it's my birthday.

 

I'm now an ornery old man and I'm only 37.

 

 

You’re still a youngin’, so don’t grow too old too fast.

 

Break the chain and go to a great concert, a fabulous musical, or plan a weekend road-trip. If there’s a cool museum, Hall of Fame, or attraction/theme park nearby, go there. Even if it’s to an underground scenic cavern, amazing waterfall, or National Park, plan a trip. Even if it’s just a day trip.

 

I’ve been doing things by myself for decades. It’s never boring. Next Friday I turn 59 and will be seeing “Hamilton” on my birthday. So excited!

 

And treat yourself to a free birthday stack of pancakes at IHOP or breakfast at Denny’s - sign up at one of dozens of places that will give you a freebie on your birthday. I get quite a few emails now for free stuff. Check the link I attached. You could literally eat all day for free.

 

https://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/free-birthday-meals

 

And for your big #40, do something really special. Take a few days off and go to Chicago or NYC. Plan all sorts of 1st’s that will make it memorable.

 

Life is too short and too precious. Celebrate!

Edited July 14, 2018 by BroadwayDave

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

When I was 8, my uncle started giving me a ticket to the Indy 500 for my April birthday. (Race is Memorial Day weekend at the end of May.) Of course that meant he needed to have a ticket to take me to the race.

 

My youngest nephew has become a racing fan and his birthday is the middle of May. So about five years ago we updated the tradition and I take him to the race for his birthday.

[+ Tarte Gogo]

Just ask your husband to cook for you a very difficult French dish, he might try to keep things simple next birthday.

Actually asking him to do that would be a treat for him. He would love it and he would succeed without much effort or sweating at all. He does that (and other complex dishes from any country he can find a recipie for) all the time. Then I have to try and run off the calories at the gym.

 

So I guess you can say I already enjoy each of the other 364 days of the year, no need to do something different for my birthday, that would make it a worse day than the others.

[Chuckball]

After I graduated from university I learned I won a postgraduate scholarship. With a lot of unexpected cash I flew to New York City and went to my very first Broadway show. My only regret is that I have never had sex on my birthday.

[+ Charlie]

My partner and I always go out to dinner at a good local restaurant on my birthday. If it is a milestone birthday, I try to do something extra. For instance, on my 70th, we went out to dinner with an old friend, at a fashionable restaurant near his flat in London. On my 35th birthday, I was feeling depressed about growing old, and decided I didn't want to do anything. I was persuaded to stop by a friend's house for a drink, and when I walked into the living room, three dozen people shouted "SURPRISE!" That is still my best birthday ever.

 

My partner's birthday also happens to be the anniversary of the day we met (at a birthday dinner party that a friend of his arranged), so we usually make more of an elaborate occasion out of that. On his 75th birthday, I surprised him by arranging for a chauffeured 1940 Cadillac to take us on a wine-tasting tour in the Santa Ynez Valley. It blew my gift-giving budget for the year, but I figured it might be the last milestone birthday celebration he would remember. I was wrong: for his 80th, his youngest brother threw a huge family shindig that brought the whole family together in their Ohio hometown for a weekend of nostalgia.

 

My best friend threw a wonderful catered bash for family, friends and colleagues, to celebrate his 50th birthday. He said he did it because he had a premonition that he might not have another true milestone birthday. He was right: he died at 54. So go ahead and treat yourself on your day.