A common situation in the life of every girl is that her significant other has a birthday, and she can’t think of anything to surprise him with. It is believed that coming up with a gift for a girl is much easier, but men will not agree with this. At the beginning of a relationship, an ardent SMS with a standard gift in the form of eau de toilette or pores, but how to surprise your husband on his birthday if he has more than one year of family life behind him?
The first, most basic point, in the opinion of many men, will be the ideal behavior of a woman on this day. It includes goodwill, affection, absence of complaints and discontent. In general, put the emotional saw into the far corner and smile, no matter what.
Yes, it’s difficult, but one day is quite possible. After a few years of marriage, the question of what to give your husband on his birthday ceases to be an exciting one. Preparation takes a few minutes in the store when buying a gift, followed by quick delivery at a family dinner at home or in a restaurant. In order not to turn into an ordinary boring couple with mandatory formalities, it is important to periodically arrange surprises for each other.
The plan for arranging surprises for the whole day depends on several points:
- Whether you live together or are just dating and not yet married;
- A man’s preferences, his character;
- Availability of personal transport and time to complete interactive tasks;
- The number of friends who are ready to participate in surprises.
It is important not only to think through the order of giving gifts and arranging surprises, but to select them for a specific person - boyfriend or husband. If you come up with a super cool quest, and he simply refuses to participate in it or is busy at work, then nothing but irritation and frustration will result. You can pleasantly surprise your loved one on his birthday only if you have a clear plan for the whole day.
Morning
Opening his eyes in the morning, the spouse should immediately feel the peculiarity of the day. The ideal option would be breakfast in bed with his favorite dishes in an interesting setting. Regardless of a man’s age, it’s enough to arrange food in the form of cute faces or animals, and this is guaranteed to lift his spirits.
If your significant other is far away or you don't yet live under the same roof, try to arrange for a nice surprise (preferably something edible) to be delivered at a suitable time in the morning. We must try not to wake him up, but also not to be late. You can ask one of your family or friends to act as a courier.
The husband who has everything deserves a gift too
Husbands from the “established” category are the most difficult to please - they already have everything they need for life and pleasure. Since you won’t be able to surprise him with material benefits, try presenting him with emotions and entertainment. You can get ideas on what to give your husband for his birthday from the following points:
- Flight in a wind tunnel. The certificate will give your loved one and family a few minutes of vivid impressions and will cost you from 1000 rubles.
- Going to the shooting range. On your birthday, invite your husband to go together to a place where he can realize his masculinity and demonstrate his accuracy and steadiness of hand. It is unlikely that you will be able to “shoot” more than 1000 rubles, but you will get a charge of positive emotions. If you're lucky, the two of you will carry a gift from the shooting range in the form of the prize your husband won.
- Erotic toys - cube, Kama Sutra ball and others. For a gift that will diversify your intimate life, you will pay from 500 rubles. The surprise will appeal to an active man who is not against experiments in the marital bed.
- For your business husband, who is subject to frequent stress at work, give him a few hours of relaxation and positivity from animals. Consider swimming with dolphins or horseback riding as options. Don't reveal in advance what kind of gift awaits him, but be sure to make sure that your spouse sets aside time in his business schedule for “receiving the gift.”
- When traveling on business, a busy husband usually has no time to look at the views outside the window. Show him a city he hasn’t seen yet - give him an exciting trip with a tour in a retro car. This type of service is provided by transport companies and excursion companies. To remember the unusual birthday, take a photo in rented suits.
- You will certainly please your self-sufficient husband by stroking his vanity. On a personal occasion, present your spouse with the history of the origin of his last name, framed in the form of a diploma in a beautiful frame. Another option on this topic is the family coat of arms. Present a gift with the words that you see in your husband an extraordinary personality worthy of admiration by his descendants.
Day
If a guy or husband has free time on this day, the ideal option would be an interactive quest that will lead him to the main surprise. You can send him an MMS at a certain time with an image of a particular place in the city, where he will find pieces of a common puzzle or clues about the next destination. It is best to use significant places that are easy to guess from the image.
You should check in advance whether his phone accepts MMS, so that the romance does not fall apart due to technical problems.
In this event, you can call your friends to help. They can be at designated locations and hand over pre-prepared puzzle pieces to your loved one. Ideally, these should form a map indicating the final location. If you don’t have that many friends, they’re busy, or you just don’t want to stress people out, hide these pieces in envelopes in safe places so that they won’t be accidentally found by other people.
As a last resort, move with your significant other together, this will not only bring you closer during the search process, but will also be a unique opportunity to observe the emotions of a man following the trail of riddles. You can please your lover with the main gift hidden at the end of the quest. Large gifts must be carefully hidden; it is better to do this in the house, country house or apartment of one of your friends, if you are not planning a final party.
Read a stand-up comedy about the man you love
If your chosen one is in need of humor, write a congratulation about him in the stand-up genre. Let it be good jokes about your family life, funny habits and charming features of your husband. You shouldn’t go to an open microphone with this material; it’s better to let only those closest to you hear your speech. You shouldn’t go too far (unless your couple likes dark humor). End the stand-up with a declaration of love and a tight hug, so that no joke will certainly hurt the birthday boy’s pride.
By the way, if you want to create the atmosphere of a real comedian’s performance, you can organize a party on a site with a stage.
Surprise parties
For the main gift for your loved one, a themed party is suitable. Having chosen a theme, you need to take care of the holiday paraphernalia, costumes of guests and suitable treats. Popular topics for men are:
- Oriental party;
- Evening in the style of musketeers;
- The 90s are back;
- Sports party.
For an oriental-style evening, hookahs, soft pillows, low tables are placed and suitable music is turned on. More loyal ladies invite dancers performing oriental belly dancing, or even dance themselves.
Musketeers are images from childhood. For such an evening, you will need more effort in finding the right costumes. They are often rented out from private event organizing companies. With a menu for the table, things will be simpler - just cook a lot of meat (preferably duck, goose or a whole pig) and stock up on high-quality alcohol.
A party in the style of the 90s will be a good gift for your husband, especially if his birthday falls in the 70s and 80s. And he and his friends will have a lot of fun listening to the music of that time, playing cards or poker with a cigar and a crimson jacket. Suitable items for paraphernalia include thick “golden” chains, rings, purses and old telephones with flip covers. It’s also not difficult to create a menu – the simpler the better.
If a man loves sports, doesn’t miss matches and is ready to drop everything he’s doing when he hears the voice of a sports announcer on TV, he’ll appreciate a fan party. It will require scarves from the guy’s favorite team (the main thing is not to mix it up), body paint, sports pipes and flags. Beer, chips and hot dogs are suitable for a festive table.
When organizing a party, you need to know your husband's preferences. To do this, it is better to consult with his friends, they can also help in organizing the event.
Create a quest to find a gift
Does your husband love quizzes, quizzes and intellectual movies? Then don’t even think about giving him a gift just like that! Let him look for him throughout the apartment, completing tasks and answering questions. If your husband loves Potter or the Tolkien universe, then it will be great to dedicate part of the quest to this. Can't live a day without the songs of the King and the Jester? Then give him a quiz dedicated to Russian rock.
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What to give a man for his birthday A selection of the best gift ideas for your loved one.
Also, when coming up with tasks, you can hint at a future gift. For example, if you are going to give him a sports machine, then let him do push-ups at speed or let him look for the trapezius muscle on your body.
The best gift options
Not knowing how to surprise your husband, it’s better to take ideas based on the man’s preferences. His hobbies will play an important role in choosing a gift. It could be:
- Something made with your own hands (a photo album of memories, a knitted scarf, a large postcard or collage);
- A creative gift – a song, poem or video;
- Radio controlled toy (regardless of age);
- Accessories for equipment (headphones, cases, stands);
- Gift according to hobby (fishing rod, ball, stick);
- Set for bath, sauna, swimming pool;
- Tie clip, cufflinks;
- Building tools;
- Dishes (yes, yes, this is it if a man likes to cook);
- Status items - a wallet, a personalized pen, a souvenir for the office.
Regardless of the gift you choose, a handmade card will be especially nice. It depicts cars, money, inscriptions, etc. All this can be cut out from magazines and glued to colored cardboard. Fantasy in this matter is not limited. A creative gift is appreciated because it means the giver spent time creating the item rather than just going to the store to buy it.
A useful gift from the bottom of my heart
If the spouse belongs to the category of practical men, then a gift from a series of useful and necessary things will cause positive emotions in him. Do you want to please your beloved husband and give him something original, inexpensive and at the same time practical for his birthday? Show a little ingenuity, and you can please your husband in this case too:
- Personal set of dishes. There are many service centers that are ready to print any inscription or picture according to your template on a pair of plates (deep and shallow), a cup and a saucer. All you have to do is package everything beautifully and hand it to your husband. Be sure that any of your dishes will seem delicious to your faithful one if at the bottom of the plate there is a phrase waiting for him: “Here’s to your health, Yuri Andreevich.”
- Mini brewery. The gift will please not so much a beer lover as a lover of doing everything with his own hands. The benefit of a gift is relative, but imagine with what pride your husband will offer the guests gathered to taste a drink of his own making.
- Gift for hobbies. We need to act very carefully in this direction. If you and your husband don’t go fishing, hiking or going to the gym, then you can only buy a gift if he “points his finger” at it - literally or figuratively. Men are very scrupulous when it comes to hobbies! Listen, ask questions unobtrusively, be interested. Alternatively, look at your browser bookmarks. Perhaps you will find the right model of spinning rod, subwoofer for a car or helmet for a bike there.
- Clothes, underwear, accessories. A shirt as a gift to my husband is a banality. But good thermal underwear (purchased back in the summer at a discount), a belt with an original buckle, a blanket with sleeves will definitely “pull” for originality and will please your spouse.
- Gifts for health. Don’t be upset if you don’t have enough money to pay your spouse for a massage in a salon. It can be partially replaced by a small electric massager or a massage cover for a car (computer) chair.
- Small electronic "things". Men usually enjoy them with all their hearts. A keyboard vacuum cleaner will come in handy for a spouse who works at a computer. An avid coffee lover will appreciate a car coffee maker. A portable charger will allow your husband, who is often away on duty, to always stay in touch.
Taboo gifts, or How not to get a saucepan for your birthday
The time has come to talk about gifts that are likely to make your beloved husband look sour on his face and want to give you slippers or a vacuum cleaner on your birthday. You should not give the following to your beloved men on their personal holiday:
- Clothes, shoes. The reason is that it is perceived as casual, all this by default should be purchased from the general budget as needed. The exception is branded items that the spouse dreams of, but does not buy because he “feels sorry for himself.”
- Tools. The reason is the same - they should appear in the house not on the occasion of their spouse’s birthday, but as needed. The exception is an individual order from my husband, who simply loves making things at home.
- Things you don't know much about. We are talking about those same gifts for hobbies and other “not feminine things”: automobile, fishing, hunting and computer accessories. In this case, it’s better to ask your husband directly: “What should I give you for your birthday,” than to then listen to him say that he wanted a backpack, but it’s not at all like that, the keyboard is completely uncomfortable, and he won’t need a set of spinners.
Surprising husbands with gifts is actually not difficult - the main thing is to make a choice with love and understanding of “male nature.”