After some advice/thoughts, please. (20 replies)

My darling wife hits 60 at the end of April. I reached that milestone 18 months back and she really went the extra mile by our standards, with a surprise birthday party and a present costing way beyond what I’d ever have considered spending on myself.

Anyway, having put her birthday to the back of my mind up to now (basically because of COVID) I’ve got to start thinking very seriously about plans for her big day. I’m not bothered about the prezzie, I’ll get that sorted, but it’s the celebration / party. Should I bother even thinking about it? Do people think it’s a ‘goer’? It’d need to be a fairly humble affair- were comfortable, not loaded.

Another idea I had, though, was, instead of organising a do specifically for my wife, I could contact her friends’ husbands and partners and ask them to help me set up a bigger do for, say, the summer to celebrate all of the 60ths that her friends have missed out on during the past year.
Or, finally, just a family week away COVID permitting, somewhere in the U.K. or abroad,

I know it all seems very trivial, and selfish maybe, given the pain so many people are going through, but I’d welcome the thoughts of the great and the good on here, as I want to do my best for the poor girl- god knows, she’s earned it.

Thanks in advance and a Happy New Year to you all.