What do I want for my birthday?
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A small island nation to crush beneath the heel of your boot.
Or, if you don't have boots, you can ask for those.
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Full disclosure, I peeked at your comment history.
How about those phone mounts and maybe a neat 2-in-1 tripod/monopod for your binoculars? Or a shoulder sling?
Otherwise, my go-to is an experience like others suggested. Escape room, paint nite, afternoon of pool/ bowling/ mini golf, Top Golf, cooking class, museum visit, comedy night, hockey game, roller skating, hiking, music bingo/pub trivia, or consider a hotel room nearby for the night with an indoor pool or my absolute favorite...a cabin weekend with a hot tub and a real wood-burning fireplace.
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I always ask for the same thing.
A rare steak and messy anal.
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Pick something you already have and use often, like a phone charger or an office chair or a pair of shoes, and ask for a higher quality version of the same thing. Something that will last longer or be more comfortable.
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My partner gifted me a pottery class recently, which we are doing next weekend and im VERY excited about. Maybe do that?
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Beans
Jamon Iberico
Life size model of Captain Picard
Escape Room
8000 Hamsters
Ketamine
Dinner at a fancy restaurant
Art
Bathtub of chocolate pudding
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Maybe a really nice edition of a book you already love, from a luxury publisher like The Folio Society or Easton Press?
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An escape room with 8000 hamsters and ketamine. Now that's a birthday
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Best I can do is a meatball and an over-the-pants tugjob.
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A pair of Calico Cut Pants
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With my partner, we usually gift time/knowledge. As in, one person wants to buy something but doesn't have the time/expertise to read up it and find the perfect thing. So the other hops in and does the research for them.
This valentine's my partner helped me decide on a new gaming keyboard, while I got him a custom web domain and email setup.
So maybe if there's a thing you've been meaning to research/buy, let your partner do it as a gift?
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Food? Everybody likes food, right?
Or an experience - a trip, a night out, whatever
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Get a hobby. You'll always need/want stuff if you become a photographer or a fisherman or pnp-player or a ...
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Consumables are great. It opens up for repeatability and the receiver is never stuck with dust collectors.
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I have the same problem when I need to come up with things on the spot. So instead I keep a list that I add ideas I get for things I want over time. That way if someone asks I can show them that and I don't have to think on the spot about what I want.
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You want a 6npack of BIC medium black pens
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To list of things anything you could want:
- Goods
- Services
- Relationship time, your partner doing things for you,
which can be subdivided into 10 things.
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You want a fun day trip that you don't have to plan?
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If your partner is a craftsy type, you could suggest that they craft something for you. It was always those gifts that meant the most to me when I was with someone craftsy. It doesn't have to have utility, or be perfect, it just means the world that someone spent time and thought creating something for you.
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You want a purple rubber dildo
