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40th Birthday party ideas
richard thomas - 4/7/10 at 08:30 AM

Help!

Her indoors is 40 shortly, I've started to invite a few friends around on a Saturday evening...was thinking of lighting the BBQ up and plenty of booze....

However I have realised that this could turn into the kind of party that I would throw for myself....so I need some ideas to turn it into something more biased towards her....maybe a 70's theme or similar....any ideas?

I'm afraid I'm not particularly imaginative in this area

omega 24 v6 - 4/7/10 at 08:52 AM

Well if she is only 40 now then in her teenage years it'd have been say 1982 to 1989.
So look at the trends/music from that era and base the party around that.

Miks15 - 4/7/10 at 09:45 AM

and dont just get loads of lager in either, make sure you have drinks the women will like!

richard thomas - 4/7/10 at 09:55 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
and dont just get loads of lager in either, make sure you have drinks the women will like!


Cider?

Litemoth - 4/7/10 at 10:19 AM

quote:
Originally posted by richard thomas
quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
and dont just get loads of lager in either, make sure you have drinks the women will like!


Cider?


I think "fruit-based" drinks are what you need to provide for the ladies, according to Al Murray.

Probably they will like something that looks like:




Have a fancy dress....themed on something she likes.

[Edited on 4/7/10 by Litemoth]

Andybarbet - 4/7/10 at 10:42 AM

Go for morph suits - it worked at my stag do yesterday

Humbug - 4/7/10 at 11:18 AM

At SWMBO's 40th birthday party - in summertime in our back garden - we had a conjuror/magician going round doing card tricks, disappearing coins, etc. She asked for it and it seemed a bit of a weird request, but it was actually really good.

Jasper - 5/7/10 at 02:54 PM

And see if you can imvite some old friends she wouldn't expect - usual caveats apply of course, no ex-boyfriends

Second fancy dress, the ladies seem to love it, hate it myself ....