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[Help] What do you buy your middle aged mates for their birthday
- Thread starter Triggaaar
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Speedboat/caravan
or an entry to bullseye
or an entry to bullseye
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
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Albion calendar
swindonseagull
Well-known member
A beer,,,,,,
Taybha
Whalewhine
A XXXXL replica football shirt,since my lot have hit the 60s there's just 1 of us who could squeeze into a L and not look like Julian Clarey
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I don't think he'd like those, and I can't afford them anyway.
He'd bloody love that if buying it was such a thing.
He's a Pompey fan
We have bought him some alcohol, but he deserves more. FFS, the guy puts up with me!
- Jul 27, 2024
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Do middle-aged men buy each other birthday presents? I never knew
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- #9
It's a fair point. I expect it's something to do with our partners buying presents, so it's a thing.
I think you might like to buy yourself a copy of "How to win friends and influence people" you cheeky b*****d.
A stripper ?
- Jul 10, 2003
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Buying presents in the 21st century is a complete NIGHTMARE because everyone buys themselves anything they actually want all year round 
In my day, you got a bike for your 6th/7th birthday and then traded it in for a bigger one every couple of years until you started work and then presents would stop. Xmas would be similar with one big toy and winter coat/jumpers/gloves. So much simpler.
In my day, you got a bike for your 6th/7th birthday and then traded it in for a bigger one every couple of years until you started work and then presents would stop. Xmas would be similar with one big toy and winter coat/jumpers/gloves. So much simpler.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
A bellI don't think he'd like those, and I can't afford them anyway.
He'd bloody love that if buying it was such a thing.
He's a Pompey fan
We have bought him some alcohol, but he deserves more. FFS, the guy puts up with me!
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- #14
I think you might like to buy yourself a copy of "How to win friends and influence people" you cheeky b*****d.
Unfortunately I'm middle-aged too. I think most of us here are, but consider yourself lucky if you're one of the young ones.
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Buying presents in the 21st century is a complete NIGHTMARE because everyone buys themselves anything they actually want all year round
In my day, you got a bike for your 6th/7th birthday and then traded it in for a bigger one every couple of years until you started work and then presents would stop. So much simpler.
Yep. First world problems eh.
Totally.
- Jul 10, 2003
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happypig
Staring at the rude boys
He's a Pompey fan
Soap ?
It sounds like it is a 'couple' friendship so nice restaurant / posh hotel afternoon tea for 2 (so they can go as a couple etc) - somewhere they might not immediately choose to go or a place with NSC recommendations in the restaurants thread so you can blame the NSC community if they have a poor experience. You can always attach it to a bottle or something so there is something to unwrap.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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So it's basically your partners who've caused the dilemma!
Does your mate like a decent fragrance? It's not the sort of thing he might normally buy as it's an expensive luxury item. However, as a gift he might appreciate it and here's the clever bit since his partner gets involved and benefits since he ends up smelling nice. Get her involved in choosing so you don't actually have to trawl the shops and you give her the money. Don't go cheap and definitely get her involved as she will have an idea what he might like and what she might want him to smell like. Whilst it may seem a bit cliche there's a very good reason why fragrance sales peak at Xmas.