Post by SnowWhite on May 29, 2015 16:09:36 GMT
My boyfriend and his three sisters are throwing a 50th Anniversary Party for their parents. He asked me last night what I thought they should get them as a gift, and I thought I'd ask the peas!
Little background, they're comfortable, even upper middle class, so the don't 'need' any stuff. They go on 2 big trips every year (this year they're going to Bermuda and Italy). He's still working, one of three owners of the company, so he can't retire unless the other two buy him out.
We're all going to Nags Head for the week, which is when the party will take place. I may only be a girlfriend, but we've been together for 8 years
His older sisters are all married, the oldest has one child, the middle has two children and the youngest has two children and her husband has two children.
Personally, I suggested what his parents probably really want from them is time. At worst, I suggested maybe him and his sisters could go have a professional portrait taken of the four of them and get a big framed photo. Or maybe him and his sisters could take his parents out to lunch or dinner, just them, or go do something in Nags Head, just them. I thought it would be nice to leave the children home (they range in age from 12 to 1) and just have adult time with their parents. Because I'm the only non-spouse, I leave myself out of these plans
Any other suggestions you guys might have? Are there any adult-type things they could do in Nags Head with his parents for an afternoon?
Little background, they're comfortable, even upper middle class, so the don't 'need' any stuff. They go on 2 big trips every year (this year they're going to Bermuda and Italy). He's still working, one of three owners of the company, so he can't retire unless the other two buy him out.
We're all going to Nags Head for the week, which is when the party will take place. I may only be a girlfriend, but we've been together for 8 years
His older sisters are all married, the oldest has one child, the middle has two children and the youngest has two children and her husband has two children.Personally, I suggested what his parents probably really want from them is time. At worst, I suggested maybe him and his sisters could go have a professional portrait taken of the four of them and get a big framed photo. Or maybe him and his sisters could take his parents out to lunch or dinner, just them, or go do something in Nags Head, just them. I thought it would be nice to leave the children home (they range in age from 12 to 1) and just have adult time with their parents. Because I'm the only non-spouse, I leave myself out of these plans
Any other suggestions you guys might have? Are there any adult-type things they could do in Nags Head with his parents for an afternoon?
I know his mother insists that I am family, I think she knows full well her son may never get married. She always makes sure to invite me to all family events and to make it clear to me that I'm welcome even if he's working (he's a workaholic just like his father). His sister's however generally make it very clear that I'm not family, which, whatever.
