Birthday Gift Ideas

[Redhelen72]

85 years old, diabetic.
I am totally at a loss
Any ideas at all?
Doesn’t do crafts
Complains about restaurants

[wolf63]

Get her loads of Chocolate!

[Redhelen72]

Lol

[rowanwitch]

Is this MIL? If so gift card for dignitas....

[Redhelen72]

Rowan I have previously offered to drive her there myself!!
Yes it’s for her.
Himself says flowers but whilst she likes them I feel they are so meh!!
But in the past I have bought jewellery, cashmere, silk shirts, antiques and I have never seen them again!

[mallyh]

a gift basket of shampoo soaps body spray hand cream etc

[jno]

why not let himself decide? That'll scare him...

[roadman]

bottle of gin

[Redhelen72]

She has bad excema apparently or so she has told us when we have bought her toiletries before.

JNO - have done that in the past but he forgot to send her anything and then I get it.

[Redhelen72]

Roadman - she won't drink because she's diabetic!

[rowanwitch]

His mother, his shopping trip, how about a polonium teapot, or a nice spray of novichok....
Seriously though as she won't be happy with anything she gets how about buying a cow for someone in the third world via. Oxfam. Every year when you have to renew it... You can be justified in saying MIL.....cow when you remember.

[mallyh]

hamper with biscuits (low sugar) teas coffees marmalade

[jno]

nag him, helen. Sons have responsibilities.

[mallyh]

our chemist does marmalade and jam for diabetics and iceland do low sugar biscuits ;i'm diabetic and eat them x

[Redhelen72]

mally - we did that at christmas - we thought we had been successful until last week when she gave us food back saying she can't eat it - even though it said suitable for diabetics!

The thing that kills me is that in the 6 days we were there - she ate a large bar of chocolate, 4 custard tarts, apple shortcake and 2/3 of a victoria sandwich!!!

[MargoTester]

If your husband suggested flowers why not just do that. At least you know she likes them and you seem to have tried everything else

[gness]

Be different, Helen. Send her a singing telegram. Perhaps a gorilla? :-)

[Redhelen72]

It looks like it will be flowers again!

It might give her a heart attack Gness - then again?

I just wanted to give her something different for a change.
We took her to Belgium for her 70th and her 80th but I can't go through that again.

[Hazlinny]

Personalized photo frame with pic of you and hubby ...there again maybe not!
Maybe she would be happy with a handsome butler for the day at her beck and call?

[Redhelen72]

LMAO Haz

We gave her one of them - a professional one taken at the palace when he received his MBE - she covered me up with a picture of herself!
No word of a lie!

[237SJ]

Upmarket reed diffuser? Hayland and Whittle do some nice ones, as does Neom.