Birthday gift for a guy you just started dating
10-Dec-2019 22:36
Her birthday is coming up in about a week, and I'm not sure what to do.
Not sure if she's having a birthday party or if I will be invited.
A card is necessary, a token is nice but not mandatory.
Of course, it's lovely if you do—but if you don't feel you're quite yet at the Birthday Dinner With Friends level yet, you can offer instead to take him or her out for a birthday drink on your own (possibly at a later date).
Sure, it's possible they're just not big birthday people, in which case it's perfectly fine to spend the day together without making a huge production out of the birthday.
But beware of people who expect you to make big plans for their birthdays too early on in the relationship -- this screams high maintenance, and besides, don't they have friends to do this? If You've Been Dating Three Months or Fewer, Not Exclusively Same rules apply as above in terms of party behavior: if you go to a celebration, be prepared to buy drinks and go home together.
Be sure to mingle with people, and don't expect to spend the whole night by the birthday person's side.
You'll probably go home together at the end of the night, but if it doesn't happen, for whatever reason, don't pout.This night is not about your burgeoning relationship.