Make him feel special...

making him feel special doesn't necessarily mean spending money. it can just be making the whole day about him. from the moment he opens his eyes. maybe you want to make him breakfast in bed to begin with. then spend the whole day fawning over him. make him feel like an emperor. maybe i should do that for my partner's birthday too. ;p

One thing I heard about doing is placing little "love notes" everywhere, even rolled into the toilet paper!!! (Unexpected places!) Maybe a treasure hunt with YOU as the treasure to find??? Send some flowers to him at his place of work (if possible). It's rare that men get flowers at work, and (unless he'd be totally embarrassed by it) would make him feel pretty darned special! Got a phone with IM-ing? IM him love messages throughout the day... special ones. Treat him to a special back rub or "spa" treatment, where YOU are the masseuse. Good luck and have FUN with it.

you can make a personalized card for him. it will make him feel special.also cook some food that he loves on his birthday. a rose with the words from your mind will also help.

What a coincidence, my husband's birthday falls on the second week of July, too, and we're also on a really tight budget. Well, we have been on a tight budget for almost a year now. However, I don't feel the same way as you towards this day. You might get me wrong but I have to say that I love him. We've been married for more than five years now and we have a daughter who is turning three next month. Somehow, I guess I have to admit that our daughter's birthday gets me worried and preoccupies me more than my husband's natal day. Honestly speaking, my husband knows that I don't intend to do or cook anything for his birthday. We really can't afford it at this time. But if only money isn't a problem for us, I'd like to revisit places we've been to when we were still on the 'sweetheart stage'. Of course, we'll take our daughter along with us. But going on a trip would be costly for us so it wouldn't be possible for the moment. Anyway, you could cook up one of his favorite meals on his birthday. As they say, the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Make a personalized letter for him. This would also do. Before I forget, I really do hope that we'd both be happier and wealthier in the soonest possible time. Take care and God bless.

Hi there, I experienced that also, you know? i also involved my kids to do something for him like my eldest whose only ten years old, made a collage of his pictures from as an infant to present pictures, he also made a huge greeting card for him. My youngest whose six years old, practice singing his favorite song and I prepared dinner for with with some of his favorite food and baked a cake for him, another thing which was more exciting was, I invited his sister who haven't seen him for months since she got her first job so they seldom see or talk to each other. When he arrived form work, we showed him what we got and all we received was a great great smile.