A Huge Birthday Thank-you! August 14, 2022 11:56 AM Subscribe
So a few weeks ago I posted a question asking for ideas to Harry Potter-ify my wife's birthday. I wanted to thank Metafilter generally for being the kind of place where I can ask that kind of question and also thank everybody who took the time to give an answer. There were a ton of really great suggestions!
Her birthday was this past Friday and everything came together fantastically if I do say so myself. (Facebook photo album. Should be publicly viewable.)
In particular, this comment by ceramicblue was fantastic and gave me the idea of soliciting a bunch of internet strangers to send birthday cards to my wife. Much to my delight many offered to do just that!
So I'd like to offer a very special thank-you to:
I showed her the thread afterwards and she was really touched so thanks again to everybody who answered the question and/or sent something, it really meant a lot to both of us.
Her birthday was this past Friday and everything came together fantastically if I do say so myself. (Facebook photo album. Should be publicly viewable.)
In particular, this comment by ceramicblue was fantastic and gave me the idea of soliciting a bunch of internet strangers to send birthday cards to my wife. Much to my delight many offered to do just that!
So I'd like to offer a very special thank-you to:
- BibiRose
- BoscosMom (also for the Hedwig and golden snitches ideas)
- Rumi'sLeftSock
- lepus
- lharmon
- paduasoy
- sincerely yours
- the primroses were over
I showed her the thread afterwards and she was really touched so thanks again to everybody who answered the question and/or sent something, it really meant a lot to both of us.
This made my weekend. Thanks for the follow up.
posted by terrapin at 2:33 PM on August 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
posted by terrapin at 2:33 PM on August 14, 2022 [2 favorites]
Yay! Thanks for sharing a little bit of how the celebration went. Your diy Hedwig is especially great.
My favorite asks are the "help me do something nice for my anniversary/someone's birthday/someone who needs a cheering up" genre. Even better than "help name my pet," and that's a high bar.
A very merry unbirthday to you! (unless this is coincidentally your birthday, which is possible I suppose...)
posted by the primroses were over at 3:51 AM on August 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
My favorite asks are the "help me do something nice for my anniversary/someone's birthday/someone who needs a cheering up" genre. Even better than "help name my pet," and that's a high bar.
A very merry unbirthday to you! (unless this is coincidentally your birthday, which is possible I suppose...)
posted by the primroses were over at 3:51 AM on August 15, 2022 [3 favorites]
This is so fun! What a sweet thing to do!
posted by mochapickle at 5:04 AM on August 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by mochapickle at 5:04 AM on August 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
That looks fabulous. I was hoping you would give us an update. Thanks for posting the pics!
posted by BoscosMom at 10:15 AM on August 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
posted by BoscosMom at 10:15 AM on August 15, 2022 [1 favorite]
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posted by purenitrous at 1:57 PM on August 14, 2022 [2 favorites]