Ask Orbit · by Jan Nowak · 2026-10-18

Planning a surprise for my girlfriend's birthday, ideas that aren't clichés?

Budget is moderate, she likes hiking and cooking. No dinner at a fancy restaurant please, we did that last year.

20 sparks · 11 comments

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Birthday surprises are more interesting than I expected. Been thinking about them all morning.

Camila Soto · 11 likes

Same here, had the exact same experience

Glad someone asked about birthday surprises.

lol this is too accurate

Saving this thread. I need birthday surprise ideas too.

Same, I'm saving it too.

my wallet just cried reading this

Tried something similar last month. Planning went okay, but the little details tripped me up.

Noah Miller · 12 likes

Classic Monday energy

Underrated comment right here

Tbh I read it twice and still not sure what I think