What would you like from your birth year?

[D177NUT]

I'm after some ideas. Sprog incoming at the beginning of next year.

A watch, vintage Champagne and birthstone jewellery are the obvious choices, but what else?

Budget is open. Cars are out, as is anything I have to store for the next 18 years!

[rouge59]

Give him the watch you wear now for his 18th. I have three sons & the first two have one of their old man's Tag Heuer's, & the youngest will get the one I wear now in 3.5 years.

It doesn't have to be expensive, but it'll be something he'll treasure for the rest of his life.

[Jonboy_t]

Me and my sister both had a bottle of port from our birth years. You can't get it instantly, but wait 3 or 4 years and have a family holiday to somewhere they made a decent one and get a bottle.

We both had ours on our respective 30th birthdays and they were flipping lovely. Made a good excuse to go and spend a pissed up evening with the parents as well as good chance to rub it in that my bottle was more worth a lot more than my sisters as I was born in a ' better year'

[KingNothing]

I collect coins, I have the past few year sets already, so have went back and got a few of the 80's sets so far, but got a nice one for my birth year, the 2016 sets have just came out which range from £30 to £195 at the minute. It's something I'll likely do when I have kids, among other things for them.

[cootuk]

A proof coin of some sort, or set of coins.
You could go a bit off the beaten track and get a future classic like some sort of guitar.

[Rutter]

A barrel of whisky at a distillery with my name on it, ready for me to have a case of when i turn 18/21 or whenever its ready.

[MrBarry123]

D177NUT said:

I'm after some ideas. Sprog incoming at the beginning of next year.

A watch, vintage Champagne and birthstone jewellery are the obvious choices, but what else?

Budget is open. Cars are out, as is anything I have to store for the next 18 years!

Technically you're going to have to store anything you buy. Unless you want to give him an idea or a thought on his 18th.

[djt100]

Playboy from the month of birth and my Omega when he gets to 21.

[Rude-boy]

On the basis the the 1976 Le Mans winning car is a bit out of the ball park funds wise a bottle of Port is always a good call.

By the time they are old enough to consider opening it they will appreciate it.

[Chebble]

MrBarry123 said:

D177NUT said:

I'm after some ideas. Sprog incoming at the beginning of next year.

A watch, vintage Champagne and birthstone jewellery are the obvious choices, but what else?

Budget is open. Cars are out, as is anything I have to store for the next 18 years!

Technically you're going to have to store anything you buy. Unless you want to give him an idea or a thought on his 18th.

I think it's fairly reasonable to assume that he meant that storing anything large is out of the question...

A watch or Champagne for me. I find birthstone jewellery a bit naff to be honest.

[Rude-boy]

I(f feeling a little more flush then you could always but them a small gold bar.

I heard of someone who did this with the idea being that the child would be able to use the metal to make wedding rings for them and their spouse. Soppy bugger in me quite likes this idea.

[mikeveal]

What would I like from my birth year? Easy, Jane Fonda. Not so much now-a-days, but then I don't resemble myself circa 45 years ago either.
Not sure how that answer helps with the OPs quest, but there ya go.

[Antony Moxey]

A very cheap option as an addition to the main gift could be a collection of newspapers. Easy to do, easy to store and a perfect snapshot of where we are on the day of their birth.

[Dr Interceptor]

Antony Moxey said:

A very cheap option as an addition to the main gift could be a collection of newspapers. Easy to do, easy to store and a perfect snapshot of where we are on the day of their birth.

My folks didn't do anything like this, so I started doing it for myself.

I have a copy of the times from my 18th birthday, the 1st Jan 2000, my 21st, 25th, 30th etc.

[jshell]

Loads of blue chip shares!

[fat80b]

jshell said:

Loads of blue chip shares!

Saw the thread title and was just going to post exactly the same.

Take the cash and stick it in some shares for 18 years. Make it a hobby to review progress and teach them the value of long term investing.

Bob

[C0ffin D0dger]

Jonboy_t said:

Me and my sister both had a bottle of port from our birth years. You can't get it instantly, but wait 3 or 4 years and have a family holiday to somewhere they made a decent one and get a bottle.

We both had ours on our respective 30th birthdays and they were flipping lovely. Made a good excuse to go and spend a pissed up evening with the parents as well as good chance to rub it in that my bottle was more worth a lot more than my sisters as I was born in a ' better year'

That would be Portugal then, and more specifically the Douro Valley. They don't make port anywhere else

The other problem is that if they have a bad year then a vintage may not be declared so not every year has a vintage port associated with it.

[austinsmirk]

the two girls from Abbba, circa 1972.

In the back of a Volvo for some "period" action.

not that kind of period obviously.

[Twin2]

For our 21st birthday, I was given a bottle of whisky from our birth year, and my brother a bottle of wine.

Same price ~£50, pretty sure I'd rather have had the wine than a pretty averagely aged whisky

[wildcat45]

Antony Moxey said:

A very cheap option as an addition to the main gift could be a collection of newspapers. Easy to do, easy to store and a perfect snapshot of where we are on the day of their birth.

I did this for my neice when she was born earlier this year. A copy of The Times rolled up
And gift wrapped. Inside, a letter to her from me telling her how much she had been anticipated and how happy and loved I hope she will be.