What should I do for my supervisors birthday?
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October 18th, 2014
I am currently participating in a program that involves spending months at a time, non stop, with the same group of people. One of those people is my supervisor. Because we have been living together for months, its not the kind of relationship you would imagine. He is my supervisor but he is also a very close friend. Because of the line that he can’t really cross though, he has been very lonely because he is our peer but also our supervisor. I think its a difficult situation to be in. I want to do something special for his upcoming birthday to show our appreciation, but he is a bit of an introvert and definitely wouldn’t want a party.. Any ideas?
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Get him a cake and get a pizza for all for lunch. If he protests, just tell him you wanted cake and were using his birthday as an excuse to get a cake. Don’t make a big deal out of it being his birthday, just make it a festive lunch with cake.
Take him out to lunch or dinner after work. Keep it simple and just invite your close group of friends or co-workers.
We don’t have enough information to be very helpful.
How large is the group? Is everyone on-board? What is the income level? What are his interests? I get an idea that you’re not American?
Your ‘topics’ here seem very sex/sexual abuse oriented. We just have to know more to be of any help.
There are 30 people in the group but it will probably just be a few of us maybe 10. Absolutely nothing to do with sex. Simply a group of young volunteers working and living together
⅓ of the group participating.
”...a program that involves spending months at a time, non stop, with the same group of people.”
Maybe meeting at a restaurant without him knowing in advance?
Not sure we still have enough information.
Working and living together, to what aim?
We are doing volunteer work in a foreign country.. And there are 30 of us… Of course we don’t spend ALL our time together every second and of course, as it goes with large groups of people, not everyone gets along well. I think going to a restaurant is a good idea, I just wanted some help with brainstorming and the answers so far have been helpful :)
Could you organise a collection of money for a gift and ask the others what they think might be a nice present?
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