<p>My roommate's birthday is just a few days after we move in and I'd like to do something really nice for her to make sure we start the year off right. I just don't know what I would do since I won't have that much time to really get to know her aside from the conversations we've been having via email/Facebook. </p>
<p>I was thinking of throwing a small party for her with a few of the other girls I've met, but neither of us will really have a bunch of friends to invite, since her birthday is so soon after move-in.</p>
<p>You could go out to dinner, just the two of you or a group of friends and get to know each other. My roommate and I went out for cheesesticks and milkshakes the night she moved back in. It was super fun:)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t do anything too over the top since you don’t know her that well yet, you don’t want to make her uncomfortable and for all you know she may be making her own plans. I second the dinner suggestion, that’ll be fun but low-key and will give you guys the opportunity to get to know each other better.</p>
<p>Similar to what they said above^^^ something low key and chill. Personally, my birthday will be the day after school/instruction starts, so going out to dinner with random hallmates/people seems the best option, and getting to know each other is an added bonus! :)</p>
<p>The party idea sounds good. The only problem I can see is that she might have prepared something else with a boyfriend or her parents, so as other people have said try to make it a low-key thing (ie you don’t need to book a balloon ride or anything). Maybe lunch might be nice? (It’s also a good opportunity to get to know her).</p>
<p>err seems a bit weird actually that you would celebrate her birthday when you barely know her. I sure didn’t know my roommates birthday before I moved in.
anyways, if you’re going somewhere, i’d recommend the cheesecake factory! sharing a red velvet cheesecake would make ANYONE like you for the rest of a year</p>
<p>I would say ditch the party idea unless you guys just happen to hit it off really quickly. Instead, get her a small generic gift, like maybe a gift basket with some of her favorite candy, a giftcard for the local movie theater, etc. Then if the night of her birthday, you notice that she’s just in your room, offer to take her out for dinner or ice cream, like everyone else said, something low key.</p>
<p>Ive never celebrated my birthday with my roommates, but I’ve never been friends with one of them either… And my birthday is in April so by that point there wasn’t a reason to get to know each other via bday dinner. But I agreed with dinner suggestions.</p>