Buy my plate a gift?

[Roober]

yep, you get her a gift, any kind of a gift, and shes going to read into that.
Text her a happy birthday and tell her you and she should grab dinner and drinks sometime to celebrate. Don't make a specific date about it in the opening text. if you don't want her to read into it, let her be the one who actually sets the date.
You've acknowledged casually and in a non committal way.

Then take her to a reasonable restaurant ($40-$50 dinner) and some drinks. Then go plate.

Be careful with this one. If she's catching feelings it's not cool to lead her on. That's what ends up damaging females for the next dude.

This sounds like a good route

 

[Roober]

Reasonable gifts for birthday of girl you had sex with (choose one).

1) Take her to dinner - search Yelp for top ten restaurants in your area and choose $$ (versus $$$ or $$$$).
2) Bottle of memorable wine (a $20 white - I recommend La Crema Pinot Gris, or a $30+ red - I recommend Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa).
3) A real Silver dollar (costs about $25).

Never give expensive gifts until 6 months or so, and even then, never more than a few hundred IMO.

Good ideas! Never thought about a silver dollar. How do you explain that to a 20-something? They probably think it's a quarter...

Wine is good too. lots of wine options here in the Bay Area

 

[bigneil]

Good ideas! Never thought about a silver dollar. How do you explain that to a 20-something? They probably think it's a quarter...

Wine is good too. lots of wine options here in the Bay Area

Tell them that one silver dollar will feed your family for a week during a crisis, and that it's a good luck charm, and that it purifies water.

 

[sazc]

@Roober @bigneil too funny you guys