You'll go far kid.. Best advise on this thread! You go big one year they expect it the next. However, "happy wife = happy life" and I failed to follow my own advice and got her a MacBook Pro. (I am screwed next year!!).
Christmas Gift Ideas for the Girlfriend / Wife?
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If money tight, give her a nice card with a coupon, say worth one back rub, or will cook dinner do the dishes and a back rub. needless to say sex is not part of the coupon so keep that out of it.
If you got the bucks? what ever turns her on. good night for both of yu.
If you got the bucks? what ever turns her on. good night for both of yu.
I needed that laugh... That was a good one though!!!
Great ideas as well from everyone... Definitely will help when thinking of ideas for her birthday thats for sure...
Also looking at this thread i just realized how spoilt my gf is, considering shes travelled twice this year with me, gets free makeup from my sister whos a make uo artist, shoes from me coz im a sneaker head and who knows what else... Then again, she has to put up with and my tanks + hobbies so i guess it balances out
It's hard for me. The wife has no hobbies. She doesn't like makeup or jewerly. She already has a ton of shoes and purses. She doesn't like animals. We have plenty of cookware.
I quote Doc (Robert Duvall) from the movie "Phenomenon";
Doc: Banes...how's your lady love?
Banes: We... um... we broke up.
Doc: Really? That's too bad, yeah. Now George has a love at his side and she is sticking with him. You know why? Because he bought her chairs. That's pretty smart to me. You ever buy Lisa's chairs?
Banes: Doc's real drunk tonight.
Doc: Every woman has her chair, something she needs to put herself into, Banes. You ever figure out what Lisa's chairs were and buy 'em?
Lol, check out Oddball!! Even gives out marital advice!!
That's a tip I could use myself, thanks 
OK guys, I've read this thread and hear some desperation and frustration. I realize that I have a different mind set and a completely different perspective. For some people, it's all about the receiving. Every year, someone on MFK will start a thread "What did you get for Christmas?"
Frankly, for years the political expediency of getting gifts for people who don't want or need or will use whatever you spend your time and money purchasing has gotten me down on the whole experience. I have felt that I was just throwing money away. It got easier when I started just giving cash when a gift "needed" to be given. When I tell my husband that I don't want anything, I am dead serious. (But not every woman may be serious) Somehow it falls on deaf ears. When I think back over the years, three of his gifts really touched me in a profound manner, probably because so much of his time was invested in each gift. One year he gave me a musical saw. He had to drive 9 hours to purchase the saw. It was a complete surprise. Another time he made a cat tree, welding and assembling it at his parents' house.
Another time he completely refinished my harp bench, turning an ugly used bench into a beautiful piece. This week I went to an equipment auction with him. It was cold and rainy and generally miserable. I kept warm and dry. When he commented on having never seen the coats I was wearing, I told him that he had given them both to me in Christmases past....so it turns out that his gifts that I had no use for really were thoughtful gifts that I eventually used.
So if you are really flummoxed, what do you do? Ask her. Listen very carefully and pay attention to what she says. What she talks about is where her interests lie. You need to perfect the art of reading between the lines. Women communicate indirectly, while men generally communicate directly.
Example: Three men are talking about a fourth individual, saying what a slob he is. Each man will agree while he wipes the ketchup drips from his hamburger off his shirt. Same scenario with three women will result in each woman wondering if the other two are talking about her.
So listen and pay attention. BTW, the spa idea is great--women love to be pampered. The thoughtful gift means the world, but you will have to perfect the art of listening. Good luck my MFK friends!
Frankly, for years the political expediency of getting gifts for people who don't want or need or will use whatever you spend your time and money purchasing has gotten me down on the whole experience. I have felt that I was just throwing money away. It got easier when I started just giving cash when a gift "needed" to be given. When I tell my husband that I don't want anything, I am dead serious. (But not every woman may be serious) Somehow it falls on deaf ears. When I think back over the years, three of his gifts really touched me in a profound manner, probably because so much of his time was invested in each gift. One year he gave me a musical saw. He had to drive 9 hours to purchase the saw. It was a complete surprise. Another time he made a cat tree, welding and assembling it at his parents' house.
Another time he completely refinished my harp bench, turning an ugly used bench into a beautiful piece. This week I went to an equipment auction with him. It was cold and rainy and generally miserable. I kept warm and dry. When he commented on having never seen the coats I was wearing, I told him that he had given them both to me in Christmases past....so it turns out that his gifts that I had no use for really were thoughtful gifts that I eventually used.
So if you are really flummoxed, what do you do? Ask her. Listen very carefully and pay attention to what she says. What she talks about is where her interests lie. You need to perfect the art of reading between the lines. Women communicate indirectly, while men generally communicate directly.
Example: Three men are talking about a fourth individual, saying what a slob he is. Each man will agree while he wipes the ketchup drips from his hamburger off his shirt. Same scenario with three women will result in each woman wondering if the other two are talking about her.
So listen and pay attention. BTW, the spa idea is great--women love to be pampered. The thoughtful gift means the world, but you will have to perfect the art of listening. Good luck my MFK friends!
Is that really necessary ladies? That doesn't make it any easier for us to make you happy...
Brian
OK guys, I've read this thread and hear some desperation and frustration. I realize that I have a different mind set and a completely different perspective. For some people, it's all about the receiving. Every year, someone on MFK will start a thread "What did you get for Christmas?"
Frankly, for years the political expediency of getting gifts for people who don't want or need or will use whatever you spend your time and money purchasing has gotten me down on the whole experience. I have felt that I was just throwing money away. It got easier when I started just giving cash when a gift "needed" to be given. When I tell my husband that I don't want anything, I am dead serious. (But not every woman may be serious) Somehow it falls on deaf ears. When I think back over the years, three of his gifts really touched me in a profound manner, probably because so much of his time was invested in each gift. One year he gave me a musical saw. He had to drive 9 hours to purchase the saw. It was a complete surprise. Another time he made a cat tree, welding and assembling it at his parents' house.
Another time he completely refinished my harp bench, turning an ugly used bench into a beautiful piece. This week I went to an equipment auction with him. It was cold and rainy and generally miserable. I kept warm and dry. When he commented on having never seen the coats I was wearing, I told him that he had given them both to me in Christmases past....so it turns out that his gifts that I had no use for really were thoughtful gifts that I eventually used.
So if you are really flummoxed, what do you do? Ask her. Listen very carefully and pay attention to what she says. What she talks about is where her interests lie. You need to perfect the art of reading between the lines. Women communicate indirectly, while men generally communicate directly.
Example: Three men are talking about a fourth individual, saying what a slob he is. Each man will agree while he wipes the ketchup drips from his hamburger off his shirt. Same scenario with three women will result in each woman wondering if the other two are talking about her.
So listen and pay attention. BTW, the spa idea is great--women love to be pampered. The thoughtful gift means the world, but you will have to perfect the art of listening. Good luck my MFK friends!
The spa!?? I meant to ask about that. How come when WE mention we want to go for a massage, the whole world comes to a grinding halt!? *smh**
