Comments on: Don’t Tell Your Wife that Someone Had to Talk You Out of a Terrible Gift http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/ Funny marriage stories from a clueless husband and his patient wife Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:44:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wife of an Outdoors man http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2875 Wife of an Outdoors man Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:59:17 +0000 http://www.wifeadvice.com/?p=550#comment-2875 Fake flowers are pretty bad but I am the proud owner of a pair of fishing waders and boots. No I'm not joking. My husband returned the wonderful hunting packback I bought him for Christmas, that his father would have killed for (he told me so), and used the money to buy me waders and boots for my birthday. Mind you this was the first birthday we had been married for. I am a loving wife and wouldn't have minded so much except that since that time (2 years) I have used the waders 3 times and 2 of those 3 times I asked him to go fishing. What a waste of money! Fake flowers are pretty bad but I am the proud owner of a pair of fishing waders and boots. No I’m not joking. My husband returned the wonderful hunting packback I bought him for Christmas, that his father would have killed for (he told me so), and used the money to buy me waders and boots for my birthday. Mind you this was the first birthday we had been married for.

I am a loving wife and wouldn’t have minded so much except that since that time (2 years) I have used the waders 3 times and 2 of those 3 times I asked him to go fishing. What a waste of money!

]]> By: karlmalone http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 karlmalone Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:57:30 +0000 http://www.wifeadvice.com/?p=550#comment-2873 Not my real name, I wish you would leave it so I could thank you for a great and inspirational story. The question of what women want is a pure hoax. "Women" don't want anything, your particular woman wants something but that doesn't mean another will want the same. So much hype has been built around finding that perfect gift that nothing will be good enough. If girls or guys get offended at gifts they receive, they should be more thankful for the blessings they do have. I always get a crapload of unwanted gifts at Christmas from friends and family alike. I love them dearly and thank them politely. I am grateful I can return stuff to Walmart without a receipt for store credit. Putting a loved on in the doghouse because he or she didn't align the stars for you is selfish and makes people feel bad. I say kill the gift mystique and save receipts. Not my real name, I wish you would leave it so I could thank you for a great and inspirational story. The question of what women want is a pure hoax. “Women” don’t want anything, your particular woman wants something but that doesn’t mean another will want the same. So much hype has been built around finding that perfect gift that nothing will be good enough. If girls or guys get offended at gifts they receive, they should be more thankful for the blessings they do have. I always get a crapload of unwanted gifts at Christmas from friends and family alike. I love them dearly and thank them politely. I am grateful I can return stuff to Walmart without a receipt for store credit. Putting a loved on in the doghouse because he or she didn’t align the stars for you is selfish and makes people feel bad. I say kill the gift mystique and save receipts.

]]> By: Not my Real Name http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2869 Not my Real Name Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:26:45 +0000 http://www.wifeadvice.com/?p=550#comment-2869 The Year I almost ruined my marriage. By some guy who'd rather not leave his name. The men in my family are not known for being great gift givers and I was no exception. One year for Christmas I bought my wife some exercise equipment, workout clothes and a scale. bad idea I know, but really my heart was in the right place. She had been talking about how badly she wanted to loose some weight and then she rattled off all the things she needed to do it. I wrote down each one and then secretly rushed out to buy them. I was so proud as I expertly wrapped them one by one thinking I had nailed it that year. When I got to the scale it hit me like a bolt of lightning. Was actually planning to give my wife a scale for Christmas??? The exercise clothing was iffy but a scale?... A scale was a scale no matter how you sliced it. It seemed the only thing I'd left out was the name of good divorce attorney. The next morning I unwrapped everything and returned it. Instead I bought her a nice ironing board and a frying pan...no I'm kidding... I bought her a necklace like the one she had wanted when we first got married but never bought because we couldn't really afford it at the time. Pretty romantic, huh? I thought so until the day after Christmas when she returned the necklace and bought an ironing board, some exercise equipment and a scale. Now I just give her gift certificates so she can pick out her own things. The Year I almost ruined my marriage.
By some guy who’d rather not leave his name.

The men in my family are not known for being great gift givers and I was no exception. One year for Christmas I bought my wife some exercise equipment, workout clothes and a scale. bad idea I know, but really my heart was in the right place. She had been talking about how badly she wanted to loose some weight and then she rattled off all the things she needed to do it. I wrote down each one and then secretly rushed out to buy them.

I was so proud as I expertly wrapped them one by one thinking I had nailed it that year. When I got to the scale it hit me like a bolt of lightning. Was actually planning to give my wife a scale for Christmas??? The exercise clothing was iffy but a scale?… A scale was a scale no matter how you sliced it. It seemed the only thing I’d left out was the name of good divorce attorney.

The next morning I unwrapped everything and returned it. Instead I bought her a nice ironing board and a frying pan…no I’m kidding… I bought her a necklace like the one she had wanted when we first got married but never bought because we couldn’t really afford it at the time.

Pretty romantic, huh? I thought so until the day after Christmas when she returned the necklace and bought an ironing board, some exercise equipment and a scale.

Now I just give her gift certificates so she can pick out her own things.

]]> By: phillyz http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2865 phillyz Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:25:27 +0000 http://www.wifeadvice.com/?p=550#comment-2865 Jane- you crazy girl! ask her what makes her happy? let me show you how that would turn out "what makes you happy dear" wife- " you should know what makes me happy by now, or maybe you just don't care enough" hubby- "i'm asking because i do care" wife "if you really cared you would figure it out" Jane- you crazy girl! ask her what makes her happy? let me show you how that would turn out “what makes you happy dear” wife- ” you should know what makes me happy by now, or maybe you just don’t care enough” hubby- “i’m asking because i do care” wife “if you really cared you would figure it out”

]]> By: vickie http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2864 vickie Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:55:42 +0000 http://www.wifeadvice.com/?p=550#comment-2864 So you really need to get an amazon wishlist. It is a place where you can add stuff from the whole web. This has been great for my marriage. Both my husband and I have one and then when it's birthday time we have a good place to draw and we can also follow our own creativity. You really ought to check it out. So you really need to get an amazon wishlist. It is a place where you can add stuff from the whole web. This has been great for my marriage. Both my husband and I have one and then when it’s birthday time we have a good place to draw and we can also follow our own creativity. You really ought to check it out.

]]> By: Nancy Sabina http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2863 Nancy Sabina Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:34:11 +0000 http://www.wifeadvice.com/?p=550#comment-2863 Hmm. That almost makes sense. It might make more sense than anything else I've ever heard you say, Donkey! Hmm. That almost makes sense. It might make more sense than anything else I’ve ever heard you say, Donkey!

]]> By: Jane http://www.wifeadvice.com/2009/01/dont-tell-your-wife-that-someone-had-to-talk-you-out-of-a-terrible-gift/comment-page-1/#comment-2862 Jane Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:31:23 +0000 http://www.wifeadvice.com/?p=550#comment-2862 I am not sure why you men think gift giving is such a hard thing! Do you ever pay attention to the things that make her happy? I suspect fake flowers is not one of them! What kinds of gifts did you give her when you were courting her? Ask her when she gets something new why she picked that out as opposed to something else. Have conversations with her about what makes her happy. But do it now and write it down if you have to! Then you can surprise her next year for her birthday because she'll think you probably forgot! I am not sure why you men think gift giving is such a hard thing! Do you ever pay attention to the things that make her happy? I suspect fake flowers is not one of them! What kinds of gifts did you give her when you were courting her? Ask her when she gets something new why she picked that out as opposed to something else. Have conversations with her about what makes her happy. But do it now and write it down if you have to! Then you can surprise her next year for her birthday because she’ll think you probably forgot!

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