Some people are just useless when it comes to buying pressies - i`m one of them...
I just go into some weird panic attack mode, and walk around like a zombie for 4 hours, not taking in anything i`m looking at, until the missus tells me to give up and come home !
Do you have the same problem when shopping around for something you want?
I doubt it, you think about it because you're enthusiastic about it. It's a pity you're not as enthusiastic as making a gift to someone you're fond of.
Nobody here is going to know her well enough to come up with something she is sure to like. In any case, you are probably too late to book what I usually give my partner for her birthday - a long weekend in a major European city.
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But think of all the good karma you'll acrue from the happiness of his future partners once you've shown him the ropes. And the feathers. And the little rubber thing with the wiggly bit.
Why would anyone, only sorting out the best vfm etc?
Or are shopping with a purpose?
*We* rarely buy / make / give each other anything because 1) we don't feel a need to and 2) generally would wouldn't know what to get for each other and 3) we don't 'do' birthdays, wedding anniversaries, xmyth etc?
That's not to say I have never bought / made / done something for my wife *because* I know she would like / need / want it though (but not on any particular date?) ?
I suspect many folk buy / get / do something with / for their partners purely because it's expected and they would never hear the last of it if they didn't.
We are closer than that ..
All the best ..
T i m
Like the (mainly) guys who do all their last minute shopping at the petrol stations on their way home on the day .. but it's the thought that counts isn't it? ;-)
I wouldn't want that but a memorable break is a good idea. I'd love a cruise to Greenland, I keep hinting but he's refused. I'll bring it up again and again until he gives in, then I'll say how clever he is for thinking of it :-)
Funnily enough, I do, unless its something really specific - and even then i`ll usually ignore the idea for a couple of months. Of course, there are some impulse buys, but the same applies to the missus - if there`s anything that catches her eye, all she has to do is ask, time of year or proximity to a "memorable date" has nothing to do with it.
I say ask, because, being a bloke, i`m completely unaware of the subtleties of "ooh, isn't that nice", and many a time i`ve bought something misunderstanding her meaning of "nice" only to find she meant completely the opposite - we once ended up in Las Vegas on holiday for exactly that reason !
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