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is your significant other easy to shop for (gifts)?
oh krappola!
my wife is impossible. she has no hobbies! she likes makeup, and jewelery, but both of those are very subjective. year after year i screw up and get a lame effen gift! believe me, my ears are like radar! i listen year-round for hints..maybe statements like, "oh, i would love one of those!!"" NADA! my wife is silent. all i ever hear is "i have everything i want..." i hate this time of year. birthday and holidays. pretty much an entire autumn season of me effen messing this up. ME? i am so transparent with what i want. she never has a gift issue. i am hobby-rich! a SK torque wrench would make me gush. prediction, tomorrow i will be returning some ear-rings.. cliff.
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Sid, if you ever get married. make sure the wife's birthday is not in the middle of your hobby's season. (hunting)..dont marry her during your hobby's season (more hunting)..make sure she is easy to shop for.
jus sayin. at least i get to leave work early today..
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Vash - give us some details. How old is she, what do you want to spend, etc.
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Gumball Machine -- the gift that keeps giving all year long.
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10-11-2011, 11:35 AM
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I can think of all kinds of great gifts. Take her back-packing into the back country. Buy her a .22. A gift certificate to Bass Pro Shop. A good pair of work gloves, maybe goat skin. A gift certificate for barrel racing training. Gopher traps. A Taxidermy for Dummies book. Need any other ideas?
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10-11-2011, 11:36 AM
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My wife loves to collect pictures of dead presidents. 20's 50's & 100's are great but she won't turn down 5's & 10's.
Money is: -always in style -always the right color -fits perfectly (God forbid I pick the wrong size) -never needs to be returned so no receipt needed -never refused because she already has one and doesn't need any more I get creative as to how to give it to her. I always include a card with a heartfelt hand written note and sometimes also add something of no great value that is fun or good for a laugh. Back when we were first married (and dirt poor), I bought a tin container at the dollar store with a picture on it that related to something she loves and filled it with crumpled up $1 bills. It looked like a million. She loved it and still has the tin.
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I give money, I know its not a personal gift but 3/4 of the stuff I buy her she takes back so with cash she gets what she wants
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Gift cards after 34 years of marriage is the only way I roll with my wife. Well, not exactly the only way I roll.
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10-11-2011, 11:52 AM
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My wife's pretty easy to shop for. She likes elegant high end shoes (especially if I get them on sale), and big honking diamonds.
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Mine used to be difficult. Our tastes in things like jewelry are not in sync.
So she goes and picks out things at several stores and let's me know where then I go pick from the selections so what she gets is still a surprise based somewhat on my choice and she gets something she likes.
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10-11-2011, 12:19 PM
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Promise her another year of good lovin' without any interference from you.
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10-11-2011, 12:25 PM
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For a small but interesting gift, how about a Life or Look magazine from the day or week she was born? They'll provide a little snapshot of the world she was born into. Other weekly (or even monthly) mags would work too but old copies of Life & Look are fairly easy to come by. If she's in the right age group, a TV Guide from the week she was born will recall the popular programs of the day. I think there are on-line sources for back issues of newspapers as well. These would be available for the exact day of her birth. You'll probably have to spring for some earings too but this will at least be something unique.
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10-11-2011, 01:06 PM
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Cliffy, maybe my story will help you out...
I was in the exact same place, wife has no hobbies, loves to shop, but also "loves surprises". Impossible to shop for. Over the last 20 years of marriage I have tried every gift you can imagine, electric can opener, vacuum cleaner... these gifts, although needed, were not appriciated. Later I caught on that what she really wanted was jewelry. So I tried my hand at ear rings (not the right color), watches (not the right model Tag Heuer) etc... All were returned by her for what she really wanted. This I saw as a waste of my time, so I told her I was done buying gifts. What followed was a year of nothing. No Mother's Day gift, no birthday gift, nothing for Xmas. This drove her crazy. Now when I do get her something, she is happy as can be. This method may not be for everyone, it takes a stong will to withstand the pressure from the wife and kids to get mom "something". But in the end it will be worth it, if you can stay strong. 
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Take her to Capitola for the weekend.
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10-11-2011, 01:27 PM
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And if you stay married....
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10-11-2011, 01:29 PM
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Vash: You virtually cannot go wrong with Gold or Diamonds. Buy good diamonds.
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