[Paul T]

It's not often I flub these things, but I did this time...5yr anniv last night, had a great day, nice dinner at a favorite restaurant, etc. For months we have talked about taking a nice trip somewhere for our 5 yr but needed to pin down a date later in the year since my work schedule is crazy right now. So, I figured this future trip was going to be our gift to each other. I even asked her (somewhat) jokingly the other night, "you're not getting me some expensive gift for our anniversary are you?".."no, of course not". OK. So last night, all was going well until late evening when my lovely wife springs a gift on me. A NICE gift...a very nice watch. And here I am with a card. Nothing else, nada. Now I feel like an ass. I can tell she's pissed...so much for a nice weekend.

Now the question, what can I do about it? If i get her something now, it's like I'm only doing it out of guilt, not because I want to (or else I already would have, right?). I've been trying to wean ourselves out of this extravagent gift giving, but its clearly not working...seems like a no win for me this weekend...