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I feel like a heel....

This morning before coffee I was reading through some of the posts and one of them gave me a good laugh. My wife looked at me kind of weird so I had to tell he what I had just read. (It was in the Coke and Pepsi thread and dealt with bacon.)

At this point, my wife tells me about when I first started my AD and we were looking at items from the Art of Shaving in the local mall. She said that the whole time that I was looking at the products, her heart was just dropping. She had planned on getting me wet shaving items for the next special day gift. She thought she was really going to surprise me because I have talked about this stuff before from time to time.

Instead, my impulsiveness got me right into the middle of it all before she could even think to react. She always has a hard time getting gifts for me because I rarely wait when I want something. If I want it, I go and get it.

Man....I felt about this big.....(for those who can't see my fingers, it is about an inch). I told her that it was good in a way because I have found some really good items without buying the hyped up Art of Shaving gear. Really, my razor I won on eBay for $57 and it sold for $300 when it came out. What a deal! And just think about it...what could compare to Tabac or Ogallala Bay Rum products? (I would enter something about a good brush here but I posted my horror story about that in the 'Brushes" forum.)

Guess I need to come up with another hobby/addiction so that she can surprise me with a gift......I wonder if she will buy me a fishing boat.....:biggrin:
 
My wife has the same problem... :lol:

What we did is come up with a policy that I'm not allowed to buy anything two months before Christmas and my birthday (which are close together).
 
My wife has the same problem... :lol:

What we did is come up with a policy that I'm not allowed to buy anything two months before Christmas and my birthday (which are close together).


I like this. I may mention this with my SO, for both of us. We're both pretty difficult gift targets.
 
This morning before coffee I was reading through some of the posts and one of them gave me a good laugh. My wife looked at me kind of weird so I had to tell he what I had just read. (It was in the Coke and Pepsi thread and dealt with bacon.)

At this point, my wife tells me about when I first started my AD and we were looking at items from the Art of Shaving in the local mall. She said that the whole time that I was looking at the products, her heart was just dropping. She had planned on getting me wet shaving items for the next special day gift. She thought she was really going to surprise me because I have talked about this stuff before from time to time.

Instead, my impulsiveness got me right into the middle of it all before she could even think to react. She always has a hard time getting gifts for me because I rarely wait when I want something. If I want it, I go and get it.

Man....I felt about this big.....(for those who can't see my fingers, it is about an inch). I told her that it was good in a way because I have found some really good items without buying the hyped up Art of Shaving gear. Really, my razor I won on eBay for $57 and it sold for $300 when it came out. What a deal! And just think about it...what could compare to Tabac or Ogallala Bay Rum products? (I would enter something about a good brush here but I posted my horror story about that in the 'Brushes" forum.)

Guess I need to come up with another hobby/addiction so that she can surprise me with a gift......I wonder if she will buy me a fishing boat.....:biggrin:

My wife has the same problem... :lol:

What we did is come up with a policy that I'm not allowed to buy anything two months before Christmas and my birthday (which are close together).


Problem solved: We guys just need to get better at that "not-so-subtle-hinting-thing that women do which usually goes right over guys' heads."
 
Yup, me too...my wife was PISSED when I ordered my Rooney...she was so proud of herself that she knew EXACTLY what to get me for Valentine's Day because I'd talked about them for a while. To her credit though, she's the one who got me Leisure Guy's guide, my Futur, and my Vulfix for Christmas, so she still rocks harder than I do....
 
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I like this. I may mention this with my SO, for both of us. We're both pretty difficult gift targets.

It really is a marriage saver. At one point she said to me, "look, I just bought you one of those last week and I spent two months looking for it... you are not buying one for yourself!" We laugh now, but she was frustrated as hell. :lol:
 
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I like this. I may mention this with my SO, for both of us. We're both pretty difficult gift targets.

Are you allowed to move your birthday closer to Christmas? I mean, why give up *four* months of purchasing. Chip has to give up only two.
 
My wife has yelled at me for this same situation numerous times. Anytime father's day or my birthday comes up she'll try and figure out what I want by seeing what I've been into lately or what I'm looking at or by asking some subtle questions. She's actually very good at it. Problem is I always beat her to it because I want to treat myself for the occasion as well. She has also given me the no purchases before a bday or father's day rule.
 
I dont think my wife is over the "this is the dumbest hobby in the world and you are totally weird for talking to a bunch of guys about shaving" philosophy...

I'm working on her tho.
 
I dont think my wife is over the "this is the dumbest hobby in the world and you are totally weird for talking to a bunch of guys about shaving" philosophy...

I'm working on her tho.

I'm not sure that ever goes completly away...

my wife says that a lot too but she usually laughs about it. She's never been very good at gift-giving though. So I usually have to treat myself to get anything worthwhile. She is good at gifts in theory, but never actually gets them.

E.g., a really nice fountain pen, which she claimed to have gotten me as a wedding present, but which did not, in fact, exist in reality
 
Problem solved: We guys just need to get better at that "not-so-subtle-hinting-thing that women do which usually goes right over guys' heads."

That's called my Amazon Wish List :lol: If Amazon don't sell it (or never have) then the requisite information gets left lying around...
 
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