Topic: X-mas presents for spouses

[Renegade]

Thanks for the ideas on X-mas presents. I went and got her the new Journey DVD and a gift certificate at the same music store. For some reason my wife likes older rock music like Journey. Oh well, there is nothing wrong with older rock music. I would get her something for her bike, but she has never learned how to ride it so that would be pointless. I figure she will eventually learn how to ride the thing. (maybe by the time she retires)

[8 Track]

Jewelry!

[ElCheapo]

My fellow riders, mine is the hardest to buy for woman that I have ever been with. The parts in (######) are her view. Spa certificate (greedy and wastfull), Jewelery (blatant waste of money), Motorcycle (no comment), Clothing - lets just say she hates my taste, perfume (allergic to many types), shoes - again hates my taste, pretty thingy for the house (just not a gift).

I am at a loss.....

[Jim Shea]

Cash, filthy luker, mazoolas, bucks, quid, euros, a wad, Harry Dash(Cockney rhyming slang) get the idea. However, cash only is seen as a good gift by a woman if she has said that's what she wants; if not, you will be seen as a thoughtless pig!! 

[Jonesy]

Alas, I have it easy. Her '74 CB360T never had the cam chain tensioner udated, so CMS will be where I shop for my wife this year! (She loved the matched fork/seat/ignition lock set I got her for her birthday... )

Life's much easier when the wife has a vintage bike of her own!

[Uncle Ernie]

Only a young guy who doesn't know any better would buy his wife anything (ANYTHING- including perfume) that is wearable. Can't get big enough type here to emphasize ANYTHING, because no matter how well you know her, you don't know her taste.  There is ONE wearable item you can get that she will love; heavy wool socks. Merino wool hiking socks from a hiking/camping store.  Thick. She'll wear 'em to bed, in her flannel nightie, watching TV, making breakfast, whatever. You'll never see her feet again unless you shower together.  If you have a foot fetish, do not read this post.

[el kabong]

There is ONE wearable item you can get that she will love; heavy wool socks. Merino wool hiking socks from a hiking/camping store.  Thick. She'll wear 'em to bed, in her flannel nightie, watching TV, making breakfast, whatever. You'll never see her feet again unless you shower together.  If you have a foot fetish, do not read this post.

apparently we are in the company of a master.

my wife made a xmas wish list of 4 items.  one of them was "warm socks", so yesterday i bought her a few pairs of socks.

but now i realize she did not want socks, she wanted WARM socks.   seems i fumbled the ball, but fortunately there's still time to recover.      (this site rocks!!!)

[ElCheapo]

Ok I too just got nailed by the warm socks gift too. We HAVE A MASTER 
Ohhh might I add warm gloves. 

I went down the jewelery road any way fo bit.

[Jim Shea]

Guys,
No matter what sort of socks or gloves you buy, your wife will hate you(although you will never know) if you do not buy something else for her with a bit of consideration!!
Be warned, or we will see you in the divorce courts next year.

[Gordon]

Hey El Kabong, you need this for your avatar.

[el kabong]

Hey El Kabong, you need this for your avatar.

for you last minute shopper guys, i learned this morning that merino is a type of wool, not a trade name. 

and thx for the pic!

http://www.the-earchives.com/wavs/q/quickdraw01.wav

[Uncle Ernie]

Thanks Bong- merino wool is a much longer fiber so it doesn't itch. Rag wool is basically waht is left over- shorter strands and the ends sticking out is what makes it itch.  Merino wool products have wonderful insulating properties, and because they wick moisture out of the top of your boots they stay cooler, too, in the summer. The socks have a density that lasts for a really long time, and they last 10 times longer than cotton.

[ElCheapo]

With socks like that, you only have to buy them once a decade 

[ElCheapo]

I saw something funny on a show last night (Everybody Loves Raymond). Basically it was buy her a greater gift than she buys you so she will feel bad for not getting you anything killer so you can get away with something special like a trip to vegas (or that purchase of the sandcast 750  )

[smithrelo]

Take it from the Horses Mouth (hmmmm that does NOT sound quite like I wanted it to...)

Trinkets or Baubles:

Trinkets=Gold shiny jewelry thingys.

Baubles=Gold shiny jewelry thingys with DIAMONDS, EMERALDS, RUBYS, ETC ETC ETC.

Linda

Who did NOT get any of the above this year 8-(    (...but hoping DH is saving up for something shiny for her Birthday which is in about 2 weeks.)  And who is very, very spoiled from previous gifts of trinkets and baubles!

[Uncle Ernie]

Well, you're a rare horse then. ALL the women (horses?) I've known would force a smile and put it under the bottom drawer if they didn't pick it out.
BTW, To paraphrase an old New York bar joke- we don't get many horses in here...

[ElCheapo]

Out buying her did not help. things still the same Like a broken bike better  Last Christmas I will spend more than I NEED for tools and  thingys for myself. No lift, No creeper, No wrenches, no f'in screwdrivers - Not even the drinkable kind. Off to smash the Damn Hotwheel bike. 

Not even a Freakin Merry Christmas from my daughters in New Mexico. I try to stay resonable, but I am begining to hate Christmas. Sour graping  . I guess normally everyday is Christmas or Saturday for me. I buy what I need when I need it and no schedule matters except for the shipping one for my eBay customers.

I even went so far as to hand cut a stone that I found in Colorado as a gift, Antero to be exact ($3,000 Aqua Marine). And I had set it in a setting of my own design as I used to do lots of jewelery. The only good thing that came of the whole trip. This stone was perfect, no fracture, no second mineral.... Problably the best find between Antero and Mt. White valley (with the exception of the "Subway") in 50 years. Just not good enough.......

Mutha F'IN QW(*&%#@#$OI^&@#$(*^#@)(*^@!#*&!

[oldbiker]

I offered my wife a Christmas present. She said 'what, after all these years and anyway I'm tired and have a head-ache'------

[Gordon]

I offered my wife a Christmas present. She said 'what, after all these years and anyway I'm tired and have a head-ache'------

That's what you get for offering her used goods!

[74cb750]

We always used to buy my mother in law ugly socks, like ones with bells attached and gaudy reindeer etc etc.
That way she could never sneak up on me.

I never buy the wife socks, if yshe wants to keep them warm she needs to cuddle up to me.

[ElCheapo]

We always used to buy my mother in law ugly socks, like ones with bells attached and gaudy reindeer etc etc.
That way she could never sneak up on me.

Noisey "Godzilla" slippers can work too