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‘Tis the time of year to realize your SO knows nothing about you.

Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:37 pm
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:37 pm
I’m numb to it now, but the time’s here again. For the things I really care about I just buy myself and give her the package unopened...so officially I’ve never really seen it. Still, for the stuff I put on my list...I can’t wait to see how ‘not me’ they are.

I’ll admit I’m a little too particular for my own good, but I’m also very cognizant of my SO’s preferences. It’s not hard for me to tell if it’s something she’ll like. Seems impossible the other way around though.

Gotta practice the “WTF?..I love it!” smile for next week.

Open your eyes peeps.
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:38 pm to
csb
Posted by CptBengal
BR Baby
Member since Dec 2007
71661 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:39 pm to
I take the opposite approach. I tell her nothing and then see what happens.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:40 pm to
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Posted by DuckManiak
Member since Nov 2011
3856 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:41 pm to
A grown man caring about gifts your wife gives to you is a little sad.

Get her something she likes. I couldn’t care less if I get a potato. She’ll take care of me in other ways.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60078 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:41 pm to
Did your wife wash your jeans this year? Sorry baw
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
39015 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:41 pm to
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Open your eyes peeps.


My SO and I buy just about everything we want for ourselves throughout the year and are both extremely picky.

Rather than freaking out that gifts are so hard to pick out and starting the "OMG my SO doesn't even know me" drama, why not just stop exchanging gifts with each other?

Posted by Mingo Was His NameO
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2016
37536 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:42 pm to
You just sound like if you dont get exactly what you want in a particular way its not good enough.

A lay term for this is "a-hole"
Posted by link
Member since Feb 2009
19946 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:42 pm to
is she at all normal or basic? just from what i know of you from the OT, you're too damn eccentric to shop for...the plasti-dipping, the de-badging, the jeans that stand up on their own... i think you were even into designer pens this year.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60078 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:43 pm to
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She’ll take care of me in other ways.

This. She always blows my interlock when I’m in ketosis
Posted by Choctaw
Pumpin' Sunshine
Member since Jul 2007
77774 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:43 pm to
quote:

She’ll take care of me in other ways.


i can get that anytime. i want a badass gift.
Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
41694 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:44 pm to
She asked me this morning what brand I wear. I said, Unbranded...and she just looked at me with scowl.
Posted by Tbonepatron
Member since Aug 2013
8462 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:44 pm to
My wife and I haven’t bought Christmas gifts for each other in about 5 years. We just save the money and spend it on a really nice dinner and a show.
Posted by BrohemAlem11
Ratchet City, LA
Member since Oct 2014
13912 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:45 pm to
sucks to be you. My wife always find me shite that I didn't know existed but am pumped as hell to have. To fill the gap I send her to the stores where I buy most of my whiskey and tell her which employees know what I like.
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11636 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:45 pm to
What are you putting on your list that she’s getting wrong?
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:45 pm to
quote:

. I couldn’t care less if I get a potato

You're in luck.

LINK
Posted by geauxkw
bayou self
Member since Aug 2008
1000 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:46 pm to
anniversary was yesterday, didn't even get a card...
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:46 pm to
Same here, we pretty much get whatever we want when we want it, get stuff for the kids at Christmas
Posted by dbeck
Member since Nov 2014
29454 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:47 pm to
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Gaston

She is trying to buy clothes that make you look like a real man.
quote:

I can’t wait to see how ‘not me’ they are. 

Makes sense.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33054 posts
Posted on 12/19/18 at 12:47 pm to
quote:

My wife always find me shite that I didn't know existed but am pumped as hell to have

My wife is the same.

We are both pretty good gift givers. We just set a price limit each year.
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