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My first wife and I will be celebrating our 11th anniversary in early April and I have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what to get her. To date, she has given me (and herself) 2 son's. The youngest is nearly 3 months old. And last x-mas she bought me a Brew-Magic. Yes! SHE bought me....
So, in preparation I have stashed away $500.00 from a recent equipment sales and would like to use it for her Anniversary gift. BTW, she has been hinting about the day but not the desired gift.
Some guidelines;
- She loves jewelry but DOES NOT like being gifted jewelry. She'd rather shop for it herself.
- She loves shoes, bags, and clothing in general but EVERYTHING I suggest is just wrong. No matter what. Yes, boys and girls, we don't even go there with the "How does this look" BS.
- She has NO HOBBIES!
- She doesn't care for "Chotch-kies" or "Bric-a-brak". She says it's just more crap to dust.
[Edit] - She'd not tolerate having her children in the care of others for more than a few hours. She's a Mother Hen to the extreme.
[Edit] - She's also Muslima.
Over her pregnancy I got her a $200 gift card to the local masseuse. She loves massage but hasn't had the time. She loves to shop but hasn't had teh time or cash.
I could go the easy route and just drop the $500 in a nice card but, I know she'll just bank it anyway.
I have also considered just hiring the neighbor (good friends) for a couple hours to baby-sit and take her out to dinner. We haven't done that in nearly 2 years (seriously).
What to do?
Thanks for the suggestions.
So, in preparation I have stashed away $500.00 from a recent equipment sales and would like to use it for her Anniversary gift. BTW, she has been hinting about the day but not the desired gift.
Some guidelines;
- She loves jewelry but DOES NOT like being gifted jewelry. She'd rather shop for it herself.
- She loves shoes, bags, and clothing in general but EVERYTHING I suggest is just wrong. No matter what. Yes, boys and girls, we don't even go there with the "How does this look" BS.
- She has NO HOBBIES!
- She doesn't care for "Chotch-kies" or "Bric-a-brak". She says it's just more crap to dust.
[Edit] - She'd not tolerate having her children in the care of others for more than a few hours. She's a Mother Hen to the extreme.
[Edit] - She's also Muslima.
Over her pregnancy I got her a $200 gift card to the local masseuse. She loves massage but hasn't had the time. She loves to shop but hasn't had teh time or cash.
I could go the easy route and just drop the $500 in a nice card but, I know she'll just bank it anyway.
I have also considered just hiring the neighbor (good friends) for a couple hours to baby-sit and take her out to dinner. We haven't done that in nearly 2 years (seriously).
What to do?
Thanks for the suggestions.