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This thread is great. People who hear my wife and I talk to each other assume we have a totally jacked up relationship. We just have a twisted sense of humor.
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Well, you have to be a little twisted when you stay together as long as my husband and I have been together. We have been married almost 40 years. I still adore him and I know he adores me.
Everyone is different with different ways of talking to each other. What IS important is if it works for you and you stay happy in your relationship and together. I am not sure why anyone would care a whole lot what my husband calls me unless it was a nasty name that was meant to hurt.
I don't expect everything handed to me. Just set it down anywhere. UnknownComment
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Oh yeh, that. Ummmm I mean " the husband"......no wait, I mean.....ummmm the nice guy I married????
I don't expect everything handed to me. Just set it down anywhere. UnknownComment
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I can relate to this. As a kid, I use to worry that my parents would divorce after hearing them argue/bicker at times. Their marriage lasted 50+ years till my dad passed away and taught me a lot about commitment.
When I catch myself "jesting" with "the" wife in front of the kids, I would ask my kids if they were worried about our marriage as I don't want them to worry as I did. They would just give me that "oh Dad" look so I think they are on to our routine and know that we adore one another.
I also often refer to the wife as "my bride". After almost 25 years of marriage, it still seems very appropriate to me.
Oh and on another topic, I did get the wife a pink Glock as an anniversary present several years ago. But that's another story...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4 BetaLast edited by acegunnr; 08-01-2013, 6:14 PM.Comment
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ace, you are a romantic: "my bride" after almost 25 years of marriage?! that's great! and you're a good dad to make sure the kids "understand"..... can't wait for the pink glock story......"The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound."-- as seen on a t-shirt
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Speaking of years
What's a good 25th husband to wife giftComment
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depends on what she likes.....or perhaps there is a special place she's always wanted to travel to....."The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own pantyhose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound."-- as seen on a t-shirt
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Second Honeymoon. Doesn't have to be extravagant, just a nice weekender that says you would like time with her.
Rules for gift buying for women:
Do not buy cleaning tools, no vacuums or washing machines. Buy your wife something SHE likes, not something you want to buy for her. Flowers are nice when there is no occasion, but not on a Birthday or Anniversary. Candy is like saying you don't know her well enough to think of anything else. Doesn't take much thought.
If all else fails buy jewelry good jewelry.
I don't expect everything handed to me. Just set it down anywhere. UnknownComment
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I've used the wife countless times, it has saved me thousands in many hobbies.
It just seems so scary, like THE reckoning, or THE devil. Just mentioning THE wife to another man makes them shudder and lowers their guard and BOOM! You just scored a good deal.
At least that's my line of thinking.Just a normal guyComment
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Second Honeymoon. Doesn't have to be extravagant, just a nice weekender that says you would like time with her.
Rules for gift buying for women:
Do not buy cleaning tools, no vacuums or washing machines. Buy your wife something SHE likes, not something you want to buy for her. Flowers are nice when there is no occasion, but not on a Birthday or Anniversary. Candy is like saying you don't know her well enough to think of anything else. Doesn't take much thought.
If all else fails buy jewelry good jewelry.
I can understand the first part about cleaning tools, but I absolutely will never buy a woman jewely because it goes against my moral code and my personal philosophy. Not to mention, if you buy a woman jewelry there is no end in sight, it would be like buying an addict heroin, he will always expect more, no end in sight...
A worthless rock that some con-man found on the ground and was able to convince the women of the world that it is worth 4 months salary and if a man won't buy it for her he's a snake, I want no part of that.
If you know the history of De Beers and what they did to the Boers in South Africa, you'll never look at diamonds the same way. Keep in mind that diamonds are not even rare, there are millions upon millions of them, De Beers and other companies simply warehouse them in vaults, keeping them off the market, to create artificial shortages.
If you read the Scriptures of the Old Testament and the Letters of Paul, it is clear that jewelry is simply a vanity. It is a way for a woman to broadcast to society, "look at how much the man I am with spends on me." I don't want any part of that lifestyle.
With that said, there's nothing wrong with a particularly expensive gift, but I'd prefer it be personal and meaningful. If you know your wife of 15 years thoroughly enjoyed a particular book as a child and it was her absolute favorite book, it might be worth considering finding a first edition of said book, even if you have to hit up a number of book dealers and find one who has a book that old. I have a number of books that are 100+ years old and some that are around 150+ years old. If she really enjoyed a board-game that has been out of production since the 1970s, I wouldn't object to spending the time to track down an original first production run of the game.
But jewelry, never!Comment
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The last sentimental type gift was taking an old gold watch that had belonged to her mom and having it restored/repaired, the face was cracked and clasp broken
I think that was at like 15Comment
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i say "hey woman" so this does not apply to me.Comment
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