What surprise should I give....
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Last year flowers, chocolates and wrist watch... :rose:
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I take my wife shopping. Usually I buy her tea at a nice tea shop. Walk around with her. Try to keep the complaints about how long we are in a place to a minimum. She also likes getting a spa day. She loves gift certificates related to her hobbies. I went into a shop that sold French silks and bought her a silk pillowcase once. That was extremely well received. If I were desperate, I'd ask her friends. Special food, silk, anything to do with her hobbies, time alone with you. Stuff that reminds her you know she's a woman. Occasionally I'll get a movie or movie set I know she would like and put it together with something else. Do you cook? Women love a man who will cook for them. I once woke my wife from a nap to show her a candlelit dinner; Manicotti in a marinara sauce with garlic bread on the side.
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Don't buy a bouquet. Buy her ONE long stem rose, and take her to a nice place for a candle light dinner. She'll enjoy the dinner, and she'll cellophane-wrap and keep the rose for years. A bouquet is just a bunch of flowers. One rose is a special gift. Trust me - this'll get you a LOT of points with your lady. ;)
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I take my wife shopping. Usually I buy her tea at a nice tea shop. Walk around with her. Try to keep the complaints about how long we are in a place to a minimum. She also likes getting a spa day. She loves gift certificates related to her hobbies. I went into a shop that sold French silks and bought her a silk pillowcase once. That was extremely well received. If I were desperate, I'd ask her friends. Special food, silk, anything to do with her hobbies, time alone with you. Stuff that reminds her you know she's a woman. Occasionally I'll get a movie or movie set I know she would like and put it together with something else. Do you cook? Women love a man who will cook for them. I once woke my wife from a nap to show her a candlelit dinner; Manicotti in a marinara sauce with garlic bread on the side.
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smcnulty2000 wrote:
silk pillowcase
Really It's awesome, :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I can go for almost eveything.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
spa
:thumbsup:
smcnulty2000 wrote:
Women love a man who will cook
I don't know much but will try for her :-O Soooo many options. :cool: thanks buddy you made my day. :thumbsup:
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Today is my better half's b'day and still I haven't give her surprise. So wondering(lot) what to give... Please give me some suggestions [idea crisis] :-D She is not fond of jewelery, cosmetics, electronics(I like most ;) ) items so very limited choices I have :(
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Make Love in an unusual place.
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Today is my better half's b'day and still I haven't give her surprise. So wondering(lot) what to give... Please give me some suggestions [idea crisis] :-D She is not fond of jewelery, cosmetics, electronics(I like most ;) ) items so very limited choices I have :(
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I don't know if they do it in India, but in the UK you can get "A day as a zoo keeper" experiences - can be expensive, but can be "original and thoughtful" which is worth a lot of Brownie Points... You have left this a bit late, you realize!
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Don't buy a bouquet. Buy her ONE long stem rose, and take her to a nice place for a candle light dinner. She'll enjoy the dinner, and she'll cellophane-wrap and keep the rose for years. A bouquet is just a bunch of flowers. One rose is a special gift. Trust me - this'll get you a LOT of points with your lady. ;)
Alan Burkhart wrote:
Buy her ONE long stem rose
Yupp that will be unusual and also it's surprise :thumbsup:
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... if you like having dead, cellophane wrapped flowers in your house. They have those at funerals... :doh: If you intend to buy flowers, buy her a flower pot! Don't buy dead flowers. ;)
My girl still has the solitary rose I gave her in '03. I found it, with the anniversary card, stuck inside a book. Mashed flat as a fiddle and probably dry as bone inside the cellophane. Asked her mom about it and she clued me in as to just how special that ONE flower was to her. She still doesn't know that I know she kept it. Ladies of good character tend to hold dear the small, thoughtful things rather something big and splashy.
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Make Love in an unusual place.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
unusual place.
Very difficult to find :-O (But will keep searching for it for next b'day) :)
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My girl still has the solitary rose I gave her in '03. I found it, with the anniversary card, stuck inside a book. Mashed flat as a fiddle and probably dry as bone inside the cellophane. Asked her mom about it and she clued me in as to just how special that ONE flower was to her. She still doesn't know that I know she kept it. Ladies of good character tend to hold dear the small, thoughtful things rather something big and splashy.
That's cool. You guys are really romantic.
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Today is my better half's b'day and still I haven't give her surprise. So wondering(lot) what to give... Please give me some suggestions [idea crisis] :-D She is not fond of jewelery, cosmetics, electronics(I like most ;) ) items so very limited choices I have :(
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Hi Gandalf, imho flowers are a "must" for the apertif ... can't go wrong with roses ? and then the main entree : the round-trip tickets for two to Chiang Mai in Thailand in time for the annual full-moon festival of Loy Krathong (also known in Yi Peng); this year its around November 2nd. The climate will be cool, and dry, yet with brilliant sun, and temperatures ranging into the high 80's F maximum. The night sky will be full of flaming floating lanterns, and the River Ping will draw thousands of people, Thai, expats, tourists, down to place small "floats" (krathongs) in the water : they are made of a banana tree base that floats, decorated in geometricly woven banana leaves, flowers, topped with lighted candles and burning incense sticks. In my opinion (resident Thailand over ten years) it is the happiest, loveliest event of the whole year, and everyone I know who has been here during that time never forgets it. best, Bill
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I don't know if they do it in India, but in the UK you can get "A day as a zoo keeper" experiences - can be expensive, but can be "original and thoughtful" which is worth a lot of Brownie Points... You have left this a bit late, you realize!
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OriginalGriff wrote:
I don't know if they do it in India, but in the UK you can get "A day as a zoo keeper"
Yupp here it is almost impossible :doh: but would like to get an experience
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Today is my better half's b'day and still I haven't give her surprise. So wondering(lot) what to give... Please give me some suggestions [idea crisis] :-D She is not fond of jewelery, cosmetics, electronics(I like most ;) ) items so very limited choices I have :(
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A lesson to learn something new. Some restaurants do training days in fancy cooking. Craft shops often hold teaching days where you can learn some skill. Is there an indoor climbing wall near you?
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I take my wife shopping. Usually I buy her tea at a nice tea shop. Walk around with her. Try to keep the complaints about how long we are in a place to a minimum. She also likes getting a spa day. She loves gift certificates related to her hobbies. I went into a shop that sold French silks and bought her a silk pillowcase once. That was extremely well received. If I were desperate, I'd ask her friends. Special food, silk, anything to do with her hobbies, time alone with you. Stuff that reminds her you know she's a woman. Occasionally I'll get a movie or movie set I know she would like and put it together with something else. Do you cook? Women love a man who will cook for them. I once woke my wife from a nap to show her a candlelit dinner; Manicotti in a marinara sauce with garlic bread on the side.
_____________________________ There is no I in team. But there is meat in there.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
Do you cook? Women love a man who will cook for them.
Once I cooked her favorite pie. She said: "next time, buy it at the cake shop". :sigh:
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Today is my better half's b'day and still I haven't give her surprise. So wondering(lot) what to give... Please give me some suggestions [idea crisis] :-D She is not fond of jewelery, cosmetics, electronics(I like most ;) ) items so very limited choices I have :(
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Make Love in an unusual place (but don't tell her you've done it...:rolleyes:).
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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smcnulty2000 wrote:
silk pillowcase
Really It's awesome, :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: I can go for almost eveything.
smcnulty2000 wrote:
spa
:thumbsup:
smcnulty2000 wrote:
Women love a man who will cook
I don't know much but will try for her :-O Soooo many options. :cool: thanks buddy you made my day. :thumbsup:
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And good luck. It is a little like defusing a bomb with some of the ladies. (cut the mauve wire, no- chartreuse, no- fuchsia, no- taupe, aaaaa!!!) I suspect you know her well enough to know what would absolutely blow up. If nothing else, you should get points for trying.
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Try some antiques and/or things she can display in the house (a vase, a painting etc.). ;) BTW, wrist watches are "electronics", or was it mechanical? :)
Nope it was mechanical. I had in my mind that 'constraints*' while buying it. ;)
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A lesson to learn something new. Some restaurants do training days in fancy cooking. Craft shops often hold teaching days where you can learn some skill. Is there an indoor climbing wall near you?
It's also good option for next b'day :thumbsup: she likes outdoor climbing but the other two are great options
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smcnulty2000 wrote:
Do you cook? Women love a man who will cook for them.
Once I cooked her favorite pie. She said: "next time, buy it at the cake shop". :sigh:
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
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Today is my better half's b'day and still I haven't give her surprise. So wondering(lot) what to give... Please give me some suggestions [idea crisis] :-D She is not fond of jewelery, cosmetics, electronics(I like most ;) ) items so very limited choices I have :(
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