[Rhodes22-list] Gifts.

[Steve Alm]

The tradition in our family is to give gifts that you, yourself would want.
Like, here, honey, I just got you a nice five gallon air compressor --
technically not a household appliance.  And in return, she should give you,
for instance, a couple tickets to Cancun, and then be gracious enough to
invite her along.

Slim

On 4/4/03 8:26 AM, "John Tonjes" <johntonjes@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Michael,
> I'm with you on this one. An appliance is a great way to tell your wife
> that you love her very much and are trying to make her life easier. Long
> after the perfume has been used up and the scarf has been discarded, the
> vacuum cleaner will still be making her life much easier. I hope you got
> her a self propelled model.
> 
> Rummy
> 
> 
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Thena Carville <thenacarville@worldnet.att.net>
>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>> Date: 4/4/2003 9:13:23 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?
>> 
>> Michael,
>> I am amazed you are still "intact" after this blunder...under no
>> circumstances is a  household appliance a "gift"...even the most expensive
>> appliance with all the doo-dahs in the world is never a "gift"...I have
>> never understood what it is about the y chromosome that seems to cause
> this
>> mistake to happen over and over again (to different males, and then only
>> once if they are smart)...if you do get the vacuum (and the French maid
>> outfit) please keep in mind that if they count as presents, they are YOUR
>> presents...a present for a woman (especially one that has had to go
> through
>> the trauma of realizing you weren't smart enough to figure out that a
> vacuum
>> was NOT a "gift" suitable for the woman who bore your children and keeps
> the
>> kitchen knives sharp) should be something to beautiful, something for her
>> personal use only...something "intimate" like a perfume she would not buy
>> for herself because it is "too expensive"...or a piece of jewelry because
>> the stones are her favorite color...or a scarf because it matches her
>> eyes..or a bottle of wine that you both stop whatever else you are doing
> and
>> enjoy together (as uninterrupted as possible)....a woman doesn't want her
>> husband to remember what she looks like vacuuming (even with the finest
>> vacuum in the world), she wants to be remembered as a goddess of love and
>> understanding...wearing something sexy...especially when she hasn't had
> the
>> time to "wear something sexy" for a while...sigh...I think I am going to
> go
>> kick my vacuum cleaner...
>> Thena
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm@michaelmeltzer.com>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:27 AM
>> Subject: Re: [ham] Re: [Rhodes22-list] what happened to the french?
>> 
>> 
>>> You know something buddy, you should watch the advice you give, my wife
> is
>> German and been upset too. So I read the list mail.
>>> Sitting down and think, I talk to her about getting her a new vacuum,
>> figure it was both a gift and a vacuum, Sound great to me,
>>> might even cover motherday, after talking to her about it, well that is
> a
>> little off, I said three sentence then she talk for 15
>>> mintues without stop and it ended "do not even think of coming to bed",
> so
>> it looks like I am spend my night with the computer.
>>> 
>>> And you know, she was somewhat ok with this, it seems nothing makes a
>> german happier than picking on the french :-)
>>> 
>>> MJM
>> 
>> 
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