[GlenRoiland]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

DING DING DING........Ladies and Gentleman, we have THE winner of you lose no matter which way you turned this Christmas.........

Very odd feeling I'm having right now. I should be happy that I won, right? But, I don't think I wanna win.

 

[RBrylawski]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

Very odd feeling I'm having right now. I should be happy that I won, right? But, I don't think I wanna win.

Yep, I wouldn't be looking for a trophy or plaque for this win. Sorry........

 

[twiceaday]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

Yep, I wouldn't be looking for a trophy or plaque for this win. Sorry........

There's a prize all right, one of these.

 

[GlenRoiland]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

There's a prize all right, one of these.

not in my house! I get the bedroom, she can leave if she wants!

 

[twiceaday]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

not in my house! I get the bedroom, she can leave if she wants!

A wise man once told me, "All men carry a doghouse of their own making."

He was single.

 

[AStraat]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

not in my house! I get the bedroom, she can leave if she wants!

"Honey, I know you're mad...I'll understand if you want to sleep on the couch tonight"

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[T1ck]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

I don't want to hear complaining. Top this if you can....

rewind 2 months ago..........my wife says, "honey, DO NOT get me a gift this Christmas, because we are gifting to the homeless is the spirit of giving." I reply, "are you sure?" And she replies, "yes. I'm getting myself pajamas, and I'm getting you pajamas. That's it, we'll both have something to unwrap. No gifts"

Fast forward to December 25th. Wife, in the corner crying at 11 am. "What's wrong honey?" "Not one single gift for me to unwrap that I myself didn't have to wrap!" "But honey, you said no gift, period. To me, that's straight forward."
"No! Didn't you see that my stocking was empty? I gave you ear buds, a sweater, and pajamas. I am so hurt". Then of course everything I have ever done wrong over the last 21 years together comes up. But I reiterate, " you were clear. No gifts. If you say the same thing next year, I will get you no gift. Yes means yes, no means no. There's no interpreting what you said."

Fast forward to December 31st. Wife, crying to mom, "he didn't even get me ONE gift. He's an ____________"

I can't win. I have an upset wife, and at least two gifts I won't use......

Sorry to hear the pain. I fell for "my 40th doesn't exist, it's just a normal day, I don't even want a card". <sigh> big error. Soon followed by "all I wanted was a little bracket or something"

This year, I got "please stop buying me jewellery".

I don't think this is a battle we can win.

Just for he record, I love my wife very much, but the gift thing baffles me.

 

[RBrylawski]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

Sorry to hear the pain. I fell for "my 40th doesn't exist, it's just a normal day, I don't even want a card". <sigh> big error. Soon followed by "all I wanted was a little bracket or something"

This year, I got "please stop buying me jewellery".

I don't think this is a battle we can win.

Just for he record, I love my wife very much, but the gift thing baffles me.

Doesn't matter whether it's a wife or partner, the rules are the same. And here's the right answer:

If you think you're doing the right thing, the thing you were instructed to do, don't do it. In fact, do the opposite and you'll be good.

Example: I don't need or want anything this year. What this really means is don't buy me a lot of things I won't like. But do buy me something really nice.

See? Don't do what you're instructed to do. Do the opposite. I believe this rule is buried in the "Relationship Manual, Section 40004.6, Sub Section 10009.47. Yes that's where I read it.

 

[ChiefWahoo]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

This thread unraveled in the last two days. Yikes! I am just clearing an 11-day run with the flu, so please don't hate me for enjoying these last two pages. My wife is a saint and puts up with a lot of my bull, so I have nothing funny to contribute.

Hope you all had a happier new year than Christmas. . .

 

[RBrylawski]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

This thread unraveled in the last two days. Yikes! I am just clearing an 11-day run with the flu, so please don't hate me for enjoying these last two pages. My wife is a saint and puts up with a lot of my bull, so I have nothing funny to contribute.

Hope you all had a happier new year than Christmas. . .

I had a GREAT Christmas. I got exactly what I wanted. The partner got exactly what he wanted. I read manuals on everything. So while the Relationship Manual is a bit daunting at over a zillion pages, I read it. Yes I did! LOL

 

[GlenRoiland]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

This thread unraveled in the last two days. Yikes! I am just clearing an 11-day run with the flu, so please don't hate me for enjoying these last two pages. My wife is a saint and puts up with a lot of my bull, so I have nothing funny to contribute.

Hope you all had a happier new year than Christmas. . .

ok....so this crazy Christmas fiasco aside....I have the best wife on the planet (and quite the looker too).! We have been together for 20 something years, and we have both put up with stuff from the other. I wouldn't trade her....but still this particular Christmas gift failure fiasco was mind blasting...(comedian Russel Peters reference to mind blowing)

 

[RBrylawski]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

ok....so this crazy Christmas fiasco aside....I have the best wife on the planet (and quite the looker too).! We have been together for 20 something years, and we have both put up with stuff from the other. I wouldn't trade her....but still this particular Christmas gift failure fiasco was mind blasting...(comedian Russel Peters reference to mind blowing)

Don't think of Christmas as a failure. Think of the opportunities to make her birthday amazing! There's a whole section on this in the Relationship Manual! BTW., congrats on 20 years. The partner and I will be celebrating 35 years this summer.

 

[GlenRoiland]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

Don't think of Christmas as a failure. Think of the opportunities to make her birthday amazing! There's a whole section on this in the Relationship Manual! BTW., congrats on 20 years. The partner and I will be celebrating 35 years this summer.

wow...35. Very rare these days!!! Congrats!!

 

[RBrylawski]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

wow...35. Very rare these days!!! Congrats!!

LOL, especially in our world. It's like dog years. So about two centuries!

 

[docvail]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

My entire 21-year relationship history is just the two of us lurching from one dumbfounding and mind-numbing argument to the next, with brief periods of us being nice to each other in between.

Medication has helped immensely.

We still do the same things that have always p!$$ed each other off, but now we only argue about it about a third as much as we used to. She could say almost anything to me now, and no matter how crazy it is I can sit there and not react at all.

"I lit the TV on fire, filled your car with liquid detergent and traded your watches for a new purse."

"Hmnh...pass the ketchup?"

 

[The Watcher]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

these christmas aftermath posts are epic!

 

[GlenRoiland]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

My entire 21-year relationship history is just the two of us lurching from one dumbfounding and mind-numbing argument to the next, with brief periods of us being nice to each other in between.

Medication has helped immensely.

We still do the same things that have always p!$$ed each other off, but now we only argue about it about a third as much as we used to. She could say almost anything to me now, and no matter how crazy it is I can sit there and not react at all.

"I lit the TV on fire, filled your car with liquid detergent and traded your watches for a new purse."

"Hmnh...pass the ketchup?"

Aaahhhh. Medication. That's what we're missing....

 

[RBrylawski]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

Aaahhhh. Medication. That's what we're missing....

For us as well..........

I'm on this forum every day. When I'm reading or responding to a forum post is when I get in trouble. I know he's saying something, but I'm not "really" listening and he knows it. So, he then asks what he said, to which he knows I won't have a clue, which usually results in being called something I can't mention on the forum.......LOL

 

[RBrylawski]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

My entire 21-year relationship history is just the two of us lurching from one dumbfounding and mind-numbing argument to the next, with brief periods of us being nice to each other in between.

Medication has helped immensely.

We still do the same things that have always p!$$ed each other off, but now we only argue about it about a third as much as we used to. She could say almost anything to me now, and no matter how crazy it is I can sit there and not react at all.

"I lit the TV on fire, filled your car with liquid detergent and traded your watches for a new purse."

"Hmnh...pass the ketchup?"

Ah, marital bliss! Aint it grand??!!

 

[twiceaday]

Re: Every Christmas it's the same thing - the help me avoid another crappy gift CHALLENGE!!!!! Givea

Doesn't matter whether it's a wife or partner, the rules are the same. And here's the right answer:

If you think you're doing the right thing, the thing you were instructed to do, don't do it. In fact, do the opposite and you'll be good.

Example: I don't need or want anything this year. What this really means is don't buy me a lot of things I won't like. But do buy me something really nice.

See? Don't do what you're instructed to do. Do the opposite. I believe this rule is buried in the "Relationship Manual, Section 40004.6, Sub Section 10009.47. Yes that's where I read it.

Great news!

Buying myself a Ferrari as we speak!

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