Comments on: It’s the thought that counts, right?

By: Cole

Cole — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:37:27 +0000

We guys are nothing if not practical. If we are clueless about what to give you ladies (which is more often than we care to mention), we do something we think will be practical and won’t get something thrown at us.

Alison Armstrong of UnderstandMen.com was king enough to let me know why this happens. Basically, it’s because we know we have to do something but don’t have the right information to really succeed. So, we just do something that will be okay.

We’ll have the podcast up on our blog pretty soon. She’s pretty interesting and has a great sense about what is going on between men and women. Check it out!

By: Cassie

Cassie — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:11:16 +0000

At least he is practical! Not like my husband, who sometimes just decides to get presents that he knows he will get some use out of…like a game for the Wii or a movie that he really likes!

By: cagey

cagey — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:28:55 +0000

hahahahahaha

I remember one Christmas, before we were even married, when X gave me an electonic DVD turnstyle holder/thingie from Sharper Image. At the time, I was all “What the f*ck?”. Of course, now that we have been married almost 5 years, I have more appreciation for it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:30:38 +0000

Well… I myself wouldn’t call a bodysuit particularly romantic either. It’s just the idea of Victoria’s Secret and velvet. What’s sweeter than furniture that was bought to go towards your new home and new life together? See, there’s a romantic thought there

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:57:36 +0000

For what it’s worth, dearest of mine, what do you think would still be getting more use today? The cd tower or the crushed red velvet bodysuit? So which present ended up “winning” there? Eh?

By: Kile

Kile — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:49:57 +0000

Oh sure you had to go and bring THIS up!! I thought I was doing pretty good even getting you a Christmas present since we were so broke and it was something you were in desperate need of. I seriously thought about smuggling the cd tower out of the room when your sister opened her present but figured it would be a little obvious since a)there were at least six people sitting around the tree, and b)the cd tower box wasn’t exactly small. At least I made my future brother-in-law look REALLY good that year. If I recall after you fawned over the damned crushed red velvet bodysuit and opened my gift you were like “oh….a cd tower.” I died a little inside that day. Thanks for bringing it up randomly out of the blue. Good times…good times.

By: Loralee

Loralee — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:46:10 +0000

I should have known when my first gift from my husband when we were dating turned out to be hiking socks and a mini Leatherman that my gift life with him would be more practical than romantic... Loralee's last blog post..Sideblog: BlogHer ?08