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Weekend Assignment #106: Suggest a really cool birthday gift for my wife. By which I mean -- if you're a woman, what would you want for a birthday gift, and if you're a man, what would you get for your significant other?
Now, here are the ground rules:
1. Money is not necessarily an object, but, come on, be reasonable.
2. Don't suggest anything that Krissy couldn't unwrap in public.
3. Your gift idea doen't actually have to be something you can buy -- if you want to suggest something intangible, go ahead.
4. Don't tell Krissy I'm doing this. Like, shhhhh.
Extra Credit: How good of a job do you do in getting your spouse/significant other gifts they like?
Dear John,
It should come as no surprise that I am of the opinion that you are blessed with the presence of not one, but two of the nicest females on the planet. As to how this miraculous turn of events came about, well, as Ricky Ricardo would have said, “you got some 'splaining to do, Lucy.”
So it saddens me that you are at such self-admitted loose ends when it comes to your wife's birthday. I know that I could make the top of my wife's “Hit Parade” with a weekend for two at a nice (not 5 star, simply clean, quiet and nice) hotel in New York City or Boston, tickets to a Broadway show and a few hours at an art museum, with the rest of the time spent seeing the sights. That'd frost her cake to a fare-thee-well. Mostly because she's never been to either venue, but has expressed the desire to visit more than once. Also, it would be a chance to get away from routine, the killer of joy in all relationships. But mostly, because we would do this as a couple, it would please her to have some “we” time.
So, compadre, what about leaving the darling munchkin with friends or relatives and just Krissy and you go off for a weekend for two in Chicago or Pittsburgh or Lexington? Easy driving distance, things to do and places to go that aren't “home” or “routine”. Combine the trip with a pair of one carat diamond studs (or dangles, if her ears aren't pierced) and you will have created a weekend she'll remember a long, long time. Just make sure it has absolutely nothing to do with her work or yours, if you want her to truly believe it's all about her.
Whatever you do, by the way, never, ever, let her think it isn't about her and her needs. Fail that and all benefits hoped to be accrued will disappear in an angry black cloud and you just might as well have stayed home, chained to the computer, for all the good it will do you.
Best of luck,
wil
PS Extra Credit -- If I must rate my abilities in the gift-giving vs target desired mode, I'd say I have more hits than misses. Or Mrs., for that matter.
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