50th birthday present for my wife

[anonymous-user]

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[Gary C]

Another Diamond always goes down well at home.

[sociopath]

anonymous said:

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Buying underwear for your wife's birthday?
I didn't realise it was still 1974

[sociopath]

anonymous said:

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That's better! How about a smoothy maker?
My wife absolutely loves hers, all she then needs is frozen packs of fruit - summer fruits etc, apple juice and ice cubes

[sociopath]

Of course the easiest thing to do is let her buy her own. My wife rarely let's me buy as she's already chosen what she wants. I do get to pay though

[Catastrophic Poo]

sociopath said:

anonymous said:

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Buying underwear for your wife's birthday?
I didn't realise it was still 1974

But it’s underwear with a pair of Birkenstocks.


Erotic.

[Vasco]

Needs to be something personal, not practical.

Most women appreciate a nice piece of jewellery. Ask a shop assistant if you need a bit of help with something suitable.

[croyde]

sociopath said:

anonymous said:

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Buying underwear for your wife's birthday?
I didn't realise it was still 1974

You can always do what I did, buy her a hoover.

Didn't go down too well.

[HughG]

Help us out with things she likes doing.

A new bike if that’s her thing, or a weekend away at a nice hotel near Bicester village if retail therapy is more her style. Something completely random like a week’s falconry course.

[Catastrophic Poo]

Gary C said:

Another Diamond always goes down well at home.

If you have a friendly jeweler a private viewing can be fun.

Tell them the type of thing and budget before hand, they have some stuff set out in the back, some fizz, no rush. Much less transactional - none of the ‘only 1 item out at a time’ stuff either

Nice food after, a good afternoon/evening out.

Some learnings here from when I bought the engagement ring, didn’t take the wife obviously, but his selection on the table ranged from £3k to £40k, for any subsequent times when the wife came I made sure to specify the budget in advance! Avoids anything awkward

[Catastrophic Poo]

croyde said:

You can always do what I did, buy her a hoover.

Didn't go down too well.

Sounds like that sucked.

[sociopath]

croyde said:

sociopath said:

anonymous said:

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Buying underwear for your wife's birthday?
I didn't realise it was still 1974

You can always do what I did, buy her a hoover.

Didn't go down too well.

After that I'd be surprised if she went down at all!

[StescoG66]

For memorable and different what about a flying lesson?

[Doofus]

anonymous said:

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Well if some new underwear brings no improvement, you should go to your GP.

[Catastrophic Poo]

StescoG66 said:

For memorable and different what about a flying lesson?

Good suggestion.

We have done a hot air balloon before, was good but did get rescheduled 3 times due to weather.

[Gary C]

Catastrophic Poo said:

Gary C said:

Another Diamond always goes down well at home.

If you have a friendly jeweler a private viewing can be fun.

Tell them the type of thing and budget before hand, they have some stuff set out in the back, some fizz, no rush. Much less transactional - none of the ‘only 1 item out at a time’ stuff either

Nice food after, a good afternoon/evening out.

Some learnings here from when I bought the engagement ring, didn’t take the wife obviously, but his selection on the table ranged from £3k to £40k, for any subsequent times when the wife came I made sure to specify the budget in advance! Avoids anything awkward

Thats a nice idea.

[snuffy]

Doofus said:

anonymous said:

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Well if some new underwear brings no improvement, you should go to your GP.

Finbar would be impressed with that one!

[vikingaero]

Jasey_ said:

I used to clear the wife's credit card balance for her birthday.

"used to"?

[Turtle Shed]

Air Fryer

[cobra kid]

I bought mine an engraved Sheffield Silver candle votive type jobby. A nice message from me and the kids.