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Man buys present
Dear Regular Guy,
I'm absolutely fed up with my man's lack of thought when it comes to buying me presents. On those few occasions when he actually remembers my birthday, he almost always comes up with something so obviously bought at the very last minute from our local petrol station that it's not even worth my while pretending not to notice. I've seen a website called Man Buys Present - should I point him towards that?
Fed Up.
Dear Fed Up,
Speaking as the man who bought his wife a gas barbecue for her birthday a couple of years ago, I can honestly say they do some lovely bunches of carnations in our local BP Station, so I'm not really sure what your issue is but nonetheless I do have an answer for you.
Provided he actually knows when your birthday is and roughly how old you will be, then he can sit back and let the computer do all of the work for him. He won't have to expend the slightest effort in buying and presenting you with a gift that has been automatically chosen from a list of vetted-by-bona-fide-women items.
At least I think they are vetted, my wife would throw me her special "You complete twat" look if I sent her a "Wine Cellar" plaque or £400 Union Flag blanket with the UK shipping forecast locations printed across it (both are genuine options).
Your man sets a price bracket he is comfortable with (I think they need to lower the minimum value option, but that's me for you), then he specifies if this is for a wife or a girlfriend (presumably if you click girlfriend it includes lingerie in its selections, these were understandably missing in the ‘wife' option I tested), how old you will be and when he wants it delivered by.
The computer provides a set of three suggestions from which he can easily pick one or ‘spin' to be given more options.
Easy.
The price shown is all inclusive of the item, the delivery and even hand-wrapping done, apparently, in that special girly way that you ladies seem to set so much store by.
Job done and everyone's a winner. HE doesn't miss the football and YOU get a gift that maybe you will be happy with.
This is where the potential flaw in the idea raises its profile. The essential premise of this is that the man doesn't have to think, that he can trust their judgement because they know what a woman would want better than an average man would. (Really? A ring with part of a recycled map in it?) So men would be putting even less thought into it than usual.
Which means only one thing.
The only thing we will actually look at is the price.
Even in his maddest, last-minute rush at the petrol station, your man will pick up something that he thinks you would like. He might be wrong but he still THINKS that you would like it. Whereas, here he won't even look at anything but the cost and that means that you are getting a pebble engraved with your initials and a love heart.
It's a gift chosen by someone else, someone who has never met you, who doesn't know you... there's nothing personal about that. Nothing loving.
I guess it depends on whether the important thing here is the material gain of a present or the love of the idiot buying it.
Even a tiny amount of ill-considered thought has to be better than none at all.
Just saying.
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Report Sat Jun 30, 2012 - 5:04 amI never understood girls like this. Maybe its because I came from a working class family, whose parents were divorced, and struggling to pay child support, keep roofs over head, etc, but I honestly dont care WHAT my husband (or anyone else for that matter), gets or gives me. Im just happy to be thought about. Hell, he could make me a card with scrap paper, and I would still be pleased with it. Some of my favorite gifts have been things like a 99 cent pair of socks from the dollar store (from my special needs little sister). Or the fifty cent card my husband gave me on our first valentines day, married. I am just happy being thought of, and to be told I am appreciated once in awhile. Dollar amount doesnt matter, its the thought and fact that there was an attempt......... my mothers husband would buy her diamond rings, etc, turns out he was cheating the entire time. just wanted her happy enough to ignore all the signs......Reply
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Tue Jun 26, 2012 - 9:42 pm
I know my wife's birthday but it falls four days after Christmas and 6 weeks after our anniversary. Coming up with 3 gifts in a 6-week span is impossible. Impossible I tell you. I start dreading it about now.Reply -
12 replies, Last reply by lhewitt on Fri Jun 29, 2012 at 10:01 pm
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Tue Jun 26, 2012 - 11:00 pm
Hey Regular Guy, Read Ms. Dawes & Ms. Macnaughton comments very carefully. I hope your wife reads this. You will never again have a bullshit excuse .Reply -
5 replies, Last reply by Gigi_E on Wed Jun 27, 2012 at 4:01 pm
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Tue Jun 26, 2012 - 6:20 pm
http://www.tiffany.co.uk This is the answer. The only answer and the forever annual response. Simples.Reply -
2 replies, Last reply by Clare Macnaughton on Wed Jun 27, 2012 at 2:27 am
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Tue Jun 26, 2012 - 2:01 pm
Let me make the answer to this absolutely clear. You must do everything you can to remember your wife's birthday. (You never forget when the footie is on, do you, so it must be possible to pull your feckin finger out). The week before, listen out for the very clear hints your wife is giving you. For the utterly moronic, these come in the form of her pointing at stuff and going: "HEY! Isn't that LOVELY! I LOVE one of those". Next, GO AND BUY ONE OF THE THINGS SHE POINTED AT. And if you think its too expensive, tough it out big boy and cough up anyway. No one else is going to give you a blow job. And that's it. She won't care if its wrapped all girly and nice, she'll just be pleased you remembered and got her something. Now MAN UP you lot and get on with it. Remember, you sex life depends on it, and if it doesn't then your wife is a fool.Reply -
3 replies, Last reply by lhewitt on Wed Jun 27, 2012 at 2:19 am
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