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post #31 of 36
4/27/11 at 6:05pm
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Originally Posted by Bane View Post
Yes, flowers are all that and dead in a week.

Try not to take it personally that I find your choice of gifts mundane and impersonal. "One size fits all" exists for a reason; it satisfies the masses.

I don't take it personally, I'm not giving you a gift so why the fuck would I care?. It's just that if done right flowers are in no way "one size fits all". I suppose in part it's because I love plants but there is so much variety to be had and so many ways in which flowers are personal.

Oh, and "dead in a week" are part of their beauty. But I guess why that is so is lost on you.
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post #32 of 36
4/27/11 at 6:16pm
Occasionally I work in social psychology and I recall there was a paper fairly recently in which they found that people most prefer gifts that they ask for rather than gifts that the giver comes up with based on inferences about what the receiver would want. So unless you are convinced you have really excellent theory of mind (which, if you are, you are likely wrong), you might better stick with the former strategy.
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post #33 of 36
4/27/11 at 7:25pm
Honestly, "thoughtful" gifts are overrated. Go to a department store with her, she will tell you what she wants, although maybe not in as many words. Then go back and buy it. She will be happy.
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post #34 of 36
4/27/11 at 7:26pm
Or, yeah, what the guy ahead of me said.
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post #35 of 36
4/27/11 at 11:57pm
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My wife's wedding ring hasn't fit since about midway through her pregnancy (she gave birth 2 months ago.) It can't be re-sized and she has been pretty down about not being able to wear it. For our wedding anniversary, I gave her the "other" wedding ring she had liked when we were originally shopping. It went over far better than a fallback gift.

That's a bit of an exception

Obviously some jewelry can be deep and meaningful, but it's usually not.
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post #36 of 36
4/28/11 at 1:17am
Make a portrait of her out of colored elbow macaroni
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