Noodad: noodad » When “Nothing” Means “Something”
foodad
· 2 years ago
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA DIAMONDS!! hHAAHAHaHAHAAHAHA
:grin :grin :grin :grin
hohohoho Latiah! hooooo!
That was a good one!
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TheChick
· 2 years ago
Hmmmm...is that sarcasm I sense? Just a little?
Did I make a funny? Because I was totally serious.
Sparkly things makes women feel warm and fuzzy inside...
When in doubt? Buy diamonds.
wahoodad
· 2 years ago
Foodad, if you don\'t have piles of extra cash laying around for diamonds, I recommend the Rapala X-Rap Deep 10 freshwater fishing lure in Glass Ghost finish. Not only is it shiny, but it\'s got realistic swimming action!
foodad
· 2 years ago
Noodads,
A good rule of thumb is that if she \"needs\" it, it\'s not going to go over well.
Never get them something they need. To be on the safe side, also eliminate things they can use. I don\'t care how many times they\'ve asked for a \"Magic Bullet\". Do not get it as a gift.
Bringing one home out of the blue on a shopping trip does not count. She might think that\'s cool, but do not expect her to count it as a gift.
foodad
HAHAHAHAH DIAMONDS!! hahahahaha
You\'re the greatest Latia!
Alethia
· 2 years ago
Okay, so we all know that feeling when you tear open your Christmas present and realize it\'s two pairs of socks, wrapped in a pair of underwear. (And I don\'t mean lickable lingerie.)
It\'s even worse on birthdays, because there are fewer presents to unwrap. And it\'s much, much worse when it\'s the present from your hubby. Getting something pragmatic, something you need, only works in a few very, very special cases. For example, something \"needed\" for a hobby. If my dad ever got the clue to buy my mom a good pair of competition-viable skates, she\'d be grinning from here to next Christmas. Same thing, I think, with buying a guy a good golf club (though I wouldn\'t know much about that, since no one in my family golfs).
I suppose another good \"need\" would be along the lines of \"I know your old car was on its last legs, so here\'s a sparkling new Jetta\" (insert name of a good car - I don\'t know from cars, and Rolls Royce wasn\'t the class of cars I meant). But for regular needs, yeah, appliances aren\'t gifts (maybe a foot spa? but I personally wouldn\'t like getting one).
I recall one movie in which a proud woman with four children wouldn\'t lower herself to accept charity. I recall with particular clarity the Christmas she gave presents of a hammer, nails, and so forth, all items needed to fix up their leaky roof. Yes, she couldn\'t really have afforded more. But there\'s no way that was right. Having NO Christmas would have been preferable to having the kids think they were getting presents and then unwrapping THAT. (I felt the same way, only far less bitterly, when my mom wrapped up something that made me think I was getting a new CD, when it turned out to be something she\'d bought for us in my sight and at my advising some weeks earlier. For some reason she just felt that I should unwrap SOMETHING from her. Ridiculous. Especially when we\'re not poor and have never lacked multiple presents for each family member.)
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:grin :grin :grin :grin
hohohoho Latiah! hooooo!
That was a good one!
foodad
Just a little?
Did I make a funny?
Because I was totally serious.
Sparkly things makes women feel warm and fuzzy inside...
When in doubt? Buy diamonds.
A good rule of thumb is that if she \"needs\" it, it\'s not going to go over well.
Never get them something they need. To be on the safe side, also eliminate things they can use. I don\'t care how many times they\'ve asked for a \"Magic Bullet\". Do not get it as a gift.
Bringing one home out of the blue on a shopping trip does not count. She might think that\'s cool, but do not expect her to count it as a gift.
foodad
HAHAHAHAH DIAMONDS!! hahahahaha
You\'re the greatest Latia!
It\'s even worse on birthdays, because there are fewer presents to unwrap. And it\'s much, much worse when it\'s the present from your hubby. Getting something pragmatic, something you need, only works in a few very, very special cases. For example, something \"needed\" for a hobby. If my dad ever got the clue to buy my mom a good pair of competition-viable skates, she\'d be grinning from here to next Christmas. Same thing, I think, with buying a guy a good golf club (though I wouldn\'t know much about that, since no one in my family golfs).
I suppose another good \"need\" would be along the lines of \"I know your old car was on its last legs, so here\'s a sparkling new Jetta\" (insert name of a good car - I don\'t know from cars, and Rolls Royce wasn\'t the class of cars I meant). But for regular needs, yeah, appliances aren\'t gifts (maybe a foot spa? but I personally wouldn\'t like getting one).
I recall one movie in which a proud woman with four children wouldn\'t lower herself to accept charity. I recall with particular clarity the Christmas she gave presents of a hammer, nails, and so forth, all items needed to fix up their leaky roof. Yes, she couldn\'t really have afforded more. But there\'s no way that was right. Having NO Christmas would have been preferable to having the kids think they were getting presents and then unwrapping THAT. (I felt the same way, only far less bitterly, when my mom wrapped up something that made me think I was getting a new CD, when it turned out to be something she\'d bought for us in my sight and at my advising some weeks earlier. For some reason she just felt that I should unwrap SOMETHING from her. Ridiculous. Especially when we\'re not poor and have never lacked multiple presents for each family member.)