what will she be getting for christmas. - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

tony coleman · 12-17-2009, 10:07 AM

well,that time has come round again,the part of the year i dread most,
time too get my wife somthing for xmas.?
a while back i asked herself,WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR XMAS DEAR.....
oh anything will do she says,would you like a new phone i asked ,..no
would you like some jewelery,NO,
WHAT THEN SAID I,ANYTHING SHE SAYS.so the tradition goes on,not knowing what too get although i uasaly get it right in the end.
is it like this for all ye male scrollers out there,or am i just hopless at xmas prezzies.

sawdustus · 12-17-2009, 12:18 PM

Tony, here's the deal I have with my wife. I ask the same question you did for every occasion and get her exactly what she asks for every time. In almost 47 years of marriage she has save me a fortune since most of the time she says "nothing" and that's what she gets. However..............when she does ask for something, it's a doozy. A cruise (first class of course) a sapphire ring to fit the setting she inherited (you don't want to know the size), a new kitchen etc.......and that's what she gets.

george

wood-n-things · 12-17-2009, 12:21 PM

I think we all go through the same thing. So I made her some nice nativity pieces and a couple of new ornaments. We get things for each other all year long anyway.
Happy Holidays don't ya just love em....

journeyman · 12-17-2009, 12:46 PM

I have the same problem Tony. She never gives me a definite answer. I have a secret weapon though, my youngest daughter. She will be going with me this weekend to pick the wife's present. She always seems to know exactly what to get. She does all the driving too. Christmas rush traffic does my head in.
Mick

Prale · 12-17-2009, 12:54 PM

Same here, me and my wife has been married for 21 years, she never asks for anything. But since I have my new hobby I have been making her lots of things. She must like what I have been making for her because I have been telling her all along how much better my work would be with a Dewalt 788, :-) She informed me yesterday to stay home today and wait for the UPS truck. She ordered my saw from Grizzly for me.

wood-n-things · 12-17-2009, 12:55 PM

Prale,
Lucky you and Merry Christmas!

je_west · 12-17-2009, 01:16 PM

Prael,
Never get her clothing or kitchen equipment no matter how much she says that is what she wants.
John

Trout · 12-17-2009, 01:31 PM

never get her a vacumm, it almost got me killed one year and I still hear about it from time to time at Christmas....

Trout

greatdane2 · 12-17-2009, 02:14 PM

I was thinking of buying my wife some nice ceiling lights for Christmas. That will get me sent to the doghouse for a week or so and it will take a day or two to install the new lights out there so it should work out ok. Untill I get hungry,hehe.
Joking aside, after 3 decades we now discuss the dollar limit and buy our own presents. Might take the suprise out of the big day but there was just so many irons that I could buy her.

tony coleman · 12-17-2009, 02:21 PM

prale...
You a one lucky man,too have a wife like that.my wife wouldnt even know where too go too buy a saw.good luck with your new machine.

12-17-2009, 10:07 AM	#1
tony coleman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: ireland Posts: 2,162 Thanks: 11 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	what will she be getting for christmas. well,that time has come round again,the part of the year i dread most, time too get my wife somthing for xmas.? a while back i asked herself,WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR XMAS DEAR..... oh anything will do she says,would you like a new phone i asked ,..no would you like some jewelery,NO, WHAT THEN SAID I,ANYTHING SHE SAYS.so the tradition goes on,not knowing what too get although i uasaly get it right in the end. is it like this for all ye male scrollers out there,or am i just hopless at xmas prezzies. __________________ not doing much and busy doing it having fun making sawdust. http://www.customcutz4you.webs.com/

12-17-2009, 12:18 PM	#2
sawdustus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,941 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	Tony, here's the deal I have with my wife. I ask the same question you did for every occasion and get her exactly what she asks for every time. In almost 47 years of marriage she has save me a fortune since most of the time she says "nothing" and that's what she gets. However..............when she does ask for something, it's a doozy. A cruise (first class of course) a sapphire ring to fit the setting she inherited (you don't want to know the size), a new kitchen etc.......and that's what she gets. george __________________ A day without sawdust is a day without sunshine. George delta 650, hawk G426

12-17-2009, 12:21 PM	#3
wood-n-things Staying Positive Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 18,541 Thanks: 49 Thanked 379 Times in 280 Posts	I think we all go through the same thing. So I made her some nice nativity pieces and a couple of new ornaments. We get things for each other all year long anyway. Happy Holidays don't ya just love em.... __________________ "Montana MIKE" There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” As You Slide Down the Banister of Life, Pray That All The Splinters Are Pointed The Other Way... "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long." Mike's Wood-n-Things

12-17-2009, 12:46 PM	#4
journeyman Rock 'n Scroller Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 1,569 Thanks: 12 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	I have the same problem Tony. She never gives me a definite answer. I have a secret weapon though, my youngest daughter. She will be going with me this weekend to pick the wife's present. She always seems to know exactly what to get. She does all the driving too. Christmas rush traffic does my head in. Mick __________________ Don't worry if people are talking behind your back. - It simply means you are two steps ahead of them

12-17-2009, 12:55 PM	#6
wood-n-things Staying Positive Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hamilton, Montana Posts: 18,541 Thanks: 49 Thanked 379 Times in 280 Posts	Prale, Lucky you and Merry Christmas! __________________ "Montana MIKE" There is a very fine line between “hobby” and “mental illness.” As You Slide Down the Banister of Life, Pray That All The Splinters Are Pointed The Other Way... "Don't worry about old age--it doesn't last that long." Mike's Wood-n-Things

12-17-2009, 12:54 PM	#5
Prale Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Western Kentucky Posts: 71 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Same here, me and my wife has been married for 21 years, she never asks for anything. But since I have my new hobby I have been making her lots of things. She must like what I have been making for her because I have been telling her all along how much better my work would be with a Dewalt 788, :-) She informed me yesterday to stay home today and wait for the UPS truck. She ordered my saw from Grizzly for me.

12-17-2009, 01:16 PM	#7
je_west Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: West Melbourne, Florida Posts: 125 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Prael, Never get her clothing or *kitchen equipment* no matter how much she says that is what she wants. John

12-17-2009, 01:31 PM	#8
Trout MrsTrout's Husband Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hayward Calif. Posts: 2,490 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	never get her a vacumm, it almost got me killed one year and I still hear about it from time to time at Christmas.... Trout __________________ Hawk G-4 *Jetcraft* Fish are food, not friends!

12-17-2009, 02:14 PM	#9
greatdane2 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Vancouver Island, BC. Canada Posts: 2,268 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was thinking of buying my wife some nice ceiling lights for Christmas. That will get me sent to the doghouse for a week or so and it will take a day or two to install the new lights out there so it should work out ok. Untill I get hungry,hehe. Joking aside, after 3 decades we now discuss the dollar limit and buy our own presents. Might take the suprise out of the big day but there was just so many irons that I could buy her. __________________ Alan and Rafi. In our house, if you have to bend over to pet a dog it ain't a real dog!

12-17-2009, 02:21 PM	#10
tony coleman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: ireland Posts: 2,162 Thanks: 11 Thanked 18 Times in 18 Posts	prale... You a one lucky man,too have a wife like that.my wife wouldnt even know where too go too buy a saw.good luck with your new machine. __________________ not doing much and busy doing it having fun making sawdust. http://www.customcutz4you.webs.com/

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