Comments on: The Gift That Needs Forgiving. Or, How to Say Out of the Dog House. http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/12/the-gift-that-needs-forgiving-or-how-to-say-out-of-the-dog-house/ Getting married later in life. Sun, 13 May 2012 21:09:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Suzanne http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/12/the-gift-that-needs-forgiving-or-how-to-say-out-of-the-dog-house/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 Suzanne Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:53:54 +0000 http://latebloomerbride.com/?p=1509#comment-2461 wow - Boy Toy is smart! Hmmm, I might have to "remind" Husband that I even have a Facebook page. We got 27 inches of snow in the last 48 hours, putting an end to our last minute (read: Husband's) Christmas shopping. I wonder what he's going to do now? ;-) wow – Boy Toy is smart! Hmmm, I might have to “remind” Husband that I even have a Facebook page. We got 27 inches of snow in the last 48 hours, putting an end to our last minute (read: Husband’s) Christmas shopping. I wonder what he’s going to do now? ;-)

]]> By: Amy http://latebloomerbride.com/2009/12/the-gift-that-needs-forgiving-or-how-to-say-out-of-the-dog-house/comment-page-1/#comment-2456 Amy Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:13:41 +0000 http://latebloomerbride.com/?p=1509#comment-2456 LBB gift-giving is indeed a challenge. In my married days, I struggled to determine what gifts would delight my husband, who had many interests but, like me, generally bought himself whatever he wanted/needed throughout the year. He didn't wear sweaters, didn't wear suits/ties to work. It wasn't easy. He was a history lover and the closest thing to a Biblical scholar I will ever know, which gave me an idea: 30 crusty ancient roman coins, instructions for how to restore them, some chemicals, and a reference book to use for identification. He was nonplussed. To this day (we are still close friends after splitting 3 years ago), we tease each other by saying, "Hey, don't you have some coins to clean?" Former Husband preferred receiving a list, or catalogs with products circled; he came up with plenty of wonderful surprises on his own, also. These days (Husbands take note!), Boy Toy scans my every word on Facebook for gift ideas. Results? He learned that (1) as one of the "25 things about me," I like rubrum lilies (then brought me a bushel of them three months later on Valentine's Day) (2) I was excited about a new painting by an artist in San Diego, some of whose work I already own (four months later, he had the 2x4-foot painting shipped to me for my birthday). LBB gift-giving is indeed a challenge. In my married days, I struggled to determine what gifts would delight my husband, who had many interests but, like me, generally bought himself whatever he wanted/needed throughout the year. He didn’t wear sweaters, didn’t wear suits/ties to work. It wasn’t easy. He was a history lover and the closest thing to a Biblical scholar I will ever know, which gave me an idea: 30 crusty ancient roman coins, instructions for how to restore them, some chemicals, and a reference book to use for identification. He was nonplussed. To this day (we are still close friends after splitting 3 years ago), we tease each other by saying, “Hey, don’t you have some coins to clean?” Former Husband preferred receiving a list, or catalogs with products circled; he came up with plenty of wonderful surprises on his own, also.

These days (Husbands take note!), Boy Toy scans my every word on Facebook for gift ideas. Results? He learned that (1) as one of the “25 things about me,” I like rubrum lilies (then brought me a bushel of them three months later on Valentine’s Day) (2) I was excited about a new painting by an artist in San Diego, some of whose work I already own (four months later, he had the 2×4-foot painting shipped to me for my birthday).

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