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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (37930)	5/11/1999 8:42:00 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I have a bigger pile of cash sitting around, so when my husband craves something he can't afford, I say, "well, it could be your (fill in here) birthday, Christmas, anniversary present." He does pay all the bills, I buy the luxuries. (I pay my overhead and buy my own clothes, pay for my own car, my medical bills, stuff like that). He has never given me anything very nice, so I buy myself whatever I want whenever I want it. I think it goes back to the crock-pot debacle, he asked me for Christmas, what I wanted the first year we were dating. I told him, I didn't want to tell him what I wanted, that would be like ordering a gift. So I gave him a list, and asked him to pick something. I wanted a bottle of Joy perfume, so I gave him a list of things that seemed silly, and included on the list a bottle of Joy perfume. Also on the list was a crock-pot, and a new pair of jeans, and I forget what else. He bought everything on the list. I didn't really want a crock-pot, and when I opened it up, I laughed, which hurt his feelings. After that, he would always give me cheap jewelry, which I hate. Stuff like sodalite earrings on a cheap post, when I only wear 14K gold, and would never wear sodalite, only lapis. I was nice about it for several years, and would put the junk away and not wear it. Finally, one year, I asked if he could just save up his money and buy me one nice piece of jewelry once a year, and maybe just flowers for every other occasion? And he never gave me anything after that.