# My wife REALLY loves me (anniversary present inside)! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2003, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241 "2003-09-28T02:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/21 "2003-09-30T05:14:36Z")
Put me in the “hmmm that’s werid” camp too. ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/22 "2003-09-30T08:03:40Z")
Weird to me, too, but in an OK way. As in, she knows what you want - and that is way more romantic than some lame bunch of flowers. i just KNOW my bloke is gonna give me a chainsaw for my birthday tomorrow, and that totally rocks. ---
**Author:** ![H3Knuckles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@H3Knuckles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/H3Knuckles)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/23 "2003-09-30T20:28:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > \*\*Rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, I was at least in the general ballpark. And frankly I don’t think golfclubs seem very appropriate either. Birthday, yeah, even christmas, but not anniversary. > > Clearly I’m in the extreme minority here. \*\* Machine-Gun?!? QUITE a different thing GuanoLad. A shotgun and a rifle may be quite lethal, but they have legitimate uses as hunting tools for hobbyists. As a self-defense mechanism, a pistol even has legitimate use. A machinegun is only useful for actively killing people. It has little-to-no self-defense value (assuming you don’t live in the middle-east or something 😉 ), and is totally ineffecient for hunting. As for getting a gun for an anniversary gift, you see, they just aren’t looking at it the way we do, as a GUN. But rather like golf clubs or a fishing pole, as has been already stated. Yes, I can see your point that an anniversary gift should be more romantic, but this is the WIFE’s gift to the HUSBAND. Assuming they have a fairly active sex life (not that it’s any of our business), it wouldn’t be unreasonable for him to expect more than her taking him to some hotel and putting on a new piece of lingerie or something. And a nice romantic evening (dinner, dancing) is really for the woman. Plus, you’re still kind of expected to get her jewelry or something as well. What gift could you get a guy that would be romantic? Especially for a big event, like a marriage anniversary? Just saying golf clubs or some such seems perfectly reasonable to me. ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/24 "2003-09-30T21:54:48Z")
DAMN I LOVE TEXANS!! Ya’ll make the world a better place!!! Forget about your wife loving YOU! What will it take to make her love ME?! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/25 "2003-09-30T21:58:25Z")
Wow. What did you get her? ---
**Author:** ![DirkGntly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DirkGntly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DirkGntly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/26 "2003-10-01T02:51:07Z")
**ivylass,** I’ve been reading this thread to my wife, who finds it a real hoot. She said to be sure and mention the following: - Two years ago, _she_ was the one who got a shotgun - over/under 20ga. The reasoning? So she could accompany me on the bird hunts and spend time with me. - This year, she got a REALLY nice dinner out at a fairly exclusive steakery (hey, we’re in Texas - dead animal on the plate is part of the package). She is also getting a nice set of built-in bookshelves in the bedroom, and a new bathroom (bedroom shelves are finished, bathroom is in process). Maybe these aren’t the most “romantic” things, but we tend to be fairly practical, and what’s more important - something temporarily sentimental, or something the other person REALLY wants? Personally, I like the idea that our gifts show that we actually pay attention to each other… 🙂 - Dirk ---
**Author:** ![cajela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cajela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cajela)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/27 "2003-10-01T05:36:54Z")
YESSSSS!!! I got the chainsaw! I got the chainsaw! I’m not sure who wins the actual coolest present award, but we clearly think similarly about romance and presents. ---
**Author:** ![hlanelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3bc359/32.png) [@hlanelee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hlanelee)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/28 "2003-10-01T11:48:26Z")
Well Dirk, that’s a really cool gun. Me and my wife celebrate our 14th anniversary in three weeks. In 1995 I was in an automobile accident and was in the hospital for six and a half weeks. For six and a half weeks she slept on a cot beside my bed. While I was still in the hospital, though, she had someone go to our house, remove all the guns, and sell them and I had quite a collection, it paid the mortgage that month. She was afraid that I would try and kill myself and she was right. You see, it took me about a year to learn to walk. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/29 "2003-10-04T01:07:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GuanoLad \* > **Rifle, shotgun, machine-gun, I was at least in the general ballpark.** Ah, but to us snobs, the distinction is _very_ important. Kinda like calling a palimino ‘grey’ in front of a horse enthusiast. 'Tisn’t done, my man. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Turbo\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@Turbo\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turbo_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/30 "2003-10-04T01:36:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ivylass \* > \*\*Wow. > > What did you get her? \*\* The real question is, “What does he owe her for the next 20 years”🙂 She bought him a GUN OHMFG how unromantic blah blah blah. She bought her husband a gift that he really wanted, that he probably never would have bought for himself, and probably wouldn’t expect. How is this different than a car, nice ring, watch, dinner, computer, massage, good bottle of scotch? Nothing! It is more than a shotgun folks, it is a symbol, same as any other gift. If you can’t understand that, then I guess I just don’t understand either. It’s a gun. Get over it. And it just happens to be one beautiful shotgun. One that I would never buy for myself but… (wife, if you are reading this… think XD-40). Congrats on your anniversary Dirk! 13 years… 13… unlucky… remember what I said about you owing her:) May it last another 13! ---
**Author:** ![Mirth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Mirth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/31 "2003-10-04T06:07:59Z")
October 5th is our 2 yr anniversary-- I was hoping to get some good gift ideas, but no such luck. Just for the record, I’d like to say that I’m Texan and I think guns are strange anniversary gifts too. But to each his own-- glad you liked your gift. Guess I’ll have to go with that car CD player. (He likes music–used to be a music major–and hates his long commute to work.) ---
**Author:** ![SirMuffinMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SirMuffinMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirMuffinMan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241/32 "2003-10-04T14:36:35Z")
Yeah, gotta agree, the giving of guns as an anniversary present baffles me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-really-loves-me-anniversary-present-inside/204241.md?page=1)