Put me in the “hmmm that’s werid” camp too.
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.
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.
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?!
Wow.
What did you get her?
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.)
Yeah, gotta agree, the giving of guns as an anniversary present baffles me.