tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post6974359706422651344..comments2024-03-28T03:40:29.423-04:00Comments on Passage des Perles: There will be gifts, part oneDuchessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-79275702541238597332008-07-01T10:11:00.000-04:002008-07-01T10:11:00.000-04:00toby: You have discerned the reason for this serie...toby: You have discerned the reason for this series of posts! Two more coming up.<BR/><BR/>ma: That was a brilliant gift! <BR/><BR/>cybill: In my experience it is nearly always men who do this ham handed giving. The sequel: she bought herself a pair of diamond earrings on his charge card.Duchessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09986153653120526776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-68177918774094127762008-07-01T02:18:00.000-04:002008-07-01T02:18:00.000-04:00Aahh gifts, so good when you get it just right. I...Aahh gifts, so good when you get it just right. I laughed at your friends D's gift, (sorry D) but its just so typical isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-56494894864744210112008-06-30T10:10:00.000-04:002008-06-30T10:10:00.000-04:00My husband is not a natural at gift-giving at all,...My husband is not a natural at gift-giving at all, but he has become very good through the years because he knows how much it matters to me and so pays attention (plus some of the women he works with give him a hand, telling him which shops are surefire).<BR/>I love those few occasions when one knows exactly the perfect gift and doesn't worry about, as you say, "the bar" or whether the price is a bit higher than the relationship usually allows for -- a few years ago, a friend of mine, new to gardening but rapidly becoming quite passionate about it, had a birthday. Ignoring the idea of the usual token gift -- a paperback, bath stuff, etc. -- I splurged on the Sunset Western Garden Book, one I'd waited several years to buy myself. She was thrilled and I really felt as if I'd scored a coup rather than just getting the job done (as gift-giving sometimes becomes)materfamiliashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16062766947897513369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872918251244874644.post-5256181408111362862008-06-30T09:15:00.000-04:002008-06-30T09:15:00.000-04:00Sending this to my husband...right...now.Sending this to my husband...right...now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com