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    Default Way, SWMBO and a surprise

    Last week The Princess spilled the beans.

    SWMBO and I will be "sharing" our 20th Wedding anniversary in July.
    20 years, besides being a life sentence, is china. Not paper, not ruby, not wood or something. Just China.

    I was thinking of something like a new sugar bowl. Maybe a cat coffee cup.
    Y’know, twenty years; it ought to be something special.

    So, we're all sitting there, on the way to Granddads’ and the beans, as I said, got spilled.

    SWMBO has not only worked out what we're-giving-her for our-anniversary, but she’s been to the jeweller, had it designed and getting it made.

    Diamonds, not china. Gold too.
    A done deal.

    Something called an eternity ring.

    Has a nasty sound to it. I signed up for “death us do part” not bloody eternity!

    Anyway, justifications met my questioning looks at 60km/hr:

    “It’s a nice ring”
    “It’s something special”
    “It fits in nicely with my wedding & engagement rings”
    “It’s the same jeweller who designed my engagement ring who used to work at Rox in the Strand Arcade is now in Wahroonga…”
    “I wanted it to be a surprise”

    It’s the last one that got me.
    Sure was a surprise.

    I’ll be buggered if she’s getting a sugar bowl now.
    Thank God for senility... now I don't feel so silly any more.

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    And what is she getting you?
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    perhaps you could SEND her to China!

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    Quote Originally Posted by frog's wife View Post
    perhaps you could SEND her to China!
    And make sure it's one bloody way!

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    Dang! I know someone who makes quite nice sugar bowls too.
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    so what will be your anniversary "gift"

    something of equivalent value and longevity, I hope

    ian

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    That really sucks.

    Tell her it is not an eternity ring because it does not come from the heart.

    It is just a peice of metal to show of to her freinds.

    If she wants it make sure she pays for it.

    Look what my man bought me isnt he a sweetheart.
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    Aint true love wonderful, the rest of it is tough. I would feel like a prize bull or a sugar daddy, not a husband. Id be really ticked off. Make sure its from her account.
    "We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer

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    Quote Originally Posted by Harry72 View Post
    And what is she getting you?
    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    so what will be your anniversary "gift"
    something of equivalent value and longevity, I hope ian
    Hmm.. got me thinking...a triton work centre perhaps?

    Quote Originally Posted by frog's wife View Post
    perhaps you could SEND her to China!
    Nah, would probably involve a shop-over in Hong Kong.

    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    Dang! I know someone who makes quite nice sugar bowls too.
    Chuckle. Hmmmm I wonder where I could find such a thing?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Carroll View Post
    That really sucks.
    Tell her it is not an eternity ring because it does not come from the heart.
    It is just a peice of metal to show of to her freinds.
    If she wants it make sure she pays for it.
    Look what my man bought me isnt he a sweetheart.
    Quote Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56 View Post
    Aint true love wonderful, the rest of it is tough. I would feel like a prize bull or a sugar daddy, not a husband. Id be really ticked off. Make sure its from her account.
    Well, yeah and nah. She earns a lot more than I do, but our finances are 'merged" into one account so spending is shared too. In other words it's much as her money as mine.
    But it's the thought that counts. It's only February and July is a long way off... sniff... I never had the chance.

    On top of that it'll be her 50th birthday (we married on her 30th)

    Mind you, I am going skiing with the boys a week after the anniversary.
    Thank God for senility... now I don't feel so silly any more.

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    Well Wayfarer think yourself fortunate you have got away with it for 19 years because I thought you had to give her the Eternity Ring at the end of the first year of marriage.

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    This reminds me of a joke .....four guys sitting in a bar having a drink when one says ..hey Bill its your 20th wedding anniversary next week mate watta ya gonna do?....Bill thinks for a moment and says ...might take the wife to China ....wow says a few ....a few moments later one says .....gee thats gonna be pretty hard to top when its your 25th anniversary .....watta you gonna do then Bill??

    Bill thinks it over for a bit ....then says .....probably go and bring her back I suppose ...

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    Originally Posted by Harry72
    And what is she getting you?


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ian
    so what will be your anniversary "gift"
    something of equivalent value and longevity, I hope ian


    Quote Originally Posted by wayfarer View Post
    Hmm.. got me thinking...a triton work centre perhaps?
    Don't be a cheap skate

    Her ring is probably costing several times as much as a Triton WC.
    Possibly as much as a small combo machine.

    If you don't have the space for a combo or Table Saw, select your aniversary gift from the range offfered by the guys in green and black.


    ian

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post

    the guys in green and black.


    ian

    Huh! Give a wife a hint for future reference.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    Huh! Give a wife a hint for future reference.
    Festo

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