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Thread: Way, SWMBO and a surprise
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29th February 2008, 03:13 PM #1
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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29th February 2008, 06:23 PM #2
And what is she getting you?
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29th February 2008, 07:14 PM #3
perhaps you could SEND her to China!
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29th February 2008, 10:46 PM #4
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29th February 2008, 10:55 PM #5
Dang! I know someone who makes quite nice sugar bowls too.
anne-maria.
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29th February 2008, 11:45 PM #6
so what will be your anniversary "gift"
something of equivalent value and longevity, I hope
ian
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1st March 2008, 09:16 AM #7
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.Jim Carroll
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1st March 2008, 02:12 PM #8
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.
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1st March 2008, 03:50 PM #9
Hmm.. got me thinking...a triton work centre perhaps?
Nah, would probably involve a shop-over in Hong Kong.
Chuckle. Hmmmm I wonder where I could find such a thing?
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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1st March 2008, 03:59 PM #10
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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1st March 2008, 04:09 PM #11
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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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2nd March 2008, 09:30 PM #12
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
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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3rd March 2008, 11:12 AM #13anne-maria.
Tea Lady
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3rd March 2008, 11:32 PM #14
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