What not to buy your wife for Christmas
Christmas is drawing closer and there might be a few men whose hearts are racing about gift choices for their partners.
POLOKWANE
The one question you’ll always hear is: “What do I buy my wife for Christmas?”
I spoke to a few men in the city who decided to give ideas as to what not to buy your wife this Christmas.
Something that came up more than once was cleaning products for the house. Cleaning the house is definitely not something women love to do, at all. So buying her something to clean the house with might result in you doing the cleaning yourself. Before buying a broom as a present, just walk in at home and start sweeping the floors with the new broom you bought for the house.
While we are in the kitchen, dear men, refrain from buying her a book with the name ‘How to Cook for Dummies’. This is not a good idea, rather buy her a new recipe book. Never ever imply that she cannot cook, and therefore do not suggest to watch cooking programs on television either.
I think most woman have an issue with their weight, but that does not give you, as her man, the right to imply she needs a gym membership, bootcamp vouchers, scales or diet products. Do not, I repeat, do not go there unless you want to spend New Years alone.
Kitchen utensils, an iron or vacuum cleaner are also a no go. In fact, try and refrain from buying anything with a plug on it. Those are things she needs, not necessarily wants.
On the topic of want and not need, you might think she needs to visit her mother alone, but I promise you, she would want you to go with her. So if you had the idea of buying only one aeroplane ticket, for her, think again and buy one for you too.
Many times I’ve heard that men will buy their wives flowers when they did something wrong. But for Christmas refrain from that and choose something more original than flowers. Never ever ever buy her plastic or fake flowers.
Someone recently told me the following story: “During our wedding anniversary in 2010, we were in a restaurant with another couple, who are friends with us.of ours. I gave my wife a Zippo lighter as she wanted one for as long as I can remember. Suddenly it became very quiet and I asked my friend what all the looks were about. He replied that my wife stopped smoking six months ago…”
I can say the couple are still married, eight years on.
Last but not least, just like you do not always understand your wife, she does not understand you and a book on ‘How to Understand Your Man’, will not work either.
