2008
Panic Time: Only 4 Shopping Days Left
There are only 4 shopping days left and I have a present for everyone on my Christmas list EXCEPT my partner. I don’t even have a clue and I am starting to go into panic mode. Nothing seems quite right.
On a philosophical level, this is not really my fault. It is a side-effect of living in a “want-it-get-it” society. When she sees something she wants, she just buys it. There’s no waiting anymore. No “making a list of what I want” and waiting to see if it is sitting under the tree on Christmas morning. So instead I find myself staring longingly at the earrings she bought herself two weeks ago and thinking, “Why the hell didn’t she ask me to get those for her!?”
To make matters worse, a couple of days ago she tortures me with this statement: “You are going to love what I got you for Christmas. It will be a real surprise.”
I hate her. No, I mean I love her.
I know, I know, there are always gift certificates. The last one I got her was for a spa treatment. Who wouldn’t like that? Unfortunately, I found it a year later in a drawer, 2 days after the expiration. The lesson is, if I decide to go that route, make sure there’s no expiration. Or that the place isn’t going to go out of business in, say, 10 years or so till she gets around to using it.
Despite the earrings, she is not much of a jewelry wearer…kinda on the butch side even though she vigorously denies it. And the cat loves to munch on flowers and then get sick, so that is out, too. Clothes…too picky. House stuff…too straight. Maybe I could start a fight and we could break up for a couple of weeks…too much drama.
Ironically, I write a blog and have posted a couple of articles on what to get your lesbian lover for Christmas. She has read them. She didn’t like any of the ideas! I am sunk.
If I don’t think of something soon, I might as well get her a nice framed portrait of her previous girlfriend, who she will no doubt be getting back with. So does anyone else have any creative ideas for Christmas gifts for their lady? Any ideas that I could, perhaps, steal?
Instead of buying something, why don’t you try making something? Or doing something? Cook her a special meal, take her somewhere, write her a poem or a song, you could get her a movie and her favourite kind of candy and the two of you have a “movie night” ….presents shouldn’t be given to impress, or to prove your love or dedication to someone, they should be given as a reminder of how much you care… the fact that they are someone you are willing to go out of your way to find something to make them smile. Besides, you should be thankful that unlike some of us, you actually have someone special to celebrate the holiday season with.
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