The Maelstromers... a FASTPASS! Part 2

[ZZUB]

Hey my fellow Maelstromers!

I have a dilemma. I took my daughter shopping last night for a mother's day gift (she's got very expensive tastes by the way). She picked out a necklace with a mother and child charm with a diamond. I tried to steer her towards a heart that was rung with diamonds but she said the diamonds were too small. So her mother. Anyway, after I paid for the deal she picked out and the lady wrapped it for me and we got home it occured to me that I bought my wife something very similar, if not exactly the same thing, three years ago.

What do I do? Do I take the new one back? Let my wife open it and then let her go pick out something new? Tell my daughter what happened and take her with me to return it and buy something different? Do nothing and hope no one notices? Or hop on a moped and break wind?

Women (you know who you are): what would you want your husband to do?

 

[Loubon]

lou I knew you wouldn't turn me down...and WE can ride Maelstrom together!!! I have certain dates I will be at EPCOT though so we'll see if we have a match!!
I don't do hoppers so it is a must for me on those days.

If you don't do hoppers does that mean the melons won't be bouncing?

Leading a semi normal life and belonging to this thread doesn't go together.

So which is it gonna be.

 

[Backstage_Gal]

therapists?

Sorry, therapists are outsourced, horsegirl, no bennies that I know of.
But I guess it is one those "other" bennies for housekeepers, et. al

 

[Loubon]

Women (you know who you are): what would you want your husband to do?

Hey other way Buzz, if you get a straight answer to that question, bottle it, sell it and make a fortune!

 

[Backstage_Gal]

Long time no post my fellow Maelstromers!

Hmmm, $15/hr. That's more than I make where I work now and I've been there 15 years in Oct. Now how do I get past this Green Card problem?????

No, no, no, not $15/hr, hiring 15 year olds, getting desperate.
If you all wait in long lines, you know why, the job market is supertight all over town here.

 

[horsegirl]

Hey my fellow Maelstromers!

I have a dilemma. I took my daughter shopping last night for a mother's day gift (she's got very expensive tastes by the way). She picked out a necklace with a mother and child charm with a diamond. I tried to steer her towards a heart that was rung with diamonds but she said the diamonds were too small. So her mother. Anyway, after I paid for the deal she picked out and the lady wrapped it for me and we got home it occured to me that I bought my wife something very similar, if not exactly the same thing, three years ago.

What do I do? Do I take the new one back? Let my wife open it and then let her go pick out something new? Tell my daughter what happened and take her with me to return it and buy something different? Do nothing and hope no one notices? Or hop on a moped and break wind?

Women (you know who you are): what would you want your husband to do?

Uh dumb would not be the word. At least you remembered and your wife didn't have that face of 'oh I have one of those already' after she opened it! I would probably take my daughter back, after showing her the other one and reinforce that she picked out just the one her mom liked. I would then go and exchange it with her....She is not quite 4? Hard concept. But she gets to go out shopping alone with her daddy again! You can always wink to your wife, and she can exchange it afterward, and wear the one she already has. Your daughter would never know, but I prefer the former.

Good luck Zzub!

 

[Loubon]

Sorry, therapists are outsourced, horsegirl,

Which reminds me Horseypalaminopintogirl, if you ever start your own web site don't call it www.therapist.com.

Let's see how long this one takes....

 

[MOMOFMNM]

I do imagine your wind smells like roses and money zzub!!

however: I think horsey is right...take it back with your dd and pick something else out if SHE will do that. If she is DEAD set on giving mama that necklace then give it to mom and then have mom take it back if she wants something else, because if she's like me, she'll want an upgrade...

and thats the truth

bottle THAT and sell it BOYS

 

[jw50]

Women (you know who you are): what would you want your husband to do?

Well I am not a woman but my recommendation would be to let your daughter give the present that she picked out to her mother (it is a gift from her, not from you, even if you are paying for it). If it is similar to or the same as the one that you gave previously so what, your wife will have two of them. Let your wife decide which one she wants to keep or if she wants to keep both of them.

It was your mistake (if if was a mistake), not your daughter's and no matter how you explain it to her do you really want her to think that she did something wrong by picking that gift? If you think it is necessary talk it over with your wife first so that even if it is the same as the one she already has when she opens the gift from your daughter she will act like it is the best possible mother's day present she could have possibly received. Which it will be because it was picked out for her by her daughter.

Sorry to disagree with you Horsey

 

[nicolemarie]

First of all - the Mother's Day stuff was really sweet. Thanks Kim and LaLa (I think) for posting it.

Second - I just spent ONE HOUR - yes, ONE HOUR - trying to post the last installment of my trip report with some pictures. I thought I had resized them in Photobucket, but half of them were HUGE when I previewed the post. To make matters worse, I actually hit submit instead of preview after I thought I made corrections, so I had to do a quick edit to get them out of cyberspace. My computer illiteracy is ridiculous. Please help.

Hey my fellow Maelstromers!

I have a dilemma. I took my daughter shopping last night for a mother's day gift (she's got very expensive tastes by the way). She picked out a necklace with a mother and child charm with a diamond. I tried to steer her towards a heart that was rung with diamonds but she said the diamonds were too small. So her mother. Anyway, after I paid for the deal she picked out and the lady wrapped it for me and we got home it occured to me that I bought my wife something very similar, if not exactly the same thing, three years ago.

What do I do? Do I take the new one back? Let my wife open it and then let her go pick out something new? Tell my daughter what happened and take her with me to return it and buy something different? Do nothing and hope no one notices? Or hop on a moped and break wind?

Women (you know who you are): what would you want your husband to do?

Lastly - Zzub, maybe it's just me, but something actually picked out by my kids instead of my husband is really special to me. Even if it is tacky, ugly, whatever - in their little minds it was something they wanted me to have and I love that. HOWEVER, if your wife has the exact same thing already, your frugal sensibility has to win out, and you must return the item and spend your hard-earned cash on something she doesn't already have. I'm impressed with your planning, however, as Mother's Day isn't until Sunday. I'm sure you are beating the Mother's Day Eve rush.

If any of you can help me with my photo issue, I would love some advice. Maybe I should post on the Tech board, but you all throw the pics around like crazy, so I hope you can help.

I'm out - me and my honey have a porch date. That's when you are too cheap to get a babysitter and go out. So you light a candle, sit on the porch, and act like you are chatting over a really expensive meal. It works - you should try it.

 

[2infinity&B-ond]

ZZUB: Does your wife wear the other one a lot. Is it something DD has seen? If so, mention it to her...see what she says. Depending on her reaction you could both decide to return the new one and get something else...or if DD prefers you can still give the new one to your wife. As the mother of 3, I can safely say, it really doesn't matter WHAT the gift is...just that I know they care.

A quick aside: My oldest DD is 7. I think this is one of the first years she has shown that she really appreciates me as a Mom. Not that she hasn't in the past...but this year she has shown more comprehension of all the little things I do for her. I am not sure what I am getting from her...but I know that in additon to those gifts that she had help picking out, I am getting a little 'book' she wrote all by herself. (She left it on the coffee table last night) It is a book about what she would give me if she could...(she would send me somewhere to be spoiled and have all the candy I want) and it means more to me than any store bought item I will recieve this year...b/c it means she actually appreciates me...which is a hard thing to show sometimes...especially for a 7 year old.

Good luck with your decision...and let us know how it works out.

 

[ZZUB]

Hey other way Buzz, if you get a straight answer to that question, bottle it, sell it and make a fortune!

That's why he's the master. He's funny 24-7. It's your world (wide web), Lou. We're all just visitors.

I do imagine your wind smells like roses and money zzub!!

I have no idea what this means? But I assure you my wind rarely smells like roses. Just ask my wife. Or the people I crop dusted today in the hall.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

[pongoperdigirl]

Is it possible to have two cyber girlfriends? I mean you have offered and are throwing yourself at me. How can I say no?!?

LOL

Blessings!
MarkyMark

Ummmm....I am not the sharing type LOL

 

[MOMOFMNM]

That's why he's the master. He's funny 24-7. It's your world (wide web), Lou. We're all just visitors.

I have no idea what this means? But I assure you my wind rarely smells like roses. Just ask my wife. Or the people I crop dusted today in the hall.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

geesh it was just a nice compliment zzubbiiee

I figured you needed some cyber-flirting-gestures since mel is gone

apparently I am a POOR substitute for fun or imagining the smell of gas...


soooorrrrryy!!!!

 

[horsegirl]

Which reminds me Horseypalaminopintogirl, if you ever start your own web site don't call it www.therapist.com.

Let's see how long this one takes....

Oh crap Lou, I am slow (insert large earred, trunk bearing pachyderm here). So help me here...what do ya mean????

 

[HaleyB]

Oh crap Lou, I am slow (insert large earred, trunk bearing pachyderm here). So help me here...what do ya mean????

I am not sure I get it either, so don't feel bad. On the flip side, Lou, I am a bit slow today- just check out the last post on the riddle thread...

Zzub, I am late to the game but I will weigh in anyhow. First off mad props to you for being such a good husband. Mine gets off the hook this year because he is not allowed to drive til September... (However I expect breakfest, just in case he is lurking here ) Anyhow, I think your daughter is four, right. I doubt she will understand the problem with having two identical items. So I would just let her give it. If it were me I would keep it, and wear it (and still keep the first one) too. I doubt your wife will need a heads up, just make sure she knows your daughter selected it. That will be all she needs to know. Unless, and here is the judgement call, unless you think your daughter will be upset if she finds out your wife already had one. I already said I doubt a four year old would have an issue with that, when my daughter was four she had three Minnie Mouse dresses and two Belle dresses and she loved them all.

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

Nitey Nite strommers! have a good one!!

 

[Loubon]

Oh crap Lou, I am slow (insert large earred, trunk bearing pachyderm here). So help me here...what do ya mean????

Okay slowly now look at the word in the web site name. Or is that two words....?

 

[em'smom]

Which reminds me Horseypalaminopintogirl, if you ever start your own web site don't call it www.therapist.com.

Let's see how long this one takes....

Don't worry Lou, I got it

I've seen Saturday Night Live

 

[Loubon]

Just so we're clear...her profession when used as a website name is not what you'd want to use. It's not as funny when you have to explain it.