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Must be able to buy it in or near Southampton and not off the internet.

I have had a couple of failed attempts over the years -

What do you want? Nothing. Okay. FAIL
What do you want? Something expensive I don't need. Chemotherapy. FAIL
What do you want? A goat. Hmmm, okay. FAIL - She meant one of the Oxfam donation goats. How was I to know?

Something...
Anything...


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:38 am
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Crotchless Balaclava?


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:39 am
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Fanny pack?


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:40 am
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I can only comment on what I'm getting my wife who is nowhere near as difficult to buy for (she just creates a Pintrest board with ideas on each year).

Photography lessons booked with a local photographer.

I think after 3 failed years you need to get it right, or she might make the string of failed attempts into a serious one to bury you 😉


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:44 am
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Nick - Take her to London for a Hotel and show type thing.
Then if she hates it at least you had fun. If she loves it, then all's good.

DrP (Taking the wife to London for a hotel and show type thing)


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:46 am
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I think after 3 failed years you need to get it right, or she might make the string of failed attempts into a serious one to bury you
She's been greasing stepladders and replacing fuses with nails in his gear for years now, hasn't she


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:48 am
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Family medical insurance


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:50 am
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This year we decided that theres no point in just buying each other more 'stuff' we neither need nor want, just for the sake of it

So we considered Spa days etc, but settled on one of those experience vouchers, like track days and stuff. So next month she gets to fly a drone over Aleppo and assassinate a leading Jihadist. She's quite looking forward to it


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:52 am
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A first aid course?


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:55 am
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What about a chair made out of an old tyre and a plank of wood, she'd love that


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 10:57 am
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give us something to work with. Does she have any hobbies?
Something sparkley always goes down well.


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 11:17 am
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Something sparkley always goes down well.

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Posted : 14/12/2015 11:19 am
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Aleppo

Is he the one on the left?

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My 2p worth - Weekend away with meal/show or something like that already booked.

Or a ride-on lawnmower.


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 12:11 pm
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Is she likely to pile on the pounds over Christmas, gym membership?


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 12:36 pm
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Some lovely perfume. Or a Gigilo. 🙂


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 12:43 pm
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New patio


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 12:46 pm
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my wife is getting vouchers for snowboarding lessons, so that she can use places like xscape.
shes told me exactlly, thats what she wants, which does make it easier.


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 1:06 pm
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Pearl necklace?


 
Posted : 14/12/2015 1:14 pm
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I've bought my wife a fridge for Christmas... Can't wait to see her little face light up when she opens it.


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 2:48 pm
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Since you bought her a goat last year, why not buy her a rabbit this year. Much more chance of making her happy.


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 2:52 pm
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How about a set of sexy saucepans and some non-stick pants?


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 2:52 pm
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A nice [url= https://www.aldi.co.uk/en/specialbuys/sun-20-dec/product-detail/ps/p/luxury-shaggy-rug/ ]rug[/url]. Should be nice and soft on everyones knees.


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 2:54 pm
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I've bought my wife a fridge for Christmas... Can't wait to see her little face light up when she opens it.

Tickled me, that.


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 2:55 pm
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A nice cup of [url= https://tregothnan.co.uk/ ]tea[/url]


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 2:56 pm
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Shave your body hair and have it woven into a sweater. Tell her it's cashmere


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 4:28 pm
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I think perhaps some context is needed, on my Christmas list is some spd pedals and mud tyres.... Neither of which I'll get but if you were to buy me 'something sparkley' I think I'd leave! (Unless its perhaps bike bling)


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 4:32 pm
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IKEA is in Sotty, just down the road..

Meatballs and a Bun, bit of mustard..
Packet of Biscuits


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 4:45 pm
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Must be able to buy it in or near Southampton

A season ticket for the Isle of Wight Ferry.


 
Posted : 15/12/2015 4:55 pm

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