I am getting my wife her favorite thing in the whole world. Nothing.
my wife and I have the most amazing gift to each other....nothing.
no guilt. no hassle. no shopping. no useless material crap. nothing.
she even knows not to buy me anything either. No "just a little gift" type scenarios either. pure holy nothing.
oh, and blah, blah, threesome.....blah

buzzsaw wrote:I am getting my wife her favorite thing in the whole world. Nothing.

Is it really The Nothing that was used in Neverending Story?
If so, how did you pull that off?

buzzsaw wrote:I am getting my wife her favorite thing in the whole world. Nothing.
my wife and I have the most amazing gift to each other....nothing.
no guilt. no hassle. no shopping. no useless material crap. nothing.
she even knows not to buy me anything either. No "just a little gift" type scenarios either. pure holy nothing.

I like this idea a lot.

Hats off, the buzzsaws.

hey, i also am getting my wife 'bupkis!'

she is getting me exactly zilch!

we do this on the birthdays too! and valentine's day! and shit like that!

if we had more money, we would buy shit for each other! it's not a religious thing!

but we don't! it's all being put to use here and there! and we're pretty indulgent in normal life! so wtf!

however, xmas four years ago, i bought her a contrabass clarinet

that was a pretty good present

I am not getting her this "bupkis." Instead, I am getting her a Bryston 3B and a road case for her Fender Twin.

Oh, and a girly version of this t-shirt:



Dont tell her!

I believe we are putting any money we would have spent on presents towards a trip together.



Regarding presents in general:

I only like giving presents when I see something and go, "Holy crap! ___ and ___ have got to have that! They'll love it!"

This is the same scenario under which I like to receive presents. I know I'm hard to shop for. In that case, honestly, I understand and much prefer a warm embrace followed by twenty minutes of ridicule for being so impossible over scented bath products (Irish traits from grandma = sensitive skin, anyhow).

My wife and I are just buying food this Christmas and are trying to limit it to a few presents each. We haven't got much money this year, so the prospect of splashing out on gifts was little depressing. I've bought my wife some new pyjamas and a 1973 manual about how to build your own house, called Shelter. I think it comes under Bumble's "Holy crap! ___ and ___ have got to have that! They'll love it!" category.




And the cat is getting a hammock that fits on the radiator.

I got my broad some pure 100% stolen burma jade set in silver. snatched in 54 its beautiful. burma is now myamar, doods. i've been throwin gang signs all night.

How can you not get your wife/girlfriend a present???

C'mon guys. It's Christmas. (Don't stop reading, please)
It's the time of year when your girlie-poo wakes up to the hope of magic, surprises, fun, the unexpected, the wide-eyed wrapped SOMETHING on Christmas morning.

This "bupkis" crap is for the birds, and guys who honestly believe they've fully convinced their sig. other that presents on Christmas/Birthdays/V-Day are uncool and/or are a waste of money because they shouldn't need a present to know how much you love them.

Bullshit. (Don't stop reading)

I hate to think that the sig. others of the great EA message board will be waking up on Christmas morning to "bupkis" and a donut from Dunkin' Donuts.

Regardless of what you do for your lady throughout the year, EVERY girl wants to wake up to a surprise - every day - and especially on Christmas morning.

I beg of all you bupkises... Go get something she'll never expect (A gift certificate for a massage, a bottle of body cream, perfume, some hot-ass Mrs. Santa lingerie, a pair of earrings, whatever...) and let her know that surprises do come to those who are loved... even from holiday-jaded husbands/boyfriends.

I miss shopping for that one killer-cool present that my ex-fiancee would never have expected, never guessed I'd remember or never imagined I'd think of. I still did it this year, but donated it to Letters to Santa. It felt good, but not nearly as good as the saucer-eyed "Oh my God" reaction I would've seen/heard from her would have felt.

Whether you believe in Christmas or not, I guarantee your girl (even if she has a pierced throat, forked tongue or is the most jaded woman to walk the planet) will LOVE getting a present from her man on Christmas morning. Especially if it's unexpected!

It's Christmas. It's your wife/girlfriend. If you can't go out of your way to surprise her on a snowy Christmas morning, you're not cool or ahead of the "cool" curve... You're just seriously lame - no matter what your reasoned reason may be.

"Bupkis" = HUGE-TIME CRAP

P.S. Oh, and WRAP the damn thing. A present isn't a present unless there's a sense of mystery behind the Snowman wrapping paper which she can rip through like she was 5 years old again.

Dr. 6-4-3 out...

think she's a lurker, can't comment at this time... also waiting on a couple items to make sure that her family didn't buy them first...