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Gifts for female friends

  • 23-06-2012 3:02pm
    #1
    scrubber72
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,215 ✭✭✭


    Friend of mine has a birthday this week.
    We usually only do cards and a couple of lottery tickets for birthday gifts but I was wondering if it was considered fine if I was to buy her something else ie. a voucher for a spa treatment or some jewellery.
    Nothing to expensive.
    We are both married and in happy relationships, I just wouldn`t want to offend anyone namely my wife or her husband or am I just looking into this to much.


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  • #2
    The Big Red Button
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭The Big Red Button


    I guess it would make sense to ask your wife what she thinks? I assume she knows the person too? So she'd have a better idea of what would be appropriate.

    Is there a particular reason that you want to break the tradition and get her something so expensive this time? Apart from anything else, you're kind of putting her under pressure to get you something far more expensive than usual when your birthday comes around.

    If I were in your position, I'd stick with what you usually do, and get her a card and lottery tickets, or similar. No point in potentially causing trouble, when it could easily be avoided. :)


  • #3
    Woodward
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 219 ✭✭Woodward


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhwbxEfy7fg


  • #4
    Panthro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,928 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    chatterpillar wrote: »
    I guess it would make sense to ask your wife what she thinks? I assume she knows the person too? So she'd have a better idea of what would be appropriate.

    Is there a particular reason that you want to break the tradition and get her something so expensive this time? Apart from anything else, you're kind of putting her under pressure to get you something far more expensive than usual when your birthday comes around.

    If I were in your position, I'd stick with what you usually do, and get her a card and lottery tickets, or similar. No point in potentially causing trouble, when it could easily be avoided. :)

    I agree completely with this. Stick with what is usually done, unless the birthday is a landmark one (say a 30th for example) in which case I would chat to your missus and get something from the both of ye.
    My 2 cents.


  • #5
    Piliger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    If you want to do anything different .... do it through your wife. Believe me.


  • #6
    cyrusdvirus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭cyrusdvirus


    Seriously, do NOT do anything apart from the norm.

    It will come back and haunt you.

    Unless, as has been mentioned, it's a landmark birthday. And even then, make sure to involve your wife.

    Otherwise you are stirring a whole sh1tpot full of trouble. It may be totally innocuous, but her hubby and your wife may not see it that way.


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  • #7
    UserName 217
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 125 ✭✭UserName 217


    scrubber72 wrote: »
    Friend of mine has a birthday this week.
    We usually only do cards and a couple of lottery tickets for birthday gifts but I was wondering if it was considered fine if I was to buy her something else ie. a voucher for a spa treatment or some jewellery.
    Nothing to expensive.
    We are both married and in happy relationships, I just wouldn`t want to offend anyone namely my wife or her husband or am I just looking into this to much.

    Why you do it different than the usual?


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