Bought Earings for GF's birthday - Oops?

Sharza-

So what the fruck....

I bought her earings, and she flipped, next time I wont buy her anything!

I asked a friend why were earings shunned as a present, she wouldn't tell me.

Any women here care to tell me why they are a bad present? Apperently other jewelry is fine, just not earings!

Doper Than U

Maybe she doesn't have her ears pierced and is upset you didn't notice, thus making it a bad present for her, (but not all women). If that's the case, she might feel you don't really "know her", and just picked a pair of earrings coz you thought "girls like that kinda thing".

I'm a girl, and I don't have my ears pierced, so I'd feel a little disappointed if I got earrings from the one person supposed to know me best.

If this is the case, I suggest an apology and take the earrings back and get her a chain, or take her out for a meal at her favourite restaurant... or anything you know she loves.

If this isn't the case... then I don't know what to tell ya... give her a kick in the face and tell her to stop moaning?

*note - the last sentence is not real advice. Doper Than U will not be held responsible for any repercussions of said actions*

tk123

My friend got earrings from her bf for Valentines and she's STILL showing them off!! Describe the ones you got for us all...

tSubh Dearg

Earrings are tricky things. I would prefer not to be bought a pair because if they don't suit they can't be returned, for hygiene reasons.

Plus a pair of earrings that you think looks nice may remind her of her mothers earrings (not usually a good thing) or may not be her style.

However having said that I would still except them as a gift gracefully and store them away in a cupboard and drop better hints next time.

FX Meister

I don't think there was any real reason to flip at you? Maybe the poster above is right and she doesn't have her ears pierced? If she just didn't like them then it's a very rude way off saying so.

Shabadu

Maybe they were manky earings. Please attatch photo and we'll all tell you what we think. Still no reason for her to flip out though.

They didn't spell out b!tch face in diamante or anything?

iguana

Perhaps when she saw the little box she thought it was an engagement ring? And after she saw it was earrings she was gutted.

Sharza-

Her ears aren't pierced

I honestly don't know how I never noticed before!

Ohh and can girls tell roughly how much a pair cost?

If so that would also explain a bit of the anger hehehe

Chucky the tree

next time buy her a hoover.

kizzyr

Chucky the tree wrote:

next time buy her a hoover.

but make sure its a Dyson

Chucky the tree

Sharza- wrote:

Her ears aren't pierced

I honestly don't know how I never noticed before!

Ohh and can girls tell roughly how much a pair cost?

If so that would also explain a bit of the anger hehehe

no offence, but your stupid!! no ownder she was pissed off. You got alot making up to do.

Con9903

ironing board covers are a timeless gift

You never noticed that she never wore earrings?? *shakes head* Men.....

rymus

that really is above & beyond. You are a shining beacon for all people who couldnt buy a decent present if it jumped off the shelves onto your wallet.

I'm also bad at buying presents, but not THAT bad. I'm with Con and Chucky on this one. An ironing board cover or a hoover (but not a crap one) make exquisite presents. To that list I shall also add a wall clock and a pair of wellingtons.

KdjaCL

And add in a sowing set along with the hoover and ironing board covers and you will win her heart back.


kdjac

Dr. Loon

Sharza- wrote:

Her ears aren't pierced

I honestly don't know how I never noticed before!

You're an eejit. Quite simple. However, your girlfriend is also an eejit for not explaining why she flipped. Playing games gets no one anywhere.

sceptre

Sharza- wrote:

Her ears aren't pierced

I honestly don't know how I never noticed before!

Plonker:D

Ah well, you'll not make that mistake again. Allowing for the idea that you might and should have noticed, flipping out over it might be a bit OTT.

Explains the miffed thing though. I got my GF a nice pair of earrings as an extra Santa present. They weren't too cheap but they weren't hundreds either. She was well pleased. Then again I've taste in that kind of thing and a usual knack of choosing well. Don't like getting crap presents, don't like giving them either.

As for whether they can tell how much something cost, depends on the person. If the present is right (and unfortunately yours obviously wasn't for very good practical reasons) the cost shouldn't matter so much. The right present is the right present whether it costs 50 quid or a thousand.

Rymus, you forgot some good stuff for the kitchen. A garlic crusher, a nice new pair of oven gloves. And a set of hoover bags, always goes down well. Or a wedding, girls like that. You could always get her a new boyfriend. Someone who notices whether she's got holes in her ears, shoe sizes and things she might actually be interested in.

rymus

aha but if you got her a dyson she wouldnt need hoover bags! Truly a master stroke...

I'd also like to add a multi-function blender to the list. Bitches love to be blendin' n' sheit.

Capt'n Midnight

Most cheap earings aren't hypoallergenic either

some people are just picky about little things like that..

joseph brand

I believe none of you guys have it right.

I'll bet the reason she hated the earings is beacause;




they are not an engagement ring



I should know, GF keeps pointing to Diamond rings (not cubic Zirconia, too cheap) in magazines, jeweller shop windows and the like. :eek: :eek:

Looks like I won't be wearing matching shoes for long, judging the price of diamonds.

Hugh Hefner

There's only one thing you can do now to salvage the situation and come out looking like "Mister Perfect". (I know him, he's a good guy. Perfect, ya might say.)

Okay, so, what ya do is: Tomorrow night wait for her to go to bed and then come up to her and be a little frisky. She'll think you're gonna make sweet, sweet love to her, which is the perfect moment to hit her with the cloroform soaked cloth! While she's unconscious put down some plastic sheets on your side of the bed. Then roll her onto the plastic. Get a thumb tac and stick it right through both ear lobes! The holes don't need to be symetrical but it helps. When she wakes up in 3-4 hours with her ears pierced as she's always wanted them to be she'll want to get back to that sweet, sweet love you started earlier and you look like "Mister Perfect"!

P.S. If there's anything else you think she might like pierced don't be afraid to nuts. She won't feel a thing.

Lump

Maybe she's just a cúnt.... trust everyone to blame the man.

John

idontknowmyname

If the box said Elizabeth Duke then she'd be angry, cheapo earrings and she could look up the catalogue

LegacyUser

i got my gf ear rings for valentines, got input from female friend before i bought em.

she seemed to like em.

even if your gf didn't like em, its the thought that counts.

they were'nt pat butcher earings, were they?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/900000/images/_903679_pat_150.jpg

*Sassy*

They probably looked cheap. If my boyf gave me a cheap pair of earrings for my bday I would be seriously put out. She probably just thought you could have made more of an effort. Doesn't sound like you did. Pull your socks up boy, or get dumped.

Megatron

Chucky the tree wrote:

next time buy her a hoover.

HAHAHAHA, now that's comedy folks .

Dr. Loon

*Sassy* wrote:

They probably looked cheap. If my boyf gave me a cheap pair of earrings for my bday I would be seriously put out. She probably just thought you could have made more of an effort. Doesn't sound like you did. Pull your socks up boy, or get dumped.

If my girlfriend was as shallow as you we'd no longer be together.

*Sassy*

It's not the price of the earrings that's important, she obviously felt like he made f**k all effort. He even asked if girls could tell how much they cost so he was obviously trying to pull a fast one and pawn her off with something inferior.

Yeah it's the thought that counts, but if there was very little thought there, that counts just as much.

Dr. Loon

If my boyf gave me a cheap pair of earrings for my bday I would be seriously put out.

Sounds like price is important to you. So much so that you go on to suggest he may be dumped if he doesn't "pull his socks up"!

Boggles

Lump wrote:

Maybe she's just a cúnt.... trust everyone to blame the man.

John

Brilliant

*Sassy*

Did you actually bother to read my last post? I wouldn't care what I got once I felt it was bought with care and attention etc. But I didn't get that impression from the OP. And his girlfriend blatantly didn't either...

Beruthiel

*Sassy* wrote:

They probably looked cheap. If my boyf gave me a cheap pair of earrings for my bday I would be seriously put out. She probably just thought you could have made more of an effort. Doesn't sound like you did. Pull your socks up boy, or get dumped.

:eek: *boggle*
seriously, you'd dump someone cos they didn't spend enough on you?!
I'm seriously speechless

OP
yup, you probably could have noticed she never wore ear rings, but she had no right to flip out over such a small thing, tell her to get over herself, take the ear rings back and just exchange them for a chain or bracelet...
jeez
women like this give the rest of us a bad name

koneko

That's pretty sad. Do you know what colour her eyes or hair are? No wonder she was upset.

Mossy Monk

priceless thread

kinkstr

The moral of the story:
Buy her a chain because chances are your girlfriend has a neck to wear it with

*Sassy*

Beruthiel wrote:

:eek: *boggle*
seriously, you'd dump someone cos they didn't spend enough on you?!
I'm seriously speechless

OP
yup, you probably could have noticed she never wore ear rings, but she had no right to flip out over such a small thing, tell her to get over herself, take the ear rings back and just exchange them for a chain or bracelet...
jeez
women like this give the rest of us a bad name

Ok, when I posted that I didn't mean for it to sound like that tbh. I would definitely NOT dump someone for that reason. But if I thought he wasn't bothered and just bought the first thing he saw regardless of whether I would like it or not, I would be pissed off yeah.

joejoem

you should have just given her a pearl necklace

Static M.e.

I think its kinda funny

Not only did you get her Earings but Cheap earings as well, lol

and YES OF COURSE they can tell the value of jewellry straight away
its one the first things they learn in Girl College !

Maximilian

Further proof that women are a horrible sex.

Dr. Loon

*Sassy* wrote:

Did you actually bother to read my last post? I wouldn't care what I got once I felt it was bought with care and attention etc. But I didn't get that impression from the OP. And his girlfriend blatantly didn't either...

Did you actually bother to read mine? Where I quoted you saying;

If my boyf gave me a cheap pair of earrings for my bday I would be seriously put out.

and then referred to;

Pull your socks up boy, or get dumped.

You're backtracking now. Case closed.

Jekell

Have long have you been going out with her?
If it's only a few weeks, then it wouldn't be such a big deal if you didn't know her ears were pierced - any longer than that, snd you are a bit of a bloody eejit - more for not TRYING to get her something she'd like or could even use!

With regards to the "cheapness" - cheap usually means ugly/crappy when it comes to jewellery - not always though. So if you bought her a pair of ear rings that were pretty and cheap - great. But if you bought her the ugly/crappy stuff, then you are once again a bloody eejit.

P.S. She should just have told you why she was pissed off

LegacyUser

he's a lucky man

*Sassy* wrote:

They probably looked cheap. If my boyf gave me a cheap pair of earrings for my bday I would be seriously put out. She probably just thought you could have made more of an effort. Doesn't sound like you did. Pull your socks up boy, or get dumped.

Static M.e.

I can just imagine her response

"Hey *****, What its been like over 3 years now, do I LOOK like I have my ears pierced, have you EVER seen me wearing F**king earings !! and these 3 inch hoops, I could use these f***ing things as bracelets "
"You stupid Son of a ************* ***** !"

Sorry OP, I shouldnt be mouthing off, no harm intended

Aurther Hugh

What's the harm. If my boyfriend did that, I'd just have to laugh at the good of it all. So he didn't notice whether the ear were pierced but in fairness perhaps he just, in the moment forgot to consider it. Tbh I'd have trouble remembering which of my female friends I see everyday have it done.
Ladies should lighten up a bit for gods sake. :cool:

joejoem

Every girl loves a pearl necklace...................................

Why are we still talking about this, a pearl necklace is cheap and looks great on girls

Dr. Loon

So... I think the point is - dump your girlfriend. She's a gold digging, irrational, unreasonable <insert insult here>.

po0k

JoeJoem, no-one quoted you with "lol" for the first thinly-veiled cumshot post, and no-one's going to quote you now.

Let it go padawan, let it go.

joejoem

If at first you dont succeed try and try again

Everyone loves a pearl necklace

Ok Im done

Crucifix

Don't worry about it. Sure the only reason you forgot she didn't have her ears pierced is because when you saw the earrings you were so overwhelmed by how much you thought they would bring out the beauty of her eyes, etc.

koneko

Lol, smooooth Crucifix, real smooth

pickarooney

Could be worse, my dad did exactly the same for my mum's birthday... three years after thy got married.