Posted: 6/16/2011 4:11:05 PM EDT
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Bought my wife the 3G model for her birthday. Figured I would give it to her early since we are leaving for vacation (flying) tomorrow. She recently got a Blackberry for mobile internet and apparently does not like to read books online. I guess I am that clueless. She has already filled out return authorization paperwork. Both of us are in a less than favorable mood. Any ideas on how to fix things so we both have a good time on holiday?
I am leaving for China on her actual birthday, hence the early present as well. |
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Has she even tried it? Funny, I just bought my wife one for her birthday too. She's already on her 4th book in just a few weeks. It's actually kind of annoying how much she likes it.
Reading a book on a Kindle is nothing at all like reading one on any other computer type device including a blackberry. |
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i would think this is more of your fail. and not Kindle fail. misleading title. Um yeah, that's kinda what I meant. Do you work for Amazon or something? i don't. but i saw the title, and as a happy Kindle owner myself, i was intrigued. only to find out it really had nothing to do with a Kindle. that being said, has your wife tried reading the Kindle? i can garuntee it is much easier on the eyes than a BB. i have a Kindle app on my Droid 2, and i don't use it. |
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i dont know how the blackberry plays into this but apparently his wife doesnt like to read books online and he didnt know this before purchasing the kindle for his wife.
I go a different route, I say, "hey wife, what do you want for your birthday?" she tells me what and where and i go buy it. This method, albeit it overly complicated, is less likely to result in an angry wife who doesnt like her present. The previous method was that i get to guess what she likes. This caused much crying and heartache because i dont know what my wife likes, then i told her, fuck this, im not a mind reader, i love you but you have to TELL me what you want. Were much happier now. P.S. this method also works in bed, in discussions pertaining to children and houses, and in financial matters too. |
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A rich man and a poor man consult each other on what they got their wives for Christmas.
Rich man: I got her a diamond bracelet and a Mercedes. Poor man: Why? Rich man: Well, if she doesn't like the bracelet, at least she can enjoy the Mercedes while going to return it. Poor man: Oh ... I got my wife a pair of slippers and a dildo. Rich man: Why would you do that? Poor man: Because if she doesn't like the slippers, she can fuck herself. If you picked out something that you thought she would like and it turns out that she doesn't, she has no reason to get bent out of shape about it. That's bullshit and she needs to get taken down a peg or two if that's the case. Hopefully you both can snap out of it and have a nice time together. If its such an issue that you can't enjoy your vacation over a poor gift choice, then I'd have a fucking fit. Good luck. |
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i dont know how the blackberry plays into this but apparently his wife doesnt like to read books online and he didnt know this before purchasing the kindle for his wife. I go a different route, I say, "hey wife, what do you want for your birthday?" she tells me what and where and i go buy it. This method, albeit it overly complicated, is less likely to result in an angry wife who doesnt like her present. The previous method was that i get to guess what she likes. This caused much crying and heartache because i dont know what my wife likes, then i told her, fuck this, im not a mind reader, i love you but you have to TELL me what you want. Were much happier now. P.S. this method also works in bed, in discussions pertaining to children and houses, and in financial matters too. stop bringing common sense in to the GD. 
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I love my Kindle 3G. It did take some getting used to after flipping pages all my life. Convince her to give it some time. It may win her over, it did me.
I have a Kindle and Kindle software loaded on my Blackberry and iPad. It doesn't matter what gadget I read from because they all update to the last page read automatically. I read everywhere I go now. MD |
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My family has a very nice system: We send each other the Amazon item number (or exact URL) of the items we want for birthdays/Christmas. Very easy and no hurt feelings.
I go a different route, I say, "hey wife, what do you want for your birthday?" she tells me what and where and i go buy it. Of course, we're also a family of engineers and scientists...
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Well I'll take the title literally. Last night while reading my Kindle the screen flashed and went black. You know what they say. Once you go black you never go back. Apparently that's true.
I called Amazon this morning and they're sending my new Kindle next-day air. I'll have it tomorrow. Great service! |
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A rich man and a poor man consult each other on what they got their wives for Christmas. Rich man: I got her a diamond bracelet and a Mercedes. Poor man: Why? Rich man: Well, if she doesn't like the bracelet, at least she can enjoy the Mercedes while going to return it. Poor man: Oh ... I got my wife a pair of slippers and a dildo. Rich man: Why would you do that? Poor man: Because if she doesn't like the slippers, she can fuck herself. If you picked out something that you thought she would like and it turns out that she doesn't, she has no reason to get bent out of shape about it. That's bullshit and she needs to get taken down a peg or two if that's the case. Hopefully you both can snap out of it and have a nice time together. If its such an issue that you can't enjoy your vacation over a poor gift choice, then I'd have a fucking fit. Good luck. I laughed my ass off at this, my wife did too. Also, youre right about telling your wife to pull her head out of her ass. Women are great, but every once in a while as sean connery put it, they have to get bitch slapped back into check. I love my wife and i am a very caring and loving husband. If she is justifiably upset about something or i legitimately fucked up on something and shes upset, I will grovel and beg and sit in the dog house until she feels better and ive made my amends. However if shes being unreasonable or irrational and throwing a temper tantrum about something or unnecessarilary arguing about something petty or stupid and ruining our day i will flatly tell her "you know what, i love you but need to shut up. Im not going to argue with you for 3 hours about forgetting to take out the fucking trash. Get over it and lets enjoy the rest of our evening." This is one of the very rare occasions that i will raise my voice at her and the only time that she will shut up and give me the last word. I am the most flexible husband in the world. I will go where you want, eat what you want, do what you want, ect pretty much without complaint. I let her have her way in about 90% of every situation but she recognizes that i have the cooler head and greater reasoning under stress and knows her place on the odd occasion that i put my foot down. My mom never learned this with either myelf or my dad. I almost had to fight two drunk mexicans in the waiting lobby of a jail a while back she couldnt seem to understand or comply with my short but stern commands to leave the room. Luckily a few on duty cops that i used to work with came out and handled it before it turned into a fight in a confined space with my mom in tow. |
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I appreciate her honesty about not wanting the present. But I don't understand how the mood could be less than favorable after you attempted to give such a nice gift. Something is wrong. I know but in her defense she just presented me with a 5 lap run in a Lamborghini on a high speed oval. |
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I appreciate her honesty about not wanting the present. But I don't understand how the mood could be less than favorable after you attempted to give such a nice gift. Something is wrong. I know but in her defense she just presented me with a 5 lap run in a Lamborghini on a high speed oval. if yall are being selfish about who gives or gets the coolest gifts then you might be at the pinnacle of a selfish childish marriage and be more fucked than i though. My wife bought me a $350 playstation 3 for my birthday and i got her a really really nice car detail and took her out to dinner. I still came out on top of the deal THIS TIME, but she sure as hell didnt gripe. She gave extravagantly to me because she loves me and thats what i wanted. A few years ago i got her a big fancy gift and accepted a small one in return. If yall are counting debts on petty shit you have bigger marriage problems than gifts. |