[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need help with GF (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/12/2012 8:32:20 PM EDT
| The GF keeps asking Me what I want for Xmas. She doesn't know much about AR's and really all I want are some parts for the next build. Maybe I'll tell her a Midway gift certificate. |
| I had the same dilemma but I didn't want to ask her for too many gun things because it's more fun to get something that is a surprise. I linked her to the one item I knew I needed and wasn't too expensive. That way I get something I really need/want and still give her a lot of room to be creative. |
| could always make a wish list and send her the link. or the better option, but probably the harder one (at least for me) try to get her into shooting, maybe not to full extent you are, but that she would like to go out once a month or so and shoot, in doing this you can explain to her the parts, if you can get her to assist in the cleaning process, probably not the easiest plan, but it is one i have been working on for a while now with my wife and she is SLOWLY coming along, or what might be the best option, just tell her you don't want anything for her to pick out something slutty from Victoria Secret |
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Quoted: The problem with surprises is that they're frequently 94% surprise wrapped around 100% the wrong color/shape/size/material/price.I had the same dilemma but I didn't want to ask her for too many gun things because it's more fun to get something that is a surprise. I linked her to the one item I knew I needed and wasn't too expensive. That way I get something I really need/want and still give her a lot of room to be creative. If you're OK with that, sweet.  I personally don't enjoy a box full of good intentions that cost about as much as the right stuff, that has to be duplicated effort and purchase price while it sits there being useless. Color me cranky. It's similar to you buying her something kinky that she hates but wont tell you she hates. I'd prefer a box of cookies and a low value gift certificate to an expensive geegaw I have no desire for. Tell her to get you something for the two of you, instead, like an interest in a small compact handgun you feel she can use to protect herself with. But that's just me. I wish the two of you more happiness than you can stand.  |
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The problem with surprises is that they're frequently 94% surprise wrapped around 100% the wrong color/shape/size/material/price.
I had the same dilemma but I didn't want to ask her for too many gun things because it's more fun to get something that is a surprise. I linked her to the one item I knew I needed and wasn't too expensive. That way I get something I really need/want and still give her a lot of room to be creative. If you're OK with that, sweet.
I personally don't enjoy a box full of good intentions that cost about as much as the right stuff, that has to be duplicated effort and purchase price while it sits there being useless. Color me cranky. It's similar to you buying her something kinky that she hates but wont tell you she hates. I'd prefer a box of cookies and a low value gift certificate to an expensive geegaw I have no desire for. Tell her to get you something for the two of you, instead, like an interest in a small handgun you feel she can use to protect herself with. But that's just me. I wish the two of you more happiness than you can stand.
I understand where you are coming from but she's not thatttt girly, haha. Last time I told she was creative, I got a case full of PMC. So that was fine by me. This year she'll get a pink set of furniture from magpul and something from Tiffany's. Everybody goes home happy!
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| My wife shoots with me but still doesn't attempt to buy me stuff because she knows I can probably find it cheaper somewhere else. Christmas and Birthday gifts are the times I get new clothes, Designer Ties (Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Versace, etc) and stuff like that. I buy myself gear year round, I like to switch it up for gifts. Besides, like she would know I like Tango Down Pistol grips over Magpul, or that I use VTAC Mk.2 slings exclusively. |
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My wife shoots with me but still doesn't attempt to buy me stuff because she knows I can probably find it cheaper somewhere else. . I tell my GF exactly this. Unless she knows exactly what I want and from where, I tell her not to bother. Prices for gun stuff can vary way too much. |
| My wife asked what I wanted for Christmas. I told her a couple things... So she said, "Well if I got you a pocket knife, wanna just find the right one and link me to it? I don't wanna buy the wrong one, but I like when I buy it for you instead of with your money." Haha. |
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I just circle the item in a catalog and mark the page. Repeat. Let her pick which of the 12 items she wants to get me.
It works better that way. She likes to get me the stuff I like but isn't into it enough to feel comfortable choosing items on her own. It's still a surprise. Win-win. |
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Bookmark the parts you want. When your on the PC one day, open up a less expensive part and say, I'm so excited to get this one because it blah blah blah, some technical crap she doesn't really care about. She'll see that it was bookmarked, and return to it if she wants to buy it for you. Ask me how I know. PC parts for me :) |
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meh, me and mine are simple. she wants an iPod classic. I asked for a nice Judo gi. problem solved. Yeah that's simple, where is she going to find a place that sell a gi in size walrus??? But no, don't go for the gift certificate, that is to plain. When my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday 2 years ago I wrote her a list, included links to the cheapest place I could find it and included any discount codes that I knew of. Here 2 years later she is still using the list to figure out gift ideas. |
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pick the parts, send links to parts on sites where available Direct links and descriptions to every item. That's what I do. EVERY YEAR I tell my wife to make a list of several items for me to choose from. She never does. With the pains that some people go to to shop for others, why not just make it easy on one another if you insist on a gift exchange? |
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This is what is called, a hint... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Diamond%2C_14kG%2C_wed_eng_anv_RING.JPG She wants an ugly ring?  |
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my wife buys me a shirt or something because she knows she would have a heart attack if she knew how much I have in weapons, optics and gear. That is why I don't let my wife buy me anything gun related. If she actually knew how much everything cost I would never shoot again. 
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I need a watch now since I can't have my phone at my new job... the wife wanted to know what I want for Christmas, so I linked her to a nice Sunnto that I've been wanting.
If your GF has email and inet access, just send her some links to items you want/need/like and let her surprise you. |