Slightly off topic but what are you all getting your loved ones for Christmas? In typical male fashion I will be going out on Christmas Eve to pick up what I need but still ain't got a scooby what I actually plan to buy
Well my christmas shop has become somewhat cheaper as the wife decided our relationship is over. The kids have as usual been spoilt but they are worth it. I cannot believe how expensive lego has become. Happy days.
Sincere good wishes Renault Without doubt one of the hardest mind****s to beat. But the truth is you will I hope you can move on from this I have twice and have learnt to pour love into those kids... No one has failed It's your time again and it's time to use that time well. Kids forever link you with another person I know but adapt as quickly as you can naturally and life will and does get sunnier I wish you all the best Renault
Your wife may have gone BUT we, your mates are still here ................ Have a great day 'Renault' and enjoy your children! JP
Sorry to hear that Renault, but get the kids through it...it is not their fault. Good luck in the New Year Back on topic:If anyone wants to give their loved one a picture of "QPR legends" that is REALLY taseful....I have one, free to a good home (well a bad home, or anywhere that isn't my home)...see other thread for details on how lovely it is.
Thanks guys and my girls wont go without and have a great time. Beth I cannot believe that no-one has taken your picture yet especially with your positive review of it.... you could always offer it to QPR for their undercover walkway at the training ground..
Possibly the wisest words ever written on here, in this context. Good luck Renault. As for presents for girls, my nearly 13 year old presented us with a list of named, sourced and priced items several weeks ago. The 16 year old boy just grunted '7 more points by New Year'. Lets hope both are happy.
For once this year I was inspired. Normally I am useless in the ideas for Xmas department, the missus does all the thinking and the shopping, I simply provide the funds. I hate that because when you're being thanked, you feel like a fraud. My wife is tricky to buy for and normally ends up knowing what she's getting in advance. This year, though, I had a brainwave. She's had a fairly rough last few years what with her dad passing and her mum deteriorating rapidly with Alzheimer's and generally her life has become about caring for others, and not really looking after herself. So I realised I needed to buy something for her soul, rather than a coat or an iPad. She's a decent singer. She sings around the house, and can hold a tune and she obviously enjoys it, so I figured I'd buy her some pro singing lessons - good on every level. She gets to improve a natural talent, gets out of the house to do something for her and gets to let of steam by letting it all out vocally. I am a genius, a true modern man. So then I find her looking on line at coats and watches and iPads, the kind of stuff to clutter your home and leave you empty inside. I told her I have an idea for her this year and that she should trust me. But no, she wants a wool rich parker cos it's cold out there you know. Fair enough, so I ask if she wants to know what my plan was, she does and I tell her. Reckon she thought it was a good idea, but still, she wants the coat. I'm gutted really, I want to buy her the gift of singing and personal discovery, not something material. What do you reckon? Get her what she wants or trust my feeling?
For once this year I was inspired. Normally I am useless in the ideas for Xmas department, the missus does all the thinking and the shopping, I simply provide the funds. I hate that because when you're being thanked, you feel like a fraud. My wife is tricky to buy for and normally ends up knowing what she's getting in advance. This year, though, I had a brainwave. She's had a fairly rough last few years what with her dad passing and her mum deteriorating rapidly with Alzheimer's and generally her life has become about caring for others, and not really looking after herself. So I realised I needed to buy something for her soul, rather than a coat or an iPad. She's a decent singer. She sings around the house, and can hold a tune and she obviously enjoys it, so I figured I'd buy her some pro singing lessons - good on every level. She gets to improve a natural talent, gets out of the house to do something for her and gets to let of steam by letting it all out vocally. I am a genius, a true modern man. So then I find her looking on line at coats and watches and iPads, the kind of stuff to clutter your home and leave you empty inside. I told her I have an idea for her this year and that she should trust me. But no, she wants a wool rich parker cos it's cold out there you know. Fair enough, so I ask if she wants to know what my plan was, she does and I tell her. Reckon she thought it was a good idea, but still, she wants the coat. I'm gutted really, I want to buy her the gift of singing and personal discovery, not something material. What do you reckon? Get her what she wants or trust my feeling?
Woody, if you can afford it, get her both. The singing lessons sounds brilliant, but she would feel she was missing out; at least that's my experience of buying 'thoughtful' presents for the special one.
I'd love to and truth be told probably could and probably will. I'm just a bit fed up with grown ups being so materialistic, it all seems a bit western and thoughtless. What better for the one you love than to enrich their soul? Answering my own question here perhaps.
