Shoulld I have done it?

On Saturday the very lovely Mrs Godders returned from town laden down with shopping bags and declared she had finished all of her Christmas shopping.

She put the bags in the spare room and on Sunday when she went to church I had a rummage and to my disgust I found a copy of Always Managing: My Autobiography by Harry Redknapp.

Now that could only have been a present meant for me so I took it out of the bag along with the receipt and yesterday I took it back to Waterstones and got her money back.

I then used the money to buy a copy of Seventeen Miles from Paradise and put that in her bag instead.

I am now feeling very guilty.

Should I have done this?

Should I tell her what I have done?

Or should I pretend I know nothing about it?

 

You do know that Seventeen Miles from Paradise is mainly a book about Pompey? And how are you going to pretend you know nothing about it. Should never rifle through other people's things as you may find something you don't like. Not sure this story is true...who finishes their Xmas shopping in October

 

I know his history with Saints & Pompey but I hear its a good read.

 

Don't tell me you have read it Fran.

Sun Tzu said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles.

I do hope you are not suggesting for one moment that I would tell an untruth.

Stay Calm and deny everything. That's what I usually do.

I thought everyone takes a sneaky peep at their Christmas presents.

 

Hehehe - made me smile anyway!

 

Your wife goes to church? She obviously needs divine help living with you.

 

Is she likely to actually notice? If she is astute then you perhaps should have mentioned it. If she won't notice (!) then just pretend she bought it. My rule of thumb is always lie if you can get away with it.

 

You should not have done it. I once got a Jeremy Clarkson book for xmas (I assume I got it because I occasionally like to watch Top Gear; but I watch it in the knowledge that JC is a ****er). I smiled and pretended to like it. You should have done the same, it's what xmas is all about.

 

Totally and utterly the wrong thing to do. You've broken the bond of trust. Have fun trying to get that back.

 

She must know what he is like if they've been married for a zillion years...this won't be the first time he's done this. It was probably laid as a trap

 

Haha good one Fran! Watch out Godders

 

You should have carefully removed the binding from the original and inserted the pages from replacement, and vice-versa.
You off the hook completely.

Of course, some other Waterstones customer will have their Christmas entirely ruined, but there is always the possibility they might be a Pompey fan.

So it's a win-win for team Godders, really.

 

Slight correction

 

Women find out everything. *yelp*

 

Good thing to do, it's a great read and very fair given it's written by a Pompey fan