Comments on: How to Avoid Being an Idiot and Show Your Lady You Love Her on a Big Day http://www.productiveflourishing.com/how-to-avoid-being-an-idiot-and-show-your-lady-you-love-her-on-a-big-day/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed The Art of Meaningful Productivity Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:47:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Charles Gilkey http://www.productiveflourishing.com/how-to-avoid-being-an-idiot-and-show-your-lady-you-love-her-on-a-big-day/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Charles Gilkey Tue, 13 May 2008 19:56:45 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=166#comment-577 @ Amy (aka QRW): Angela is way cool. In an independent assessment, some guy that was flirting with her said that she was the coolest girl in Nebraska. Her reply: "It's not that hard to do..." If there were one thing I can get her to get that giddy smile, it's be awesome. She's an avid reader - but she gets her books from the library and thinks it's wasteful to buy a book that she can get for free. Same with DVDs, since we have Netflix. Time to resurrect the Gift List! Glad to see you're back on the interwebs. I was worried there for a bit. @ Kelly: The problem with having cards on call is when you're found out. Somehow strategically plotting out things in advance ruins the spontaneity of it. Especially when you get cards to apologize for things you expect will happen. When you can almost prewrite the apology before it happens, you either a) know yourself and your limitations pretty well or b) aren't trying to amend your own idiotic ways. So the story goes... I'd love to meet your hubby. Sounds like a cool guy when you speak of him. Send him on over! @ Amy (aka QRW): Angela is way cool. In an independent assessment, some guy that was flirting with her said that she was the coolest girl in Nebraska. Her reply: “It’s not that hard to do…”

If there were one thing I can get her to get that giddy smile, it’s be awesome. She’s an avid reader – but she gets her books from the library and thinks it’s wasteful to buy a book that she can get for free. Same with DVDs, since we have Netflix. Time to resurrect the Gift List!

Glad to see you’re back on the interwebs. I was worried there for a bit.

@ Kelly: The problem with having cards on call is when you’re found out. Somehow strategically plotting out things in advance ruins the spontaneity of it. Especially when you get cards to apologize for things you expect will happen. When you can almost prewrite the apology before it happens, you either a) know yourself and your limitations pretty well or b) aren’t trying to amend your own idiotic ways. So the story goes…

I’d love to meet your hubby. Sounds like a cool guy when you speak of him. Send him on over!

]]> By: Kelly@SHE-POWER http://www.productiveflourishing.com/how-to-avoid-being-an-idiot-and-show-your-lady-you-love-her-on-a-big-day/comment-page-1/#comment-574 Kelly@SHE-POWER Mon, 12 May 2008 03:09:00 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=166#comment-574 Charlie Great post. I was dying reading some of this, just feeling your pain, but also laughing my head off at the same time. You and my husband obviously are of the same breed. I think I'll forward this onto him. By the way, it's not just men who write cards out on the day in a panic, hiding in the bathroom, the cupboard or the garage. I'm a big one for this myself. And I think your idea of buying a collection of cards to have on call is FANTASTIC. At least you write on them and they don't stay in the sock drawer. I think it sounds like Angela loves you just the way you are. Lucky you. Kelly Charlie

Great post. I was dying reading some of this, just feeling your pain, but also laughing my head off at the same time. You and my husband obviously are of the same breed. I think I’ll forward this onto him.

By the way, it’s not just men who write cards out on the day in a panic, hiding in the bathroom, the cupboard or the garage. I’m a big one for this myself.

And I think your idea of buying a collection of cards to have on call is FANTASTIC. At least you write on them and they don’t stay in the sock drawer. I think it sounds like Angela loves you just the way you are. Lucky you.

Kelly

]]> By: QuietRebelWriter http://www.productiveflourishing.com/how-to-avoid-being-an-idiot-and-show-your-lady-you-love-her-on-a-big-day/comment-page-1/#comment-573 QuietRebelWriter Mon, 12 May 2008 00:27:52 +0000 http://www.productiveflourishing.com/?p=166#comment-573 Oh Charlie. A great post that made me laugh and cringe and realize I'm the one in my relationship that's actually pretty crappy with big days. It's so interesting too - as a relationship grows in time and richness, it gets harder to make the "Big Days" something special, doesn't it? But kudos to you for continually trying - for learning what Angela does and doesn't like, what she needs to feel loved and respected and desired, and from things that haven't worked in the past. I try and do the same with my partner - learn from my mistakes, view things from his perspective, and stay committed to making him feel important and loved. BTW - Angela sounds awesome. I am so like her - I don't want or like jewelry or flowers or candy or anything typically feminine. I'm sure it also makes my guy a little nutty when it comes to choosing gifts (but thankfully he knows I just need a good Battlestar Galactica DVD or Margaret Atwood book, and I'm set) :) QuietRebelWriters last blog post..<a href="http://www.quietrebelwriter.com/2008/05/07/burnout-and-blogging-a-quandary-and-a-reader-opportunity/" rel="nofollow">Burnout and Blogging: A Quandary, and A Reader Opportunity</a> Oh Charlie. A great post that made me laugh and cringe and realize I’m the one in my relationship that’s actually pretty crappy with big days. It’s so interesting too – as a relationship grows in time and richness, it gets harder to make the “Big Days” something special, doesn’t it? But kudos to you for continually trying – for learning what Angela does and doesn’t like, what she needs to feel loved and respected and desired, and from things that haven’t worked in the past. I try and do the same with my partner – learn from my mistakes, view things from his perspective, and stay committed to making him feel important and loved.

BTW – Angela sounds awesome. I am so like her – I don’t want or like jewelry or flowers or candy or anything typically feminine. I’m sure it also makes my guy a little nutty when it comes to choosing gifts (but thankfully he knows I just need a good Battlestar Galactica DVD or Margaret Atwood book, and I’m set) :)

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