prof - my advice ?? - take your good lady wife out for the day , treat her to a slap up meal in a restaurant and then just ask her where her favorite shopping area is - give her your credit card - and tell her to buy her own present ( praying she does not want a ferrari for Christmas
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what EVER you do DO NOT BUY HER A DOMESTIC APPLIENCE as you will either be accused of thinking she is only good for cleaning the house OR worse some sort of drudge - she may not SAY it ,but may well think it
now my first bit may SOUND like financial suicide - BUT - just explain to her that you would MUCH rather she had something she wanted .desired / could ware / was interested in , than anything YOU chose ,
as of course MEN are TOTALLY hopeless at shopping for females ****
and she will think you wonderful ,caring and considerate **
but i think we had better let the ladies advise on this one
** disclaimer : I take like nooooooooooooo responsibility if the advice given leads to sulking /rows/ divorce/ murder - it is given in good faith and on the basis of "it worked for me " when my own dear wife was alive
**** the ONE indisputable fact in the world