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Reading Curtis problem with a forgotten anniversary should I do something special other than the brand new kitchen I built for the wife? It is slated to have the granite counter-tops in one day before our 38 anniversary. Maybe some flowers.

For the last 54 days I torn down the old kitchen and remodeled it. Maple cabinets with white pearl stain. with deep emerald green /counter-top. The wall are a silvery sage green. Slate gray flooring all LED lighting The kitchen has all stainless steel appliances. All draws are easy glide full extended. The wife wanted a dual fuel gas stove and electric conviction oven.

The dinning room which is adjacent to the kitchen has sofet ceiling with led cove light strip. The sofet is seven inches high. with white crown molding. An added touch to the room is a 8ft bow window that brings the backyard (the rose garden into view) as you sit at the dinning table. A beautiful painting of Venice Italy dominants the dinning room.

Again I ask do you think I need any other gift for her? It will be nice to get back to turning again.
 
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Not sure about a gift but I would love to see pics of your finished kitchen. I have been needing to work on mine since the previous owners started it but never finished.
 
Are you kidding, you're the man! My wife has been asking me to do some of those things. I hope she doesn't see this post or I'm toast. I took her out to eat on our 27th anniversary last week.
 
I asked my wife and her answer to that one was," maybe he should buy her a vaccuum cleaner too." I think that meant you may want to take her out for a nice night at the least. But then again, I may be wrong(usually am) when it comes to trying to figure out what the hell she means when she speaks (I like the silent treatment). Good luck.

I should have been a hermit.
 
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Then who would show us how to do 360 herringbone(s)?:wink:


A new kitchen should be dandy for any woman, but then again, what do I know as to what makes "them" happy:confused: Don't believe me? Then ask Curtis, assuming he's out of the dog-house.:biggrin:
 
no....no....no

Never tell your wife you gave her a new kitchen for her anniversary or birthday or Christmas or Mother's day. Kitchen ... perhaps beautiful and costly but impersonal and gets sold if/when you sell the house so you aren't really giving it to her.

If you are going to give her something like that you go to her ahead of time and say "For our anniversary this year lets give ourselves....." Otherwise if you can afford a $20,000 kitchen for the house you can afford $40 worth of flowers for her
 
Bill,

Even with all the wonderful work you've been doing, I would suggest a small but thoughtful gift would be appreciated. It's about remembering and showing your spouse that you apprecaite them.

Now that I've sounded so warm and considerate, I am going to tell a secrete on myself. While I almost always remember birthdays and anniversaries, I have a back-up system in case one slips by.

During the year, I always try to pay attention to the little things people say and do to get an idea of nice gifts that I think that they'll enjoy. Then, I shop (usually online) for items that fit the bill to get them at great savings just so I can have them on hand. I always have a couple of "appropriate" gifts on hand for the special people in my life so when someone's birthday or anniversary sneaks up on me, I'm always prepared. This approach has saved my bacon more than once and my wife really appreciates it when we both forget an occasion and I go to my "man cave" and pull out a little something to cover the occasion.

Jim Smith
 
Our rule is no giving "household items" as gifts: no vacuums, no kitchenware, no pots or pans or kitchen knives, etc. Those are gifts for the house, not for each other. I think, as hard as this may be to hear, that the kitchen is just a really big version of that. It is a gift to the house, not to her. I would go get a nice something to give to her; jewelry, spa day, evening out with you, etc.

GK
 
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