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Bought a nice laptop for the girlfriend...

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if I were to buy a new laptop for my husband I'd go about it thusly.

I'd figure out my budget... then I'd figure out some clever,creative way of presenting
the news to him that he was being gifted. It would be a lovely evening. I might spend
another couple of equally lovely evenings with him, hunting together for the best bang for the buck and customizing his system.


I'd have yet another lovely evening when the laptop was delivered and he was sitting there ohhhinngg and ahhhing over getting exactly what he wanted and singing my praises for it.



Giving people the gift you think they should want= 1 lovely evening(if you guessed correctly)

giving people the gift that they WANT= Multiple lovely evenings and no worries that they told you they loved it because they didn't want to hurt your feelings 🙂

I vote for multiple lovely evenings 🙂
 
I just asked my girlfriend what she would do in this situation, and she said that the OP should dump his fiance for being such a bitch.

Heh... I knew that I found a winner when I met this girl 🙂

 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
if I were to buy a new laptop for my husband I'd go about it thusly.

I'd figure out my budget... then I'd figure out some clever,creative way of presenting
the news to him that he was being gifted. It would be a lovely evening. I might spend
another couple of equally lovely evenings with him, hunting together for the best bang for the buck and customizing his system.


I'd have yet another lovely evening when the laptop was delivered and he was sitting there ohhhinngg and ahhhing over getting exactly what he wanted and singing my praises for it.



Giving people the gift you think they should want= 1 lovely evening(if you guessed correctly)

giving people the gift that they WANT= Multiple lovely evenings and no worries that they told you they loved it because they didn't want to hurt your feelings 🙂

I vote for multiple lovely evenings 🙂
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I bet the receiver of my laptop can't wait for me to criticize their spec choice in the few evenings leading in...
 
Buy her the crappiest pink laptop you can find and when she complains about how slow it is just say "but it's pink its what you wanted"
 
you getting mad at her is completely justified... I would of taken the laptop back from her. Sounds like one ungrateful woman there...
 
Originally posted by: ultimatebob
I just asked my girlfriend what she would do in this situation, and she said that the OP should dump his fiance for being such a bitch.

Heh... I knew that I found a winner when I met this girl 🙂
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:laugh: :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Is the purpose of gift giving to please the giver or the receiver?

When I give something, what I hope to get back is the knowledge
that I've pleased the gift receiver, gotten them exactly what they wanted.
I'd be pissed if somebody acted all grateful and happy about a gift they
weren't thrilled with and I missed out on the chance to return/exchange the item
for something that will really thrill them.
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On the flip side when you recieve a gift, take it for what it is, A GIFT. It is not something you custom ordered, not something you picked out and not something you paid for. It is an expresion of good will and/or love.

It's not the gift itself that counts, but the thought. To shit all over a gift, or worse; refuse it, is about as rude as one can be. This is you telling the gift giver that they suck. Period.

She wanted a laptop. He got what HE thought would be best. It is HIS thought and care that counts, not her demands. If she demands something else, then it is no longer a gift, but payment.

Trust me, he's fucked.
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And for some people, a gift isn't really a gift, it's a chance to showboat,to play the little bigman or big woman, to add the gift to the litany of things that the receiver should be grateful to the giver for. "All the things I've done for you"

She's saying the OP doesn't know her, not as well as he should know her by now, I'm thinking there's another piece to the story,one we haven't heard.

oh and I'm no spoiled princess, I am the giver of gifts,seldom the receiver and never the receiver of anything anywhere close to a laptop costing over $800.
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I understand what you're saying. But I think that'd be more applicable to stopping to buy a quick surprise dinner at the drive through, and constantly forgetting to ask them to hold the pickles on the burger, knowing how she HATES pickles.

A laptop is not something anyone should poo-poo due to it's aesthetics. This is a major gift. Saying that she'd let her brother pick either laptop is turning her nose up at his generosity and couldn't be more disrespectful. Seeing that these decals are available, she can customize her own laptop, and accept his gift and be grateful.

If you needed a car, and really loved RED cars, and someone bought you GREEN are you REALLY going to throw the keys in their face?

She was out of line. And trying to attack HIM with a "Why don't you know me?" line was the worst thing she could have done. Because now he DOES know more about her, and it has nothing to do with the color pink.


 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: Zee
"i can't believe you still dont know me"
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You should think about this. You bought something you thought was cool, don't be mad at her. Next you'll be buying her power tools.
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Idk I'd have to say that unless she explicitly asked for a pink fucking laptop that one would have no idea. I know plenty of women who would be mad in the reverse situation.
 
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