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I recently heard of a woman who bought herself a pair of expensive diamond earrings for Mother’s Day because the previous year her husband gave her nothing.
What’s the idea of awarding oneself a “gift “? To me, this is about on a par with certain foreign dictators who cover their chests with medals and decoration.
Assuming she did it to make a point wouldn’t a card and flowers have made it without breaking the budget?
I was married for 14 years to a woman who never gave me a chance to buy her anything. She’d buy herself gifts (usually jewelry) on credit, using my name and credit references, as much as two months before the date to be celebrated. I would never have forgotten her birthday or our anniversary, but she took no chances. I am far from being a cheapskate, but because she always selected her own gifts I was cheated out of the pleasure I would have had, had I been allowed to do the buying and giving myself.
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