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Originally Posted by getforfree
My dh usually gives me a big buqet of flowers for my birthday. Its very nice, but I wanted something more usefull, like clothes or linjere or chocolate. Or at least the flowers that I could plant in our fron yard. But spending like $25 for flowers that would last only a couple of weeks, is too expensive. I appreciate that, but I gently reminded him that I would want to keep them fresh longer, maybe if I could plant them, they would last forever. How do I tell him that if he wants to buy me something, buy something usefull?
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Try the phrase "buy me this" it generally works, but don't forget to layer oin the praise for him doning the right thing
Another thing I like is handmade cards by the kids...I still have my birthday card up right infront of me, signed by all three kids (JC just made a J, GMC spelled his out nice,a nd UE made a scribble) I can't really remember what I got for my brithday, but I remember the card!