What do you get the whore who has everything?

[Charlie Boy II]

haha only joking. My girlfriend and I are going strong after a rocky takeoff and it's her birthday next Tuesday so I'm fishing around for some ideas. Both what to do and what to get her.

I'm not overly sentimental with my girlfriends in the day-to-day of our relationships, so I usually go to a bit of effort for these things to make up for that. Sort of show don't tell.

ATM I'm thinking earings, a watch, or a necklace. My budget is about $150-$200 Australian (which is about $100-$150 US).

As I said I also want some ideas of things I can do, apart from take her to dinner somewhere.

Anyway I've got a couple of small, meaningful presents together but I'm missing the centrepeice. I was also thinking of writing her a letter, nothing over the top, but something just saying how beautiful I think she is (she is ****ing hot!) and what a cool chick she is (sometimes). Something she can keep and pull out in the distant future when her mammaries have teardropped, her daughter's caught up in drugs and eating disorders, and her soon-to-be-made-redunadant husband hasn't been able to sustain a penetration-strength erection for months.

A little about her: She's turning 20. She's a girly-girl. Strong personality (which is why we clashed in the beginnning). She's pretty spiritual. Loves nature and science....

[Glyph]

Small, meaningful presents. . . missing the centrepeice . . .

A man?

[vashti]

Spiritual girly-girl = hippy dippy salon with massage/mud bath/aromatherapy stuff. You can't lose. If you wantt o go together, you can get a couple's massage.

[Charlie Boy II]

A man?

**** up, fatty. This isn't about what you want it's about what she wants?

How's that going anyway? Your little Oprahesque battle to lose the flab. making some progress are we? Piqued your friend's interest?

[Charlie Boy II]

Spiritual girly-girl = hippy dippy salon with massage/mud bath/aromatherapy stuff. You can't lose. If you wantt o go together, you can get a couple's massage.

That's not a bad idea!

[Glyph]

**** up, fatty. This isn't about what you want it's about what she wants?

How's that going anyway? Your little Oprahesque battle to lose the flab. making some progress are we? Piqued your friend's interest?

Man, *must've* hit a nerve.

Sorry about that strong personality. Get her something she can pawn later.

[Charlie Boy II]

hit a nerve?? I just returned fire.

Seriously though, you've had a bit of time now. Have you been putting in the effort, or was it all talk?

[Gribble]

Returning fire? She made a mild jab. You went and made a ****nut of yourself.

By the bye, what happened to Charlie Boy numero one? Lose the password?

[anachronistic]

sometimes i give art away as gifts. i handcrafted a silver emblem with jade for my last girlfriend. her mother really envied that i gave her such a beautiful piece and thought i went and wasted $400 out of my pocket, when i told her that i made it she was even more envious.

too bad i don't have a picture of it to showyou.

[Glyph]

Effort is being made. I've only lost around 8 pounds or so, but my energy is through the roof. Thanks for asking!

Vashti's suggestion was pretty dead-on. Girly-girls flip for the new-agey/beauty type stuff.

[Charlie Boy II]

Returning fire? She made a mild jab. You went and made a ****nut of yourself.

Boo hoo! If you're going to wade into someone's thread making self-satisfied, smart alecy remarks you can hardly complain when you cop a bit back.

[Charlie Boy II]

Effort is being made. I've only lost around 8 pounds or so, but my energy is through the roof. Thanks for asking!

Eight pounds, what's that like 4 kilograms?? Well that's nothing to sneeze at. That's like a small baby you've spooned off yourself.

[Ath]

Wow.. where's the hostility come from man?

[Charlie Boy II]

I really don't know. I just put out an honest question and suddenly I'm being attacked from all angles. It's very disconcerting.

[TDurden]

$20 says that someday you'll get back from a long hard day at work and your wife/girlfriend will tell you that they didn't have pork roast at the store and you'll have to settle for chicken and you'll just snap and go completely apeshit and end up on the 11 o'clock news.

That isn't sarcasm, I'm making an honest bet. Any takers?

Oh, and vashti's idea was good.