Surprise - no thanks.
Posted by Chris @ 1:21 pm
For the purposes of this post I shall call Dawn "the wife" to avoid hurting her feelings.
At this time of year I'm plagued by "the wife" and others determined efforts to surprise me with their presents for my birthday (tomorrow by the way, I'm 25), and for Christmas. It is nice that they put so much effort into surprising me, but they really needn't bother because I don't like surprises! Well at least present type ones.
You see, what "the wife" doesn't understand is that not knowing what I'm getting just frustrates me, because I can't look forward to receiving it and having it. It works like this, tell me I'm getting a present, and I say that's nice, but then I can't do much else other than wait to get it, which is frustrating. However tell me I'm getting a Humax PVR9200T, or a XBox 360, or a funky remote controlled helicopter, snowboard boots, etc then I can do more. I can research it, find out everything there is to know about it, get excited about receiving it, so that when I finally do get my grubby mits on one I can dive straight into it and enjoy it immediately, instead of spending half a day reading manuals and deciding what the best thing about it is.
The most annoying thing is that in a heartbeat I could find out what "the wife" has bought me by checking her email or looking at the bank statement, but then I would have to endure a fate worse than death, served by a women who will be with me for the rest of my life. And it is simply not worth it.
So to conclude, in the future I'd rather know what I'm getting so I can look forward to it, than be told I'm getting something and have it frustrate me for weeks on end. A simple premise I think you'll agree, but something "the wife" and others simply can't comprehend.
5 Comments
Friday, December 16, 2005 1:36:00 pm
Right that's it you are getting a pair of socks tomorrow, sorry to spoil the surprise!!! They are just wrapped up really well in a huge box so you wouldn't be able to tell! You only had about 18 hours to wait!! And now its all been spoilt! I hope you are happy now!!!This comment posted by Anonymous
Friday, December 16, 2005 1:40:00 pm
Not really, what type of socks are they? Branded, funny message on the side, a cotton wool mix, with lycra? More details so I can research and look forward to my socks please... :o)This comment posted by Chris
Friday, December 16, 2005 1:43:00 pm
Sad, boring black ones just like all your others!!!This comment posted by Anonymous
Saturday, December 17, 2005 9:13:00 am
Nice socks? Hope so.BTW Riley, you're likely to be sharing a birthday with my niece! My sister's been in labour all night long - still no baby yet though!
This comment posted by Tony Ruscoe
Sunday, December 18, 2005 9:52:00 am
Dawn see, now after all that bitching, you should have given his present (a humax 9200 in the end) to me as Im sure I would have appreciated it more!!And as always to throw some more salt in your wound of frustration you still dont know what Im getting you so hahahahahhaha
This comment posted by Anthony Main
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