2006-11-04 12:45:27 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
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2006-11-08 02:38:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give her a day of your time. Make her breakfast in bed served on a tray with a flower in a vase. It doesn't have to be anything more than toast and coffee. Write her a poem to go with it and tie it with a ribbon. the run her a bubble bath with candles around it and bathe her and dry her off. Then lie on the bed with her and JUST TALK. Tell her how lovely she is and how lucky you are to have her. Then make her a nice lunch and perhaps go out for a walk on the beach or take her to see an movie. Make dinner for her and set the table nicely. Have her dress up and you dress up too and have it by candlelight. Play some soft music and dance for a while. Be romantic and attentive...talk a lot to her....draw the meal out. Have coffee and perhaps some mints or chocolates at the end. then take her to bed and let her chose what comes next...she might just want to cuddle...if so leave it at that. Tell her you love her and hold her and tell her you hope she had a lovely day. Get a disposable camera and take pictures all day of everything you both did so that she can remember it. Put them all in an album and give it to her later. Now THATS what a woman wants for her birthday and it doesn't cost much at all except your time and the willingness to do something just for her for a change.
2006-11-04 12:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by dragonrider707 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Plan a nice dinner candlelit dinner. You can cook something really nice for her. You can get a cheap but wonderful present by going to an art school and asking an art student to paint a portrait of your wife (you can take a picture to the person). You can buy her a star. You can give her a voucher saying that she'll win an argument with you if she presents the voucher (like a "Get Out Of Jail" monopoly card) or that you'll give her a massage for a month. You can always go for a poem saying how she makes you feel/how you feel about her, how wonderful it is that she's in this world.
2006-11-05 06:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by tinucoker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, something my husband did, and I still count it as one of the best gifts!
If you have kids, get the grandparents to watch them for the night. Take the day off work if possible to set up. Make sure she's out of the house, and oblivious to your plans. When she comes in from work or whtever, there should be Hershey's Kisses on the floor, in a trail leading to the bathtub. The tub should be full of steaming water with lots of bubbles in her favorite scent. Once she's settled into the tub, bring her a glass of wine. Have some soothing piano music playing softly. Then while she soaks, go cook her favorite meal that's within your budget. Serve her meal at a candlelit table, and give her a card you made yourself with a poem or just some words about how your life is complete with her. Also make sure the kids have made her a card. After dinner, take her to the couch and pop in a really good movie in whatever genre she likes most. Then go do the dishes and clean up the kitchen. When you're done, give her a footrub. When she's ready for bed, tuck her in (in the fresh sheets you laundered lol) and kiss her goodnight. Don't ask for anything in return, but she'll probably give it to you anyway!
2006-11-04 13:29:52 · answer #4 · answered by shojo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Write down all the things you love about her, the things about her that make her unique, the things you would LIKE to do for her if money were no object. When she reads it she will know how you feel, and will have written proof of it to look back on whenever she needs a lift. Tell her you know you can't afford a big present right now, but that you want her to have something special and that you are going to save for it -- then ask her what she wants or go pick something out together . Have a place where you set aside money for her special gift and let her see you give up a few things here and there and let that money go toward her pre chosen gift. Compliment her whenever you can as long as you are sincere.
2006-11-04 12:52:47 · answer #5 · answered by Laura 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best gifts are the most creative ones and the ones you don't have to spend any money on. For example. make her a variety of handmade coupons so she can redeem whenever she wants to get the dishes done, the laundry, bathroom cleaned, bedroom cleaned, dinner made, etc..
Example of a handmade coupons:
Cut out 10 squares on different colored construction paper, on the first square write "Redeem this coupon for the laundry to be done. Expires June 10, 2007"
2nd Square write "Redeem this coupon for 1 dinner to be made. Expires July 11, 2007"
3rd Square write "Redeem this coupon for a night out with your friends while I stay and take care of the kids. Expires August 1, 2007"
4th Square write "Redeem this coupon for a 1 hour massage (feet included) by your hubby. Expires September 30, 2007"
5th Square write "Redeem this coupon for the bedroom to be cleaned and vacuumed . Expires May 25, 2007"
...and do this until you reach 10 coupons. Make sure you signed your name on each coupon (to make it look legitimate) and also write somewhere on each coupon (only 1 coupon at a time may be used).
You may decorate the coupons how ever you wish or you can just be simple. After you make your coupons put them all in an envelope and seal it so she may open it up on her birthday, then you can explain the coupons to her.
Your wife will love you for this!
Also, if you want to spend a little extra money, you can get her a gift certificate at a day spa so she can a day of pamering and massage whenever she wants. But I still think the coupons is the best gift!
2006-11-04 18:36:16 · answer #6 · answered by choosinghappiness 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well since you still have to buy food why not cook her a really nice meal and just rent a movie she's been wanting to see. And make sure you let her know how much you love her . Just don't let her start feeling sad that you aren't able to do more. Women get a little funny sometimes about having to go low key on birthdays and Christmas and anniversaries and what ever else there is. We like to spend money making special occasions special and we do have a habit of getting a bit disappointed when we go all out for our husbands and our husbands try to be conservative.
2006-11-04 12:48:00 · answer #7 · answered by Countrygirl 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would be nice if you were to make her some nice dinner, maybe take her for a walk afterwards and tell her about all the things you love about her.
Men so often don't do this...not that they don't love their wives, but they sometimes don't see how important it is to take the time and compliment them...I don't know though, I mean you are thinking about her birthday a month ahead of time, which says great things about you.
But, I think if you were to take a half day off work, go home and get the house all clean, make some dinner, if you have kids, see if you can't arrange for them to be babysat for a few hours then you guys could just relax and you could tell her how wonderful she is...that sounds perfect to me!
2006-11-04 13:01:57 · answer #8 · answered by Jax 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, presents isnt the only way to show her you love her. MAKE her a gift. She understands that money is tight and if she if a great wife, she will be just as excited that you cared so much to take time out your scheduale to make her a gift. Good luck and congrats! Oh, maybe take her to the spot where you guys first met!
2006-11-04 12:50:15 · answer #9 · answered by Kat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. cook her her favourite dish for dinner and top it off w/ a cake you baked all yourself and a nice bouquet of flowers.
2. if you're the expressive type guy, you can always right her a nice poem.
3.taking her to the place where you first met to have a picnic or something is also a nice idea.
4. a scrapbook of the time you guys have been together or buying a frame to frame her favourite photo of you two.
2006-11-04 12:47:49 · answer #10 · answered by sugar n' spice 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You have to be the sweetest person to think this far ahead for your wife's birthday. Why not reenact your first date? Think ahead to what you wore, where you went, and try to make it as close as possible, even things you've said. You can then be creative, and make her a "coupon book" to go inside her card. 12 coupons, one for each month. Example: "This coupon entitles the bearer to redeem one hour back rub".... breakfast in bed, ....night out to the movies .... dinner and dish duty all weekend on "yours truly".....and so on. Think up some cool coupons for her to redeem through out the year, and they will have little or no cost involved.
2006-11-04 13:10:43 · answer #11 · answered by LARGE MARGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋