A Man's Guide To Pleasing A Woman At Christmas

Wow, a few of you young ladies actually got me to blush (thank you very much!). Glad to see so many of you got the point AND the intended humor. For those of you that missed the point, well, here's another way of looking at it.

Not too long ago I sat with my grandmother. The doctors had given her just a few more days with us. She asked me to open the drawer in her nightstand and give her a small box from it. She opened the box and asked me if I knew what it was. I told her it was the polished rock I bought her when I was 5 years old. She said it was the most valuable possession she owned because I had taken the only dollar I had, picked it out, walked up to the counter and purchased it. I then turned and gave it to her as a present. She told me she had kept it with her constantly and would hold it and think of me. She asked me to keep it now and think of her when I held it. She passed away 3 days later.

The rock now sits on my nightstand. When I think of her I place it in my hand and smile. It is the most valuable possession I own. I do not worry about it being stolen, someone dropping it, or even losing it in a fire. It has absolutely no value or meaning to anyone in the world but me.

We live in a society of materialism and narcissism. The point of the forum topic was to call out that we should all, at least one day out of the year, stop and think of others instead of ourselves. That regardless of our good deeds throughout the year there is always something extra each of us can do to show someone how much we care about them. And that we should probably start with the person closest to us since we frequently take them for granted.

You do not need to pick out something expensive or fancy. From the folks who have posted here it could be a tattoo, a chameleon, installing a ceiling fan or even a simple polished rock. The value of the gift comes down to the meaning of it to the recipient. All I am suggesting this holiday season is that you do something special for someone else and that you do it with meaning.

Merry Christmas

I solved this problem long ago.
After 28 years of marriage, she gets ZILTCH!
Nothing.
And same goes with me.
Anything we really want, we already have, and gifts from others are never what we need or desire, and it's always a disappointment.

We just decided not to play that game with each other.
We get the kids things and send cards to friends, cookies to the church, and that's it.

We live in a society of materialism and narcissism. The point of the forum topic was to call out that we should all, at least one day out of the year, stop and think of others instead of ourselves. That regardless of our good deeds throughout the year there is always something extra each of us can do to show someone how much we care about them. And that we should probably start with the person closest to us since we frequently take them for granted.

You do not need to pick out something expensive or fancy. From the folks who have posted here it could be a tattoo, a chameleon, installing a ceiling fan or even a simple polished rock. The value of the gift comes down to the meaning of it to the recipient. All I am suggesting this holiday season is that you do something special for someone else and that you do it with meaning.

Merry Christmas

Wow, a few of you young ladies actually got me to blush (thank you very much!). Glad to see so many of you got the point AND the intended humor. For those of you that missed the point, well, here's another way of looking at it.

Not too long ago I sat with my grandmother. The doctors had given her just a few more days with us. She asked me to open the drawer in her nightstand and give her a small box from it. She opened the box and asked me if I knew what it was. I told her it was the polished rock I bought her when I was 5 years old. She said it was the most valuable possession she owned because I had taken the only dollar I had, picked it out, walked up to the counter and purchased it. I then turned and gave it to her as a present. She told me she had kept it with her constantly and would hold it and think of me. She asked me to keep it now and think of her when I held it. She passed away 3 days later.

The rock now sits on my nightstand. When I think of her I place it in my hand and smile. It is the most valuable possession I own. I do not worry about it being stolen, someone dropping it, or even losing it in a fire. It has absolutely no value or meaning to anyone in the world but me.

We live in a society of materialism and narcissism. The point of the forum topic was to call out that we should all, at least one day out of the year, stop and think of others instead of ourselves. That regardless of our good deeds throughout the year there is always something extra each of us can do to show someone how much we care about them. And that we should probably start with the person closest to us since we frequently take them for granted.

You do not need to pick out something expensive or fancy. From the folks who have posted here it could be a tattoo, a chameleon, installing a ceiling fan or even a simple polished rock. The value of the gift comes down to the meaning of it to the recipient. All I am suggesting this holiday season is that you do something special for someone else and that you do it with meaning.

Merry Christmas

Wow, that stone story brought a tear to my eye. This is so me and so opposite of my grinch...er...husband. Its so nice to know that there are good men out there. Someone is very lucky!!