Musing while having nothing to do except look out my office window ...
As I was picking up my car in the garage the other day, I stopped to say hi to the cutie in the casheir's booth, whose smile has lately been brightening my days. One of the attendants was having a conversation with her.
As I drew near, the context of the conversation appeared to suggest that she had asked him for advice on what to get her BF for Christmas, for the attendant was telling her, "There ain't nothing a man wants for Christmas 'cept for one thing." They went back and forth for a few seconds, with her expressing skepticism at his repeated insistence.
When they noticed me at the window, the attendant looked at me and said, "Ain't that right?" I replied, "I've been telling my wife for years, 'You don't have to BUY me anything for Christmas,' and she pays no attention.'" He looked at her and said, "See?"
From my admittedly limited experience, the skepticism that the cashier was expressing appears to be fairly common. For birthdays and Christmas (forget Steak and BJ Day), over the years the women in my life have given me cakes, shoes, ties, books ... everything except the one thing that in my mind would genuinely show appreciation or affection.
Why don't women seem the simple truth about a gift for the men in their lives?