Is Dr. J lying when he said he couldn't afford an anniversary gift?

So Dr. J and I are celebrating our first wedding anniversary on Saturday.

We've been pretty strapped lately, so he says he was waiting for a new credit card to buy me a gift. Today he ran down to the mailbox as soon as the mail came.

No card.

So he says I'm not getting a gift because he was going to put the remaining amount on the card.

So is he lying or is this something that men do? Honestly, he really doesn't look like he's lying.

 

If he's running to the mailbox to see if there's a credit card he can use to buy an anniversary gift, probably not.


EDIT: Happy anniversary. I hope your first year was as happy as was ours.

 

He's not lying. That's the only assumption you can make.

If you go the other way, and he wasn't lying, you'll be hurt.

so assume he's not lying, happy day otherwise.

 

Mrs. J,

I think this calls for the following response:

"Dr. J, I don't want you spending money we don't have for our anniversary. We can make it special without a credit card."

 

Don't want to judge his honesty, but for my first anniversary gift with my second wife, I created a very neat thing that had, on 101 pages, the 101 reasons why I loved her.

I did so because we were broke, but I didn't want to NOT give her a gift.

 

Then tell him your present to him is ass-to-mouth.

Just don't let him see the strap on...

In all seriousness, happy anniversary...

 

I thought this post was going to be about Alexandra Stevenson and Julius Erving.

 

Whatever. ;D

I told him I wanted at least one flower -- even if it ment he drew a rose on paintshop pro and printed it out on picture paper. Actually, I'd probably like that better. It would last longer.

 

If you guys are still paying off college and your wedding, it might well be the truth. And waiting for a credit card to buy a gift is not a good thing.

Maybe you should set a money limit, and see how creative he can be. It's better he uses his mind than a credit card.

 

Tell him to simply head to the supermarket, grab some ingredients and cook his little heart out for you. It always gets me laid ... every time. I just can't believe it took me so long to figure it out. :-\

 

Nah, men should do that every couple of weeks. Anniversary better be something like seven courses of gourmet food. Might as well go out.


By the way, spending limits are bullshit. I've never stuck to one. Ever.

That's why I'm so poor.

 

Congratulations on the anniversary. I'm certain that if a gift isn't to come his intentions were in all the right places.