How do I tell my wife her choice of B'day surprise for me is terrible?

get the feeling that he is more disappointed that his wife doesn't understand him as well as he would hope.

Got it in one, it's one part infuriating to one part upsetting.

She can second guess why I'm grining at a comment on TV from knowing my chain of thought so well and can suss out what I'm likely to do next when we're messing about. But can't take a hint for my Bday.

That and the most punching the air truly euforic emotions I feel are when I clear a massive drop off or just nail a perfect line on some single track is almost my dirty secret.

My bike will always be that funny heap of tubes in the cellar to her- no different from a model railway or a bonsai tree, but it's what makes me happy and all I want to do is be happy and share that happiness with her.

Well, my wife and I give each other rubbish presents on a regular basis. I buy her lingerie that she never wears (even if she chose it herself, and claimed to like it in the shop) and last birthday she bought be a jigsaw (a puzzle, not a woodworking tool).

Ho hum …

last birthday she bought me a jigsaw

What was the picture?

PM, can you really not see why she thought it was a great idea?

pjb, yeah I do whichi s why I bit my lip and vented online, it was a very sweet gesture, but ultimatley an unwelcome busman's holiday.

I give up all my riding time to do woodwork so she gets me the chance to do more with the only time I thought I could garuntee I could spend on my bike. She's no bike widdow- the last time I found time to ride was February and that was during the day using my Flexitime.

I was just stunned at a years worth of hints tips and outright asking went unheeded.

write a list next time.its what i do.prices and shop details also. id like to be "suprised" by the correct size seat clamp that i need in the correct colour of anodizing, but frankly that is never going to happen.
she has asked me to get her a "really romantic gesture" for her birthday!im cacking it already, i struggle with her rough list, but thats just far to open a sugestion… 😯

"really romantic gesture"

Sleep in the damp patch for a change?

odannboy- there's a storm a'comin 🙂

Wow lucky Mr MC was up for my 30th birthday trip to Morocco .. there was no way I was NOT MTBing in a foreign country for my birthday! He didn't pay for it I just told him i was going, thank goodness we are on the same wavelength! After 7 years of birthday ans Christmas' I think I have every bike part/clothing that I could possibly have mmmmm maybe willow chair making it is for his 40th 😉 Thanks goodness I have a man who knows what I like.

Think sometimes he wishes he had a hobby which I didn't like (MTbing, motorbiking) .. however doing shift work he does still get time to disappear out alone.

This thread is brilliant though,makes me think of some cr** presents we have receieved from people over the years.

MrFC is a firefighter, and one xmas there was a Firefighters photo calendar under the tree from his Mum. I grabbed it off him when he opened it, saying it must be for me!
But no…it was for him…his Mum was quite upset! 8)

Apparently she'd traipsed all over town trying to find it!!!

So, like a dutiful son, he took it to work and put it on the outside of his locker!!! 😆

Hey Mr MC got one of these once (similar, scroll down)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400103244900

And I got a traffic officer dressed like a s**t in tarty skirt etc!
Thing is I hate dogs (how hideous are they) and I HATE having policey stuff around the house!!! Plus I was concerned that the person who bought these items was implying something about me! I think they are in the attic, but looking at ebay I should look at getting some cash for them.

Oh and we got one of those plastic bike covers for £7 .. thing is we have a garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Random!!

Another friend once bought his wife a TomTom for Christmas and she wasn't that impressed.

Never mind he thought, she'll love the next present.

It was a LadyShave.

'Happy Christmas darling – you can't read maps and have hairy legs'

🙂

Munqe-chick…NICE!!! 8)

Do they do firefighter doggies???? 😉 (Glad I'm not the only one who doesn't like dogs, or cats…)

Thing is…MrFC's mum just couldn't work out what was wrong with giving Paul the calendar!!
Topless, pumped up men, with shaved, oiled chests with ridiculously placed hoses??? 😆