How I Solved the Gift Problem 💝

Valentine's Day is coming, which means we're all pretending we don't care about gifts while absolutely caring about gifts.

In my house we're not hard to shop for. Just different.

Bob loves experiences. Baseball games. Superdawg. A pizza, a movie, and nowhere else to be. Honestly? Perfect.

I love experiences too — if they involve travel. But I also love jewelry. The kind you wear constantly. The kind you never buy for yourself because it feels irresponsible.

Early on Bob asked what I wanted. I said a thin gold necklace. Diamonds by the Yard. Very specific. Very reasonable at the time.

He heard "jewelry," walked into Tiffany, and came back with an expensive gold heart situation. It was beautiful. It was what the sales clerk loved. It was wrong. And it was way too expensive to quietly hate.

That's when I cracked the code.

Now when it's gift time I give him a short list. Exact names. Stores. Sometimes even the sales associate's card. Different price points. He gets to choose what he wants to spend. And I always get something I actually want.

Romantic? Maybe not. Effective? Extremely. No returns. No guilt. No disappointment disguised as gratitude.

Consider this your permission slip to make gifting easier and better for everyone involved.

That's love too. 💘