Romantic gift I can pick up today for $100 or less
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Anonymous
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You know what I would like? A relaxation bag.
Bring me a bag with the following: -flowers (NOT roses which are pathetically cliche) -some magazines I like (Real Simple, US Weekly, People, Cosmo) -candy/chocolate (I like Jelly Belly jellybeans and fancy chocolates with stuff in them, but get whatever your wife likes) - some fancy bath shit (Lush or whatever) - some high quality food (fancy organic fruit, fancy cookies) - fancy candle in a scent I like Send me to go take a bath. You take the kids for the evening. You feed them, you get them to bed, you clean up the kitchen and living room. Then we have Couple Time. |
Anonymous
| Bring home dinner and tell her how much you love and appreciate her. Tell her to sit back and you will put kids to bed and after you are done, tell her you will give her a nice massage - no strings attached (it could turn into more). Tell her that you will book a spa day for her and ask her if she has preferences. (most spas book in advance so she will have to wait). Also tell her the next morning she can sleep in and you will take kids out for the morning and lunch. She has the whole morning to herself to do what she wants. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't like this. Which just goes to show you want something your actual wife would appreciate, if it looks like this or not. |
Anonymous
| Agree, PP! No physical gift under $100 is going to turn things around. Get home early with flowers, take care of the kids, and ask her what would make HER feel appreciated. Unless she has some specific need (new sunglasses/book/clothing), nothing you buy her will make her feel as appreciated as a genuine understanding of her situation. And some time off from the daily grind! |
Anonymous
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I like 16:05's idea.
Take something small home, like flowers, and print out a gift certificate for a night out for the 2 of you. Bonus points if you contact the sitter ahead of time and have her booked. |
Anonymous
+1. geez. I am a wife who feels awful after 2nd child, and if you gave me lingerie it would be additional evidence that you really don't get it. |
Anonymous
Doesn't sound too romantic, but could be a winner. Can be bought for $100 or less. You might want to tip her off so she doesn't scramble to pull dinner together. |
Anonymous
| Gift certificates or appointment for services at Red Door. |
Anonymous
mani/ped &/or a massage. physical item would be a nice pair of earrings or a bracelet. The best gift would be just to tell her how much you appreciate her. Why you love her. Who you are because of her. Buy beautiful blank card and write it all out and give it to her along with her favorite flowers and a bottle of champagne for you two to share. |
Anonymous
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This is so easy, why is everyone coming up with such lame things that he can't wrap in a box as he said was one of his prerequisites. Jewelry is the answer. You can never go wrong with jewelry. And for $100 you can get a nice casual pair of sterling earings. Bonus (for me) if they are vintage. Throw in some flowers and I'd be over the moon.
Picnic dinner, lingerie, or the direction from someone to go somewhere and do something (movie passes or mani/pedi) are just not the same as a surprise box to unwrap. |
Anonymous
| Lingerie is a total no. That's just one more thing I would need to do that's about someone else. Or there are "I had two kids, are you kidding me with this?" body issues. The best gift is the free pass to escape the house, and to come home to it clean with the kids napping or happy. |
Anonymous
This. Call a nearby place and make the appointment. Then tell her to take her time coming home after. |
Anonymous
Hm, NP here. Again, this doesn't work for every woman. My wife has a *LOT* of jewelry. Between what I've gotten her and family gifts my mother has passed down (my parents have a LOT more disposable income than we do and my mother has given my wife the most expensive pieces of jewelry she owns), she has far more jewelry than she needs and wants. There is only one piece of jewelry she wants at this point and we'd have to go and select that together. Jewelry would not be appreciated by my wife in the type of mood that OP describes. For a take-home gift for my wife, I would call her and tell her not to make dinner and would get takeout dinner for four from her favorite restaurant, then after dinner, I'd take the kids out for about an hour to give her some quiet time, then would bring them home and do all bedtime activities (which we usually do jointly) so that she gets her favorite dinner and some peace and quiet to take care of herself instead of us. And maybe buy a bottle of wine and a movie that she'll enjoy for after the kids go to bed. |
Anonymous
| A bottle of pink champagne to enjoy while listening to music and talking after the kids go to bed. Do you have a fireplace? |
Anonymous
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You've received some great responses here. If I were in her shoes, I would feel surprised and special if you came home with beautiful flowers and a hand-written, thoughtful card saying how beautiful she is and how lucky you feel to have her as your wife and as the mother of your kids. There is something about seeing the words in writing that make them more important than when you say "I love you" on your way out the door.
And, I'd call and book her a pedicure for tomorrow. It is a great idea and it makes all women feel a little more put together to have a fresh pedicure. You going out of your way to book it also shows you put in the effort, and it "forces" her to go. If you just say "hey, I want you to go get your nails done tomorrow," she may be like "right, after I do a million other things first." But if it is scheduled in, she will know you really want her to get some time to herself. |