The Doghouse

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1. Gary Cassidy says:

   November 30, 2008 at 4:16 pm

   The last 2-3 months of our engagement, Katie kept on speaking about how she wanted to learn to bake. Being the clever man I am, I filed that away as important.
   We were married in October and just before Christmas, I went through my mental filing system and found the little jewel about Katie wanting to learn how to bake. I thought I was really quite clever as I made my purchases.
   The scene was joyous and festive that first Christmas just 2 months after our wedding. Katie’s entire family was gathered at her parent’s home as the gifts were exchanged. Lots of oohs and aahs as each spouse blessed their partner. “The gang” had spent the last couple of hours intrigued by the unusually shaped present underneath the tree that had Katie’s name on it.
   Katie’s 5 brothers and sisters and their spouses had all exhanged their gifts and it was time for the rookie to step up with the first Christmas gift for his new wife. With great pride and excitement, I brought it over to Katie and placed in on the coffee table for her to open it.
   Expecting the same oohs and aahs that had greeted my new brothers and sisters in law, I was confused by the total silence and only mildly comforted by the tentative compliments that followed after what seemed an eternity.
   A few minutes later, my wondeful sister in law Ellen quietly pulled me aside and helped me understand how to choose gifts for my wife. It’s all fairly simple really. They must never have an electrical cord and must never, under any circumstances, be useful..
   In my defence, I did get Katie really good baking pans and 21 years later, she still uses them!
   WOOF!!
2. Heather Young says:

   December 1, 2008 at 12:09 am

   ahhh, J, too funny. Thank-you for that. My motto is “if you wouldn’t give it to me when we were dating, I don’t want it now.” But I like the sister-in-law advice in the other comment too, that it shouldn’t be useful, lol.