Adam@Home by Rob Harrell for December 23, 2009

Tell Adam what she wants would be to easy.

If she gets something she doesn’t like, then it’s her fault for not sending a hint. But, knowing Adam, she gave him some and he didn’t catch it.

Klaatu and I make lists and give them to the other …

A list is a wonderful way to get what you want. I keep a list of things I would like to get, so when a gift giving occasion comes around, should someone choose to give me a gift, there is a list of things so there is no guess work. Seems nicer to me.

I usually give out a lot of hints like “Oh I like that!” “This is really beautiful!” “Oh, I’d love one of those!”

i just go buy it and my husband is extremely happy with what he got me. so am i. Works in reverse too.

I am very rarely surprised by what I get for Christmas because I usually have to pick them out. Especially with my boyfriend, we go out shopping together and I pick out what I like. And since my birthday is the month before many times I’ll get a larger gift that is a birthday/Christmas gift.

My wife’s birthday is Dec 28. She told me 35 years ago when we were first dating that there would be no multipurpose gifts … there would be Christmas gifts and birthday gifts.

Good for her. My birthday’s in March but my mother loved to do the combo thing even with my birthday 3 months later. People with their birthdays too close to Christmas always get ripped off in the present department.