Let's face it -- you're the one doing the dishes, you're the one cleaning up the messes and wiping all the asses, so when it comes time for your spouse's birthday, indulge yourself. Throw yourself a happy birthday party. Or at least buy a really cool present that can easily go both ways.
Take my wife, for instance. (Insert Henny Youngman line here if you must.) She recently had a birthday, and you know what she unwrapped? An ice cream maker. Considering that I go through a pint of Haagen-Dazs every night, I was sure she'd see through my nefarious plan.
Thankfully it was a gift she asked for, but it still got me thinking. We've been together for more than 10 years now, and I've missed a decade of great opportunities.
Now I'm wracking my brain trying to come up with other gifts that could just as easily be for yourself as for your spouse. The new family pool. The new family car. The new family beer maker and three-way with the hot new nanny. While my wife will read this and probably begin her search for the "new husband gift," I'm wondering what else is out there?
Have you ever given or received a two-way gift? Something in a box, I mean. No, not that box. Jeesh.
