Gift ideas for the wife that are sure to fail...

[True Dough]

This one would never go over well in my household! My wife is an arachnophobe.

[northoftheborder]

1. Great for Halloween!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I'm not fond of spiders,

but I'd put that on display as a sculpture. Doesn't work for me as earrings.

[raven mad]

3. LOL! I got a steam iron once for my birthday.

But needed it and still have it!

[True Dough]

5. My wife told me in no uncertain terms

that an appliance of any kind does not qualify as a birthday or Christmas gift. No way, no how.

[raven mad]

6. LOL! I agree on general principles.....

but damn, the new washer and dryer? ROCKED!

[DuckBurp]

14. My wife actually requested an electric can opener on her birthday

But then, with a husband like me she already has everything a woman could possibly want.

[FakeNoose]

19. Well, don't you open all of her cans?

[DuckBurp]

21. That's for her birthday next year.

[Doreen]

4. I love spiders. If I could wear ear rings I would love those.

This was not my birthday but for my wedding rings from my husband I got a DVD player he had been wanting. I should have taken that as a warning before 14 years of marriage.

[raven mad]

7. Mine are dragonflies.

They touch my shoulders! I don't mind bugs at all, except mosquitoes. And I like spiders because they eat mosquitoes, at least up here!

[Doreen]

8. I like dragonflies to and butterflies also.

my ears get infected if I wear earrings of of any kind so I just get shirts with them. I would get shirts with spiders but they always make them look creepy and I want to show the pretty side of spiders. Something like a colorful spider on a web in the earlier morning dew with colorful leaves on the tree behind it.

[raven mad]

9. Butterflies are a little too wide for my skinny butt.

But you should come up and see the neat ones attracted in my garden!

[NJCher]

11. yay, spider fans

Me, too. I live in a house I call "Spider Hollow." Spiders get a free pass in my house 'cuz they pay the rent by catching fruit flies, annoying gnats, etc.


Cher

[Doreen]

12. I lived in a litte cottage and would always find spiders in the tub so I would move them up to the

wall where they would not get washed out by the shower water. Nothing like taking a shower with up to 5 spiders.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. I don't mind them, I leave them alone. But my cats eat them.

[Laffy Kat]

10. Would be very cool to wear on Halloween! nt

[zanana1]

15. I'd be batting the earrings away all the time. nt

[left-of-center2012]

16. "Gift ideas for the wife that are sure to fail..."

a frying pan?

[lindysalsagal]

22. Vaccuum cleaner.

[femmocrat]

17. I would wear a smaller version.

I have a beautiful native American spider pin with turquoise insets. I was told that the spider is a symbol of weaving, and by extension, a helpful or wise woman.

If you tell your wife that folklore, she might change her mind about spiders.

[FakeNoose]

20. I agree with you

This is too creepy, unless it's part of a Halloween costume.

It would feel creepy and tickly on my neck, and that would bother me. But my friends' reactions would be the worst, they'd all try to brush it off my neck, or else scream and run away.

[Texasgal]

23. My Sweet departed husband bought me a

Dyson pet vacuum a few years ago for my birthday! I was so happy I ripped that thing open and started vacuuming immediately! Turns out it was the best thing he's ever bought me! Stilll love it to this day!