Hello all..

This will be our first banded V-day and I would like to get dh something that won't kill his band or break our VERY small budget.

Any thoughts?

As for what every man on the board just thought...I'll probably give him one of those too... :pray2:

Rain

Make him something "from the heart" - a photoshopped collage of pictures, etc. It's not vday but about 10 years ago I wrote my dad a poem about what I thought of him as a father and he has it hanging up framed to this day. Maybe something sentimentally for hubby like that?

Make him a coupon book for things you will do/give him. They can be sexual or just sensual, letting him do things us wives hate when they do, giving him a weekend free of chores, "free" whatever he loves (back scratches, etc.)...

It's a little cliche, but have a special night ready for him when he gets home. Candles leading him to the tub (drawn and bubbly) or the bed.

Or just let him go in the backdoor. lol

Wheetsin....

I am laughing my ass off.... Thank you so much!

I was reading (so intently) your sweet romantic ideas and your last line cracked me the heck up.

Backdoor hmmmmm......

ouch!

Rain

Is there something around the house that you have been promising to do or fix and havent? This was a cheap idea I did for my husband for Christmas. Husband had a favorite jacket that had holes all over it, so comfy he didnt want to pitch it. I had kept promising to patch it and hadnt. I patched and sewed it all up, washed it and wrapped it in a box for Christmas, he laughed when he opened it up.

Rent a movie & a cheap btl a wine. $10.00

Sex is free! haha

whats he going to be doing for you!

A rare steak. Cook the dude a high quality piece of meat and cook it rare. Close to hemmorhaging on the plate. Serve it with whatever he likes to drink although the ideal booze would be a really good red wine, a bordeaux or a burgundy. Men like red meat and high quality rare meat is kinda wet and thus is band friendly as long as you chew, chew, chew. He will eat most of the meat, you know.

The vegies you serve along with this must be not be canned or frozen. You could, for instance, serve fresh green beans slightly blanched and then sauteed in butter/olive oil with garlic plus mashed potatoes but mash them spuds with yogurt or low fat sour creme and lots of garlic. This makes them taste especially rich and yummy. If the two of you eat garlic together you will be able to make successful whoopee.

Trust me. I used to live with a Frenchman. Ply him with garlic, red meat, and his favourite alcohol and all will be just fine.......... Green knows about these things.

Once I made my husband a slideshow of pics of us with music over the top and put into a little video. i think I used microsoft moviemaker that came with my PC.

Yes, sex is free, but backdoor is "exit only" for me!

Green, I'm making my grocery list now!

DH's 45th b-day is this coming week, he loves a good slab of red meat and garlic mashed potatoes.

i know your DH is banded so food related could be tricky...

write him a note or a card and just tell him how you feel about him and have it come from the heart. how he makes you feel special, how you enjoy seeing him come home from work, etc...

This thread brought a beautiful memory back. When I was seven months pregnant with my baby girl, I was feeling ugly and fat and decided to have a romantic night with hubby. I told him I was going out to dinner with a friend so I was already dressed nice and made up. When he got in the shower after getting home from work. I executed my plan. I had been to the flower shop and asked them to save their toss away rose petals (free to me), I put a white sheet over my bed (as to not stain my comforter from the flowers), sprinkled the rose petals all over the bed in a heart shape, lit candles, and had a non-alchololic wine in a iced wine decanter, champagne glasses set out, music going.... and then the topper, being seven months pregnant, I had a sexy bra and undies complete with garter belt and black sexy hose.. sat myself as sexy as you can being that pregnant and when he walked out of the shower, there I was a vision of sexiness... it was great, he loved the idea and it didn't cost me any money.

Green, I'm making my grocery list now!

DH's 45th b-day is this coming week, he loves a good slab of red meat and garlic mashed potatoes.

Yep, nothing says luv to a man like a slab of red meat and some carbs! followed by some hot whoopee!! I know that I have always been able to eat a rare filet with my band provided that I chew, chew, chew! And that's okay by me since the only way I like my beef is when it looks like it has just been slaughtered! It sure is a nice way to get your protein.

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whatever you do' date=' DON'T give a gift of a case of the varieties of 'an entire set of Rice-a-roni'...don't ask how I know this...[/quote]

:rose::prrr: I really want to ask, ya know.........

I'm a dork and since the best gifts I've ever received have been fun, childish things (like when friends give me rare Hello Kitty trinkets for my birthday or Christmas), I tend to do fun things like that for guys. If the guy I'm currently seeing makes it until Valentine's Day, I plan on going to the Lego Store at the mall and buying him one of those awesome "Star Wars" lego kits (and I'm hoping I Am Legend will be announced for a DVD release date 'cause I'm going to pre-order it for him on high-def since it was the movie we saw on our first date and he mentioned how much he loved it).

But seriously, the suggestion about fixing him a nice steak and wine.. oh that's a good one. I can't think of any guy who would turn that down. Oh yeah, and that one implied thing from your own post. Yeah, that's another good one to throw in there. :biggrin: