Anniversaries: A Modern Spin on the Traditional Gift
My girl told me about a friend of hers that recently married. The couple is smart, both are doctors, diplomas coming out both ends. They just hit their one year anniversary. Guess what he gave her? A printer!
Most guys don’t know this, but there is a traditional list of gifts that men present to their woman on anniversary day. The list spans a hundred years and starts like this:
- paper
- cotton
- leather
- linen
- wood
(Careful frugal types, gifts get big after 25. 100 years is a 10 carat diamond.)
So back to our witty friend and his printer. One could make the argument that he put a modern spin on a traditional idea. He killed two with this stone–its modern AND practical.
Which leads me to the point of this post. Never give anything modern or practical for an anniversary!