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   TexasBurt | Nov 29, 2023 03:28pm | #1

   First of all....how did she find out you got one?
   Always sprinkle some sawdust on new stuff and they will never know.

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   _mj_ | Nov 29, 2023 04:27pm | #2

   I think we need to see photos of both in order to help you with this one. Maybe she's hinting she wants to learn how to use it?

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   bilyo | Nov 29, 2023 05:52pm | #3

   I think she has no idea what it is or what it does. She just knows that you are proud of it. I think you are being lovingly patronized. Go with it and be happy. She could have, with hands on hips, asked what it cost and what's it for.

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   Cayman | Nov 29, 2023 06:05pm | #4

   Did you get the pink one? I think that’s what she means.

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   joeleonetti | Nov 29, 2023 06:48pm | #5

   Happy wife, happy life. As such, I would be proud.

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   ysu65 | Nov 29, 2023 08:05pm | #6

   My friend wanted a tool that his wife did not want him to get. So he ordered it and had it shopped to my place. So when his wife asked about it, Oh that, I picked it up Tim's. Then he hid it.

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   lat_axe | Nov 30, 2023 06:21am | #7

   What expression did she show you as she uttered this remark? This information will greatly enhance the meaning she intended when employing that often puzzling word.

   On the other hand, some sarky wives also employ a seemingly nice expression as they utter a seemingly nice word - but they are thinking unkind thoughts all the while, the rascals!

   What does she say about your new toy to her friends, in the secrecy of their clandestine meetings out of your sight and earshot, where all sorts of truth you were unaware of might be revealed concerning their thoughts and opinions? You may need to spy. (Don't get caught).

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   ricknew15 | Nov 30, 2023 12:07pm | #8

   Don’t bother, I think she just doesn’t really understand what this table is for.

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   ericpanderson | Dec 01, 2023 03:44pm | #9

   In my home, my wife buys herself jewelry, then feels guilty, and I get a new Festool. Works.

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   Cayman | Dec 01, 2023 03:49pm | #10

   A couple decades ago my wife and I decided we wouldn’t buy each other gifts. Best decision ever.

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   warnerredhead | Dec 15, 2023 07:49am | #16

   Hubby buys a new gun and I get a new shop tool. And HE pays for both. Definitely a win win.

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    boisdur | Dec 01, 2023 06:44pm | #11

    I agree with Cayman. We made that decision 37 years ago with no regrets!

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   Cayman | Dec 01, 2023 06:56pm | #13

   Many of our friends think we are weird, even cruel for not buying each other gifts on birthdays or Christmas.

   The upsides are huge - no holiday mall shopping and no unwelcome gifts. Everything is purposeful and wanted. She gets just what she wants, I get just what I want. Win, Win.

   Oh yeah, doing 100% of the banking and having a ‘secret’ credit card helps. Festool is expensive!

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   mitch912 | Dec 02, 2023 01:43pm | #14

   We've been at it for 56 years, and stopped buying gifts 20 years ago. No way could she buy what I would want and she is so picky nobody could satisfy her. While I was working, when bonus time came around I would hand her several thousand in cash; that made her happy.

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    Go_Bills | Dec 01, 2023 06:51pm | #12

    Without seeing a picture - I would have to believe the new router table is cute.

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    warnerredhead | Dec 15, 2023 07:45am | #15

    Be sure to return the compliment by telling her that her scrapbooking or sewing tools are handsome. BTW, I’m the wife in this house, and I have three routers (a friend told me I may have an addiction). Hubby got a shipping notification this week that a package was coming from Rockler… and asked me what I was getting.
    Have fun with your cute new router table!