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So, I’m the type of person that likes practical gifts.

Give me a gift card, so I can choose what I want, and I’m happy.  Take me out to dinner or do something that I’ve wanted done, and I’m happy. Flowers are nice, but they don’t last and will die. Well, I know my husband wants to show his love for me by giving me gifts.

I’ve gotten some unusually thoughtful gifts over the years.

Mind you, we’ve been married over 40 years.  One anniversary, he presented with a “nice” Browning Buckmark 22-caliber handgun with a pink handle and the breast cancer awareness logo.

This was not on the top of my “wish list”, I must say.

I know it was a “nice” handgun because all his shooting buddies were envious of it.  He was on a roll with “nice” gifts, because on my birthday, he gave me a Beretta (NRA Collector’s Item) 20-gauge shotgun!

Again, another beauty in the eyes of his shooting buddies.  I can say that these gifts, which a lot of women would think would be the worst gifts, could be taken as the best gifts, because my husband really, really trusts me, and he wants me to spend time with him at the shooting range.

Sometimes, a gift from your spouse is what you make of it in marriage. The next time your spouse give you something that isn’t on the top of your wishlist, could you see it as more than a misfire (pun intended)? Could you see it as an opportunity to spend quality time together?